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Sunday, December 23, 2012

Batong Pinampukpok ng Simbahan Katolika sa Sariling Ulo

SIMBANG GABI 2012. Nega sa Malacanang ang homily ng kaparian. Malapit o kasing nega ng homily 12 taon na ang nakakaraan noong kapanahuang Simbang Gabi 2000 nang pinapatalsik nila Cardinal Jaime Sin si Pangulong Joseph "Erap" Estrada (dahil kesyo raw korap ito, ayon kay D.O.M. warlord, tax-evader at mambubugbog-asawang si Chavit Singson). Ngayong 2012, ang administrasyon ni "Pangulong" A_Noy Aquino y Hocus Pcos ang tinitira dahil sa pagtutulak nito sa RH o Reproductive Health Bill.

Walang tinag ang pamahalaan ni Abs Aquino. Tinakot na nga ng Simbahang Katolika ng Pilipinas na mangangampanya laban sa mga sumusuporta sa RH bill ay matigas pa rin at puro media feelers pa na ipapasa na nga raw talaga ang noon ay panukalang batas. Sabi pa nga ni Kongresista Lagman, alipores ng mga dilaw mula kay Gloria Arrobo hanggang kay Abs Aquino, pag naipasa na ang RH bill ay susuportahan din daw ito ng Simbahan katulad daw sa nangyari sa ibang bansa. At nakakagulat na ipinasa nga ang RH Bill kahit ang tagal at ang lakas ng ingay ng Simbahan laban dito.

Magtataka ba tayo na mukhang wala nang takot ang pamahalaang Dilaw sa Simbahan ngayong HOCUS PCOS na ang botohan? Ano pa nga naman ang ipangtatakot ng Simbahan eh kakuntsaba ito sa pagpapauso na balewalain ang tinig ng mamamayan at daanin sa gawa-gawang surveys, paghawak sa media at pagdoktor ng boto ang paglagay ng bataan nila sa Malacanang. Nag-boomerang nga lang sa mga wala-sa-lugar-makialam na mga Obispo.

Ang Simbahan na mula panahon ng Kastila, mula walang-basehang Treaty of Paris ng imperyalistang Kalbong Agila hanggang 'magsarili' daw ang Pilipinas...ang pangunahing layunin yata ay kontrolin ang Malacanang. Ang Simbahan nitong nakaraang tatlong dekada (kung isasama ang EDSA 1), ay masyadong pumapel sa pamahalaan ng Pilipinas. Pakikialam na pangunahing kasama ang usaping integridad sa botohan. 


2000/2001Oplan Excelsis/EDSA 2

Tama ba ang ginawa ng Simbahan na kasama sa pagplaplanong tangggalin ang tunay-na-ibinotong si Estrada via Oplan Excelsis na binuo noong bandang 2000 pa? Sabagay, sina Cardinal Vidal at Fr. Sonny Ramirez ay mukhang tutol sa ginawa nila Cardinal Sin subalit sa pangkalahatan ay kakuntsaba ng seditious, kontra-Erap na mga elemento ang Simbahan. Kasama si Cardinal Sin sa kampanya nina Gloria Arrobo,  Fidel 'Tabako' Ramos, at Cory Aquino na pababain si Erap, sampu ng maraming madre at mga pribadong paaralang Jesuita/Katolika, atbp. na inutusang pumunta sa EDSA ang mga mag-aaral nito.

2004 Hello Garci

Iwinasto ba ng Simbahan ang mali at seditious na ginawa nito noong 2000/2001 laban kay Erap nang ipiniliit na iluklok ng Kongreso si Arrobo noong 2004 at "Noted" lamang at hindi binilang ang mga (certificates of canvass) botong kinuwestyon ni Fernando Poe Jr. (FPJ)? Sabihin pa ay ibinunyag nina National Bureau of Investigation Deputy Director Samuel Ong ang 'Hello Garci' na pandaraya laban kay FPJ subalit patuloy pa ring sinuportahan ng Simbahan ang pamahalaang Arroyo? Bakit noong 2001, isang dirty old man na tax-evader at warlord na si Chavit lang ang 'nagbunyag' ng katiwalian daw ay tinarbaho na nila pagpapatanggal sa malinis na umupong si Erap samantalang sa "Hello Garci" na expose ay may tape recording pa ng pandaraya ni Arrobo ay nagpasya silang huwag makialam?

2010 HOCUS PCOS

Sinuportahan ba ng Simbahan ang kampanya nila G. JC de los Reyes, masugid na tagasunod pa naman nito, sa kampanya (noon) laban sa HOCUS PCOS 2010. Kabilang sa kampanya ang mga iginagalang na si G. Nicanor Perlas, si Sen. Jamby Madrigal, mga computer programmers at si Ka Joma Sison na nagbunyag nga na kakuntsaba ng mga Aquino si Arrobo at CIA. Lohiko na lamang ang gamitin kung nagkadayaan nga noong 2010--kung ang pag-withdraw lang ng P200 sa ATM kailangan ng digital signature, Pcos na pagboto pa kaya?


Ang Simbahan at Politikal na (Im)Moralidad


Akala ng Simbahang Katolika sa bansa natin na may basbas sila ni Bathala upang yurakan, balewalain, paglaruan ang tunay na tinig ng taumbayan. Hindi ba binabasa ng mga Obispong Katoliko ang Bibliya kung saan nakalagay na 'Ibigay kay Caesar ang dapat sa kanya' o malapit dito? Ang alam ko sa relihiyon ay moralidad ang itinuturo at dito sa lupa, may tatatas pa bang moralidad sa paggalang sa pangkalahatan/maramihang tinig ng bawat isa, maliit o mataas?

Masama ang magpatalsik ng nakaupong Pangulo na malinis na ibinoto ng taumbayan at ni hindi pa nangangalahati sa termino subalit ginawa ito ng Simbahan noong EDSA 2 Power Grab. Masama rin ang sumuporta sa bukas na nandaya ng boto, katulad ni Arrobo noong 2004 Hello Garci pero ginawa rin ito ng Simbahan. Nitong huling 2010 na halalan ay tikom na tikom ang bibig ng Simbahan kahit na mga mapapagkatiwalaang mga tao at grupo ay umalma na may dayaan Hocus Pocos.

Kapag hindi napag-init ng Simbahan ang mga tao laban sa kapapasang batas na RH, baka unti-unti nang mawawala ang impluwensya nito sa bayang Pilipino/Tagalog/Taga-Ilog/Maharlika. Aral ito na matagal nang dapat natutunan ng Simbahang inilagak dito ng banyagang Kastila apat na siglo na ang nakakaraan. Ang gumamit ng mali o masamang paraan sa kahit mainam pang layunin, babalik sa taga-gawa. Marami ring malilinis na kasapi ang Katolisismo sa bansa subalit sa kanaisan ng mga namumuno sa Simbahan na hawakan o impluwensyahan ang Malacanang, mukhang napukpok ito sa ulo ng sariling bato...

karma de hocus pcos, de hello garci, de oplan excelsis....

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Mga Batis/Iba Pang Basahin:


Look Back: 'Oplan Excelsis' plot to oust then-RP President Joseph Estrada hatched in 2000. http://jesusabernardo.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/10/3369444-look-back-oplan-excelsis-plot-to-oust-then-rp-president-joseph-estrada-hatched-in-2000

Manalo, Charlie V. and Baldo, Gerry. House Passes RH on Final Reading, 133-79. The Daily Tribune. 18 Dec. 2012. http://www.tribune.net.ph/index.php/headlines/item/8297-house-passes-rh-on-final-reading-133-79

Perlas, Nicanor. Unelected and Illegal Government. 1 July 2010. Nicanor Perlas Site. http://blog-by-taga-ilog-news.blogspot.com/2010/07/unelected-and-illegal-government-of.html

Perlas, Nicanor. Beware and Overcome [YELLOW] Media Manipulation. May 2010. http://blog-by-taga-ilog-news.blogspot.com/2010/05/beware-and-overcome-yellow-media.html

In Search of the Truth of the May 10, 2010 Philippine Polls. http://jesusabernardo.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/27/4572236-in-search-of-the-truth-of-the-may-10-2010-philippine-polls

The Ghost of FPJ: Beware the Liberal Party? http://jesusabernardo.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/07/3472672-the-ghost-of-fpj-beware-the-liberal-party

The Impunity of the Pro-Noynoy SWS Survey. http://jesusabernardo.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/26/4753863-the-impunity-of-the-pro-noynoy-sws-survey

Will the Filipino bishops undo an Arroyo wrong? August 2006. Published at Sobriety for the Philippines Blog 4 May 2007. http://forthephilippines.blogspot.com/2007/05/archived-article-august-2006-will.html

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Raw photo credit (Katedral ng Manila):


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Sunday, July 29, 2012

Si Fidel Ramos, ang 'Rizal Day Bombings' at ang Kalbong Agila

Matagal nang pangyayari ito, higit isang dekada na, subalit wala pa ring kapani-paniwalang kasagutan. MGA panatikong Muslim na terorista kaya ang may sala sa pagsabog ng Bus sa EDSA o si Dating Pangulong Fidel V. Ramos a.k.a. TABAKO, katulad ng F-I-D-E-L bombings noong Rizal Day 2000????

Ang mga pagsabog sa iba't ibang bahagi ng Metro Manila kabilang ang LRT noong Disyembre 30, 2000--kalagitnaan ng "Erap Resign" Movement na pinamumunuan nina dating Pangulong Ramos at Pangulo Cory Aquino, noon ay Bise-Presidente Gloria Arroyo at Cardinal Jaime Sin, at mga elit na negosyante at opisyal ng militar--ay kumitil sa buhay ng nasa 22 Pilpino at nagdulot ng kapinsalaan sa mahigit 100 pang katao. Ito ay dali-daling isinisi nila Ramos at Cory sampu ng "civil" evil society, ng mga nagpapatanggal kay Pangulong Joseph "Erap" Estrada sa administrasyon ng huli.




Ayon kay Herman Tiu-Laurel, mukhang ang talaga daw may pakana sa Rizal Day Bombings na sinisisi sa ilang Muslim na terorista ay si dating Pangulongf Fidel V. Ramos at mga puwersang anti-Erap.
When one tries to put together stories of the F-I-D-E-L bombings of nine years, other questions cannot help but be raised: Why were the anti-Erap forces seemingly anticipating some big thing during that period? Why were there not only fingerprints of the MILF, but also the AFP and PNP’s all over the operations of Al Ghozi and company, while FVR’s goodwill over these groups run the gamut of favors, including the Narciso Ramos Highway, which became the MILF’s turf? And why were juicy promotions given to major Edsa II police players, such as Ebdane and Mendoza, when all of them allegedly figured prominently in the mysteries that attended that day’s sinister conspiracy?
F-I-D-E-L bombings: Nine years later
http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20091228com4.html


Nang mapatalsik na ng mga conspirators at mga estups sa EDSA 2 si Pangulong Erap ay matagal pa bago natukoy daw ng awtoridad kung sino ang may pakana ng krimen.  Bago naalis sa pwesto ang halal na si Estrada, lumabas sa imbestigasyon ng kanyang pamahalaan ng ang Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). Sa sumunod na pamahalaan ni Arroyo ay inabot ng may maraming taon bago isinara ang kaso.Noong 2003 ay may nahuling isang kasapi ng special operations ng MILF at umaming may kinalaman sa isang antas ng mga pambobomba noong Rizal Day ng 2000. Kinasuhan ito ng maraming kaso ng pagpatay at tangkang pagpatay subalit' makaraan ang tatlong taon ay nilinis ng pamahalaan ni Arroyo ang pangalan ng MILF, gayun din ang MNLF, dahil ang teroristang grupong Jemaah Islamiyah raw ang may pakana talaga sa pambobomba. Tatlong kasapi ng grupo ang hinatulang may sala at pinarusahan ng hanggang 20 taon ng pagkakabilanggo noong 2009.

May hustisya nga kayang nakamit sa naging imbestigasyon at hatol ukol sa Rizal Day Bombings? Patuloy na may mga nagdududa kung taga Jemaah Islamiya nga ba ang may pakana ng karumal-dumal na mga pambobombang iyon. Bakit dalawang beses natukoy ang MILF sa magkaibang imbestigasyon ng pamahalaan, may umamin pa nga at sa huli ay napawalang-sala rin? Natatandaan ko na noong inilabas ng Philippine National Police sa ilalim noong ni PNP Chief Panfilo Lacson ang resulta ng imbestigasyon ay ibinalik pa ng MILF ang sisi sa pamahalaan ni Estrada na para bang synchronized sa mga gustong magpabagsak kay Erap noon. 

Subali't mukhang may mga  itinatagong katotohanan ukol sa Rizal Day Bombings. Mukhang may kinalaman ang ilang shadowy operators sa militar o pulis sa mga pangyayari dahil isang security guard ng LRT at tatay ng isa sa mga biktima, si Crisel Acusin, ang nagsabing isang linggo bago ang pangyayari ay biglang inalis ang serbisyo ng bomb-sniffing na mga aso.  Dagdag pa, sabi nga daw ng isang opisyal ng isang Muslim na non-governmental organization o NGO, mga "fall guys" daw ang hinuli, kinasuhan, at hinatulan sa kaso.

Nguni't ano ang kinalaman ni Fidel "Tabako" Ramos dito? Maaring ginamit nila Ramos ang pagsabog noong Araw ni Rizal para sa destabilization efforts sa pamahalaang Estrada. Si Ramos ay hinahabol ng pamahalaang Estrada doon in connection with the Centennial Expo Scam. Dagdag pa, si Ramos ay kilalang galit kay Erap. It is no secret how Ramos strongly disapproved of Estrada's ascendancy as President. In 1999, a Senate Blue Ribbon investigation produced the testimony indicating that the people at the Centennial Exposition project were asking contractors for LAKAS campaign contributions because they were "desperate in (sic) coming up with all means and money to prevent Erap from winning in the elections."

Tandaan na ang mga nagpatalsik kay Erap ay matatas na opisyal ng exehutibo, Korte Suprema, militar at pinamumunuan nga nina Ramos, Aquino, at Arroyo. AT may isa pang pwersang nasa likod ng sedisyon ng EDSA 2 at ito ay hindi basta-basta--ang Estados Unidos. Si Ramos ang Pangulong masasabing pinakamalapit sa imperyalista lIban kay Presidente Ramos Magsasay at maaring ito ang operator ng U.S. para mapatalsik si Erap.

Mayroong ilang pagtutukoy na makikita ukol sa papel ng Kalbong Agila sa EDSA 2. Isang iginagalang na mamamahayag ang nagsiwalat ukol sa kinalamang ng Kalbong Agila sa pagpapatalskik kay Estrada ay si G. Luis Teodoro, na isa ring dating dean ng College of Mass Communication ng Unibersidad ng Pilipinas. Ayon kay Teodoro: "Gloria Macapagal -Arroyo came to power in 2001 with the help of the US and its local allies in the Church, the military and the business community." Medyo nakakagulat, sa totoo, ang isinulat na ito ni Teodoro dahil siya ay kilalang galit o ayaw kay Estrada subali't beterano na sa pamamahayag, maraming "sources" at mapagkakatiwalaan ang ngayon ay kolumnista rin ng Business World at Bulatlat.

Ang isa pa ay ang kaduda-dudang sobrang accuracy ng 1999 na prediksyon ng isang Amerikanong private 'intelligence' firm, ang Stratfor (Strategic Forecasting) sa pagbagsak ng pamahalaang Estrada. Sinabi ba naman ng Stratfor na hindi raw makakatapos ng termino si Erap at ma-i-impeach daw ito. Ang predikson ng Stratfor na ito ay noong Nobyembre 1999 nang wala pang jueteng expose ni Chavit Singson at lalong wala pang impeachment court!  Mahirap paniwalaang 'intelligence' na kaalaman lamang ito dahil daig pa propeta sa pagiging bullsyes. Sabihin pa, makaraang ang dalawang taon mula pagpapatalsik kay Erap ay naglabas ng balita ang Daily Tribune (Abril 7, 2002) na nagtutukoy kina Ramos at dating national security adviser nito na si Jose Almonte ay "in the thick of providing Stratfor with the information predicting the fall of then President Estrada…” 

Maaring ang mismo pamahalaang ng Kalbong Agila, or at least the dreaded Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), ang gumamit sa Stratfor para mag.foment ng destabilization. Maari ri namang ang kampo lang ni Ramos ang gumamit dito. O kaya ay maaring maagkasabwat ang Estados Unidos at sina Ramos. Bakit kanyo? Dahil si Tabako, sabi nga ng isang retiradong militar na aking kaibigan sa isang social networking site, ay isang pasimpleng Amboy mula't sapul ng career o paghahasa sa military career nito. 

Nag-aral at nagtapos ng apat na kurso si Fidel Ramos sa West Point (United States Military Academy) noong ang tatay nito ay Ambassador to the US. Tapos, bago bago pa lang ito sa Philippine Army ay pinadala na naman sa Estados Unidos para sa dagdag na pagdalubhasa-- mag-specialize sa SPECIAL FORCES nang ito ay magtapos ng Special Forces/Pay Operations/Airborne sa Fort Bragg, North Carolina (kung saan matatagpuan ang Psychological Warfare Center na ngayon ay (now U.S. Army Special Operations Command ). Pagkatapos niya dito ay binuo niya ang Philippine Army Special Forces Company (Airborne) noong Hunyo 1962,  na isang elit na paratroop unit na bihasa hindi lang sa 'community development' kundi sa paglaban sa mga rebeldeng komunista. 

Kaya nga itong si Tabako ang 'Father of Special Forces' at maging ng 'Jungle Fighters' sa buong Hukbong Sandatahan ng Pilipinas hanggang maging Chief of Staff ito. Kasama at "bayani" pa nga raw ito ng Philippine Expeditionary Forces to Korea (PEFTOK) na isang Cold War na contingent ng Kalbong Agila noong Korean War. Isa pang pagtututang pagsisilbing ginawa nito para sa imperyalistang Estados Unidos ay bilang kasapi ng Philippine Civic Action Group, Republic of Vietnam (Second PHILCAGV) noong Vietnam War. Dagdag pa, naging kasapi o kasapi rin itong si Ramos ng tinatawag na CARLYLE Group, ang isa sa pinakamalaking defense contractor ng Estados Unidos na may interes sa Asia. Ayon sa manunulat na si Dan Briody: "Carlyle has established itself as the gatekeeper between private business interests and U.S. defense spending. And as the Carlyle investors watched the World Trade towers go down, the group's prospects went up."

Sa madaling salita, maaring si Ramos ang operator o isa sa mga pangunahing operator ng Estados Unidos upang mapadali ang pagpapatalsik kay Estrada mula 1999 (o mula pagkakaupo pa siguro nito matapos ang halalan ng 1998). Ang Rizal Day Bombings ay isa sa mga pangyayaring naghasik daw ng takot sa mga foreign investors, maliban pa sa mga Pilipino mismo, noong kasagsagan ng seditious na pagkilos upang tanggalin si Erap sa puwesto. Subali't malalaman pa kaya ng taumbayan kung sino talaga ang may pakana ng karumal-dumal na terorismong iyon taon pa naman sa kabayanihan ni Gat Jose Rizal? Sabi nga ni Ka Mentong:
In the final analysis, the question that matters is “Cui bono?” or “Who benefits?” It is clear that all the Edsa II players benefited and to this day do not want the real questions answered. No wonder mainstream media are also silent about this....XXXX

Will we ever get to the truth while an Edsa II government remains in power?


F-I-D-E-L bombings: Nine years later
http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20091228com4.html






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Ilang mga Batis: 

Rizal Day bombings. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rizal_Day_bombings

Lone suspect in Rizal Day bombings ordered freed by court. http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=89959

Teodoro, Luis. The stake in our hearts. 13 Feb. 2009. http://www.luisteodoro.com/the-stake-in-our-hearts/

"History of Fort Bragg, 1950s". http://www.bragg.army.mil/ Fort Bragg’s online website. http://www.bragg.army.mil/Directorates/Directorate-of-Public-Works/Environment-Division/Forestry/Documents/INRMP(01-05).aspx

Florentino-Hofilena and Ian Sayson. Centennial Expo: Convenient Cover for Election Fundraising. (1999, June 14-16). Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism. http://www.pcij.org/stories/1999/expo.html

Is PGMA Being Unfair To The Afp And Pnp?
http://www.rpdev.org/Default/Ramos_Legacy/Articles?performAction=Display&article_id=4

 
Tuazon, Bobby. Current US Hegemony In Asia Pacific. http://www.converge.org.nz/abc/pr28-84.html

Briody, Dan. Carlyle's way: Making a mint inside "the iron triangle" of defense, government, and industry. 8 Jan. 2002. http://www.ratical.org/ratville/CAH/linkscopy/CarlylesWay.html

Why Gloria Denied Superferry 14 Was A Terrorist Attack. 29 May 2006. http://philippinecommentary.blogspot.com/2006/05/why-gloria-denied-superferry-14-was.html

 Fuller, Ken. Stratfor hacked. Daily Tribune. http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20120306com5.html

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

The Impunity of the Pro-Noynoy SWS Survey

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HOW is it possible that, no matter that the current occupant in Malacanang is the son of Mama Cory and Papa Ninoy, he was able to get an amazing 88% trust rating amidst the HOCUS PCOS brand of poll fraud hoopla? According to the Social Weather Stations, Noynoy Aquino got "88% of adult Filipinos have much trust and 4% have little trust in Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III, for a very good net trust rating of +83." Why, that's even much higher than the peak satisfaction ratings of former President Corazon Aquino at around 72%, and Joseph Estrada who got 67% at his best rating. It is so unbelievable how Noynoy, a zero-zero-bill solon from Congress to Senate and thus, virtually with no public service achievement whatsoever, be able to top the survey ratings of the two former Presidents.

Consider that the late President Aquino came out of the euphoria of the 1986 EDSA "People Power" Revolution while President Erap won with the highest plurality margin in Philippine history. And below 80% and 70% were all they got. Consider as well that Noynoy has a host of issues a thousand times worse than his mother had when she first assumed the presidency. Just about the only criticism the pro-Marcos camp was well able to hurl at Cory was her "plain housewife" naivety, which was not to say that was uneducated because she did graduate with a degree in French. Noynoy, on the other hand, was beset with a host of unpalatable issues: SCTEx corruption, Hacienda Luisita massacre and failure to implement land reform, his 2005 vote against the playing of the "Hello Garci" wiretapped evidence of the 2004 poll fraud, and 'abnormal mind' issues.


Autistic

The abnormal or autistic issue was particularly nasty and dogs him to this day. The camp of presidential candidate Manny Villar played a good part in exposing it but the Nacionalista Party was definitely not alone in making it a huge electoral issue. There have been whispers of the supposed abnormal or "abnoy" state of Noynoy, with The Daily Tribune's Demaree J. B. Raval advising the Liberal Party to stop making "a limp denial of the autism issue" as early as February this year.

When it became a full-blow issue several weeks later, no thanks to Villar, the issue sounded credible to many Filipinos because, after all, autism seems to run in the Aquino family as evidenced by Noynoy's nephew by sister Kris Aquino. So shocking, or nasty, were the abnoy stories that filled not the mainstream yellow media but the alternate media, such as the internet and SMS messaging, aside from the usual word-of-mouth whispers. Essentially, the stories included talks of the late Sen. Ninoy Aquino having brought his son to a psychiatrist in Boston; that Noynoy sought psychiatric help somewhere in Ateneo; and that he smokes marijuana, a supposed cure for autism. Nastier, detailed stories, such as one narrated in a video, tell of his supposed fits and weird behavior in Ateneo that included his hiding behind stacks of books not in the library but in the cafeteria and loudly ordering fellow students to keep quiet.

However, amidst the publicly made pressures for him to show his saneness or psychological capacity to seek the presidency, he had inexplicably and adamantly refused to undergo psychological testing --while virtually all the rest of the presidentiables were willing. The result is that a good number of people tag Noynoy as psychologically challenged. Noynoy's state of mind is such a hot item that the issue is all over the internet even up to this day.

I did a quick Google search with the key words [abnoy "noynoy aquino"] around two weeks ago and came up with 57,600 hits. I did the same with an English variant, [abnormal "noynoy aquino] and got 14,100 page results. Today, I decided to Google the same words and guess what? There's INCREASED interest, with the first key phrase earning an estimated 65,700 hits, representing around 14% increase; and for [abnormal "noynoy aquino], got 16,800, which reflects around 19% greater interest in the issue. Additionally, I also Google searched [autistic "noynoy aquino"] and came up with about 20,200 results.

In short, Noynoy's stubborn refusal to prove his mental health by not undergoing psychological test appears to have rendered him mentally challenged by default in the eyes of many. This means that no matter that a pro-Cory euphoria supposedly hit the Filipinos when she died in August last year, the event could not have sustained a sentiment favorable towards trusting Noynoy, the good-for-nothing-solon son of Cory.

In fact, it remains doubtful that the pro-Cory euphoria even effectively translated into an electoral vote for the psychologically-challenged-by-default son. Take note that Noynoy run against, among others, the still very popular Erap Estrada to whom Cory apologized in December 2009 for her role in the 2001 EDSA. In apparent respect and gratitude, Erap called on his legions of masa supporters to show respect for Cory when the latter died. Who's to exactly tell then that the Cory sympathizers following her death even liked Noynoy? I myself was in Cory's funeral but there was no way I voted Noynoy last presidential elections.


Improbable Statistics

I've warned of cheating prior to the May 10, 2010 elections because based on the Illegitimate President' shistory and litany of corruption scandals, it would be impossible for her to step down without a an evil scheme for self-presevation or self-interest. It would be natural of Arrobo to seek and forge an unholy deal with a ‘friendly’ presidentiable who would look after her when she steps down. Of the three candidates known or rumored to be the Illegitimate President's bet, I suspected it would be the obvious, administration candidate Gilbert "Gibo" Teodoro. I was wrong.

Initially described as "refreshing" in terms of the speed of results, and even "orderly and honest" by the yellow media, the unraveling of what has been described as "automated Garci," in reference to the 2004 presidential poll fraud will begin with the gross mismatch between field pulse and AES statistics Comele gave to the "defeated" presidential candidates. Later on, the sheer statistical improbability of votes received by the presidentiables, losing and "winning," will strike the mind.

Without even considering the AES technicalities and legalities, it was actually the highly improbable election statistics given by Comelec triggered the initial suspicions that something was woefully not right with the automated polls. De los Reyes well illustrates this when he retracted his early concession to Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III upon learning that he only got a measly 11,894 votes in his hometown of Nasugbu, Batangas and a statistically impossible national total of some 44,240 votes. He says his hometown votes was "Too small even, considering the excitement my candidacy generated; [when] everyone get out to campaign."

On my part, how it dawned on me that the Filipino electorate had been conned by Gloria Arroyo's government into accepting a fraudulent AES "winner" was when early broadcast results on the night of May 10, 2010 showed Joseph Erap Estrada impossibly behind Aquino in the former's bailiwicks of TONDO and SAN JUAN CITY in Manila. It was beyond any objective comprehension how the deposed President could possibly lose in those areas that have through the years consistently been solid, if not die-hard, Erap turfs.

Sea of Masses in Tondo, Manila. And Erap lost to Noynoy???

When what is on the ground and compromised automation does not match, which do you believe? Pictures and actual sight of warm bodies say a thousand words and the "di malaglagan ng karayom" character of Estrada's rallies in the said spots, as in a good number of Pwersa ng Masa rallies and motorcades elsewhere in the country, defy the HOCUS PCOS results. Snapshots of rallies show the strength of some of the candidates and betray the apparent falsity of the Comelec figures.

In the case of Bro. Eddie's party, supporters early on claimed "under oath that in the precincts where they voted, the election results show a much lesser number of votes obtained by Bangon Pilipinas candidates than the actual number of votes cast in their favor." Moreover, the total votes the evangelist supposedly received was only 1.26 million votes. This, when during the Bangon Pilipinas Youth Rally in Luneta, crowd estimate was already placed at 1.2 million.

Bangon Pilipinas Youth Rally:. Crowd estimate, around 1.2M.
Bro. Eddie only got 1.26M total votes NATIONWIDE?


Simply Impossible

In a number of clustered precincts in Montalban, Rizal, the AES gave amazing results. Therein, Aquino generally got more or less 99.9% of all votes, with all the other presidentiables registering ZERO votes, with the DISQUALIFIED candidate, Acosta, garnering 2 or so votes.



There were also many clustered precincts in Dapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte and Gutalac where disqualified candidate Acosta received more votes than the other more popular candidates, including Estrada whom the Comelec says placed 2nd place to Aquino.

The incredible, statistically improbable pattern of Noynoy Aquino practically garnering all votes, with most of the other candidates even getting zero, is repeated in many clustered precincts in Sultan Kudarat. While there were precincts where Nacionalista Party standard-bearer Villar was able to get double digit votes, it was more a case of single digit, if not zero for him and all the other candidates, including Estrada and supposed administration candidate Teodoro.



Moreover, there were even instances when, similar to the Montalban areas, disqualified candidate Acosta got 1 or 2 votes while others like Erap and Madrigal got ZERO again. Madrigal, the feisty and nationalist-inclined former lawmaker, it should be noted, placed fourth during the 2004 senatorial elections, garnering some 13M votes. So amazingly unbelievable is the presidential tally in the Philippines' first automated polls, with Acosta receiving more votes than the combined figures of Madrigal, Perlas, and de los Reyes in the final AES nationwide tally.

Perlas, Madrial & de los Reyes


HOCUS PCOS Reports

Which brings us to the most serious issue against Noynoy's "presidency"--the credibility and legitimacy of the 2010 automated elections and, therefore, whether he has the mandate at all to occupy Malacanang.

Apart from the considerations of AES technicalities, perhaps the most convincing argument to believe that poll fraud did occur in the recent polls is the fact that the most beprincipled and most result-disinterested of the presidential candidates have cried HOCUS PCOS cheating and, moreover, embarked on a campaign to unmask the truth of the May 2010 elections. I refer to Sen. Jamby Madrigal, Mr. Nikki Perlas and Councilor Jc de los Reyes. These three honorable candidates have expressly admitted several times that they already consider themselves losers in the elections; yet, they are active in the campaign to inform the public of the illegality and failure of the AES that the Commission on Elections implemented.

That is not to say that Bro. Eddie Villanueva, who is also part of the MIGHT e2010 coalition of 'truth seekers,' is not equally highly principled and even moral. However, because he has been described by some to be the real second-placer in the 2004 polls to FERNANDO POE JR, and NOT Gloria Arroyo, the former could have a greater interest in the results of the recent presidential race.

As for the technicalities of the AES, the evidence indicative of poll fraud is overwhelming. As the Global Pinoy Online News Crisis of Sovereignty series says, the fraud is but commonsensical. The separate reports of the Peoples' International Observers Mission*, the independent body of GFN 2010 Election Observers Team of Global Filipino Nation (GFN), a non-partisan international organization of offshore and onshore Filipinos, Sen. Aquilino Pimentel's statement on "his vote on the proclamation of the newly-elected President and Vice President at the Session Hall of the Batasang Pambansa on June 9, 2010."

PIOM Report

The Peoples' International Observers Mission—foreign delegates made up of academicians, lawyers, law students, journalists, social workers, union organizers, church workers--came to the country as poll observers. They documented specific fraud and violence cases in some of the country’s hot spot areas during the polls and are reported to have been 'shocked by fraud, irregularities, and violence.' Radhika Sainath from the United States said that "In 10 years of monitoring elections, I've never seen this level of irregularities and fraud that I witnessed on Monday."


GFN Report

The independent body of GFN foreign observers--foreign delegates made up of academicians, lawyers, law students, journalists, social workers, union organizers, church workers--also documented specific fraud and violence cases in some of the country’s hot spot areas during the polls. This group came up with a more comprehensive and in-depth report.

I. The election results transmitted from the precincts do not have digital signatures of the board of election inspectors.
II. The number of disenfranchised voters is sufficient to affect greatly the results of the elections.
III. The automated election system (AES) was implemented live without the appropriate field testing, and law-specified testing in actual elections.
IV. The source code review was not completed and initial findings were not addressed.
V. No audit was done on the AES prior to the elections. There was only a mandated random manual audit that, up to this writing, has not been completed.
VI. Several voter and security features were disabled prior to the elections.


Pimentel's Explanation

Even Sen. Aquilino Pimentel, who gave his "yes" vote to the June 9, 2010 proclamation of Noynoy Aquino as "President," faulted the automated polls for leaving "a long trail of deficiencies... [which] were mostly directly machine-generated, but, at least, on one occasion, the shortcoming was specifically man-made." He added a list of missteps taken by Comelec and/or Smartmatic. The former senator regrets the following points:

1) Denial of right to know whether ballot cast was counted

The AES system last May 10, 2010 gave voters no way of knowing whether

the PCOS counted their ballots. The paper trail that the Comelec earlier promised the lawmakers did not materialize.

2) Wrong dates recorded on the certificates of canvass

The wrong time and date stamped on some Election Returns (ERs) form a tell-tale sign of possible tampering or "that something was grievously wrong" with the PCOS machines that electronically tallied and transmitted the votes to the Joint Congressional National Canvass Center

(3) On-off sensors, clearly "something was basically wrong" with certain PCOS machines

Investigation of a compact flash (CF) card of Quezon City congresswoman Annie Susano revealed the on-and-off switching of the sensors, the devices that read the ballots during processing by the PCOS machines. In simple terms, the on-off switching indicates that "some votes were counted some of the time, while others were not counted most of the time."

4) Egregious error in the Initialization Message

Meant to alert the Senate that the server in its custody could already be activated, the initialization message "had a most glaring blunder," recording the Philippine voting population at 256,733,195 or about five times more than the true figure of 51 million. Pimentel expressed bewilderment at the use of the "factor of 'five'" by the PCOS, aggravated by the "unintelligible" explanation made by Cesar Flores, the Venezuelan Smartmatic official, during the Congressional hearing.

5) Flawed Certification of the PCOS machines

The certification issued by Comelec's Technical Evaluation Committee, which was basically based on the certification of the U.S.-based Systems Lab, Inc., called for the installation of 'compensating control' devices. Unfortunately, the compensating controls that were supposed to enable a 99.995% accuracy for the PCOS machine's were not installed, said the Philippine Computer Society.

6) Arbitrary removal of security safeguards

That the canvass reports transmitted from cities and provinces were no longer accompanied by digital signatures made the determination of the COCs' due execution and authenticity by the National Canvassing Board difficult.

7) Non-use or disabling of Ultra Violet lamps

The UV lamps in the PCOS machines were meant to spot spurious ballots even before they can be inserted into the machines but the Comelec disabled this feature. Apparently, this led to the procurement of portable UV lamps to the tune of P30 million; despite the huge cost, however, Comelec did not make its use obligatory, largely leading to its non-use.

8) Relaxation of original intent for mandatory UV ink use

RA 9369, or the law authorizing AES elections, requires the use of necessary safeguards to prevent spurious ballots. In an automated electoral system, the equivalent safeguard would be like the use of UV ink complemented by the UV reader in the PCOS machine. Thus, the disengagement of the UV lamps in the PCOS effected the high probability "that fake ballots were manufactured and used fraudulently and scrupulously is high."

9) Non-Audit of CF Cards

The Comelec was supposed to conduct manual audit for the positions of president, vice-president, congress member, governor, and mayor but failed to do so. This casts doubts on Comelec's sincerity and the automated polls' accuracy.

10) Non-compliance with "ladderized system" of transmission leading to legally infirm 'unofficial' results

The transmission of results is supposed to emanate from the a) PCOS in the precincts to the municipality/city consolidation and canvassing servers or MCCS;, then b)from the MCCS to the provincial/district consolidation and canvassing servers or PCCS; and c) from the PCCS to the servers of Comelec and Congressional National boards of Canvasser. This ladderized system was not followed, leading to improper consolidation of transmitted results at the election return (ER) level, from which the Comelec and PPCRV where surprisingly able to make their quick counts.



Final Forensic Report of Joint Canvassing Committee


Even the final forensic report of the Joint Congressional Canvassing Board on the PCOS machines inappropriately housed in the residence of a Smartmatic technician officially found defects and serious anomalies. The report's main points are: (1) the mismatch between the Comelec-published and the extracted hash codes; (2) absence of digital certificates in the PCOS contrary to Smartmatic's claim; the (3) the alarming presence of a secret "backdoor" to easily control PCOS operations; and (4) the CF cards in possession of Rep. Susano are authentic and duly issued by the polls body.

The authentication of Susano’s CF cards in a way validates Sen. Pimentel's report pointing to the defective ballot-reading sensors in at least a number of CF cards. As well, it also indicates the poll body's inability--deliberate or otherwise--to secure all its duly-issued CF cards. Together with the discovery of a backdoor control, absence of digital signature equivalent in the PCOS machines, and mismatched hash codes, the joint forensic report by itself already points to a very insecure AES system, even indicating a possible collusion between Comelec and Smartmatic.

The Bald Eagle link to the HOCUS PCOS (?) "President" P-noy




Mind Boggling, but More

How mind-boggling that despite all these reports, Comelec seems to have gotten away with putting up an AES that is fundamentally defective and apparently designed to be fraudulent. It does not stop with the above four reports, however. News stories by local, non-mainstream media provide more evidence to the desecration of the people's will last May 10.

The Daily Tribune reports on the day after elections that: "In Angono, Rizal, amid reports of massive vote buying, voters will (sic) surprised to find out that in the ballots given to them, the name of the LP standard-bearer, Aquino had been already shaded." The massive disenfranchisement report by GFN is given real-life by color by the news report of how drivers eager to vote for their bets were disheartened by the demand of bus operators for drivers and transport workers not to miss even one minute of last May 10, despite the fact that Election Day was a declared a holiday. The disenfranchisement is most notable because it seems to have targeted the masa group given other reports of the names of registered squatters having been stricken off Comelec list.

An important revelation is reported by Pinoy Global Online News on the PCOS software in escrow with the Central Bank. In its interview of Nelson Celis, President of the Philippine Computer Society that assisted the IT Teams of the House, Senate and Comelec in the forensic investigation on the PCOS machines in Antipolo, the PCOS machines run programs that do not correspond to the official program in the Central Bank.


The real "secret candidate" (?) shakes hands with the Ilegitimate


“Unelected and Illegal Government”

Perlas' scathing June 30, 2010 report entitled "Unelected and Illegal Government" sums up the evidence in the elite conspiracy for the May 10, 2010 massive fraud. He says that the subversion of Philippine democracy in the country's first automated poll fraud "dwarfs the manual cheating done by Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner “Garci” in the 2004 presidential elections. He cites the many legal violations committed by the poll body, such as the dismantling of the PCOS UV security system; removal of the Voter Verification feature that should have presented a list verifying one's vote; absence of the public examination of the PCOS source code; Re-configuration of Compact Flash (CF) cards without proper oversight; and lack of clear accountability and inventory of millions of unused ballots.

He also cites highly suspicious activities conducted by Comelec, including the quiet sending of a total of 1600 CF cards and 160 "burners" that can give fraud operators the needed tools to tamper with poll results. Perlas also sketches the apparent modus operandi of fraud, based in part on Committee hearings, which are: the pre-programming of primary CF cards; pre-shading of ballots; interception of transmission; and collusion between Comelec officials and Smartmatic Technicians.

Interestingly, Perlas also explains the role of yellow media and fabricated surveys in conditioning the people into expecting "certain candidates to win." The mainstream media, including ABS CBN, Philippine Star, Philippine Daily Inquirer, and even, GMA7 reinforce this fabricated ideas through their lopsided and brainwashing reports. Even the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) acted not as watchdog for the public but, rather, for the Comelec.

The defeated but beprincipled candidate also points to the legal transgressions committed by Congress owing to its inability to question the massive automated poll fraud. Worse, Congress took part in the crime by (1) failing to convene only a Joint Committee, instead of a Joint Session, to canvass the presidential and vice-presidential votes, and (2) canvassing electoral returns that contained no digital signatures. He asserts that the May 10 polls were actually invalid and void from the start, given the process's wanton violations of the law.



Sison's Pinky, Gloria and CIA Expose

There is more. A most explosive revelation from an unexpected source was yet to come. On June 7, 2010, Pinoy Weekly Online came out with an interview of Jose Maria Sison, consultant and former head of the National Democratic Front. Therein, Sison charged that the recent automated electoral exercise was rigged, with the poll "victory" of Noynoy Aquino already a done deal. He pointed to the collusion of the imperialist United States of America, Arroyo, and Pinky Aquino-Abellada, an elder sister of Noynoy, which was forged in a meeting held six weeks before the elections.

Pinky colluded w/ Gloria & CIA, says Sison
As expected, Pinky and the Aquino family denied the charge. What is worth noting is that the revelation came from someone the Yellows —the Aquino and the Arroyo families, among others-- were in tactical alliance with during the 2001 ouster of Estrada. The Arroyos and Aquinos cannot possibly just dismiss Sison as opportunist or what because they were unholy allies there in the undemocratic EDSA 2 coup against a genuinely elected and sitting President.


Desecrating Survey Research... in the name of the Yellows

So, therefore, to reiterate the highly unamusing bewilderment: how could a zero-accomplishment former congressman and senator plagued with HOCUS PCOS and abnoy/austistic labels, with no mass base of his own and who ranked only sixth out of 12 seats in the 2007 senatorial polls, possibly earn the trust of a whooping 88% of the electorate? Where did the SWS draw the simply astonishing survey results? From a HOCUS PCOS survey counterpart system?

Prof. Felipe Miranda
I remember how I was sort of academically introduced into revering survey studies. Back in my college days at the University of the Philippines, I briefly attended a political science class of Prof. Felipe Miranda, now with Pulse Asia but said to be still a director of SWS. He discussed with near academic reverence the survey research process, ending it with the calling that 'next time [we] come across a survey study, we should hold it close to our heart' or something. Those words led me to revere poll studies for a long time as a science, as a tool to scientifically and honestly gauge public opinion. For a decade or so. Until the 2004 presidential polls.

In March of this year, ex-Sen. Francisco Kit Tatad reposted a 2004 article where he reveals how SWS and ABS-CBN screwed public perception of the presidential poll count by selecting Quick Count areas where Arroyo is strong and bypassing more those where the later Fernando Poe Jr. held sway. The devious intent was to set a trend that matched the SWS exit survey which showed Arroyo as the electoral choice of Filipinos. In other words, the geographic distribution of the Quick Count was increased for Visayas, where Arroyo was leading, and decreased for the rest (National Capital Region, Luzon, and Mindanao).

Dr. Mahar Mangahas, SWS
The 2004 SWS pre-electoral survey at the national level and the exit poll for NCR both indicated Arroyo won. As official results later showed, Fernando Poe Jr. won in NCR but lost in the nationwide count. Apparently, SWS at least got its national figures right, with Arroyo having been proclaimed "President-elect" and later officially by Congress. However, the 2005 "Hello Garci" expose showing wiretapped evidence of Arroyo's collusion with Comelec and military and, indirectly, even congressional officials to manipulate the 2004 poll results effectively belie the accuracy of the SWS survey. Everyone now knows that FPJ was the rightful victor of the 2004 elections; Arroyo just cheated him. And so SWS was dead wrong on the presidential race. Wonder if SWS actually manipulated the results to make the Illegitimate appear winnable, not expecting the future Hello Garci expose on the Maguindanao portion of the ballot....

Former Sen. Madrigal has dubbed the May 10, 2010 elections as "automated Garci." Given the uncanny association, if not collusion, between the Arroyo government's holding of fraud-laden electoral exercises and survey firms, and amidst the anomalous, HOCUS-PCOS-indicative May 2010 AES, are we silly to simply accept the incredibly high 88% trust rating of Noynoy?

According to Perlas, the reason why he is not conceding despite his admission that he has lost his presidential bid is because he believes that the "accuracy and honesty of the country’s electoral process [lie at] the heart of the democratic exercise" and that "If there is to be a President in this country, he or she has to have the true mandate of the Filipino people." Noynoy Aquino, the possibly psychologically challenged, SCTEx- and Nantes-explosion-sullied, and definitively unaccomplished solon son of Ninoy and Cory does not even seem to have the genuine mandate of the Filipinos. How could he possibly have an 88% trust rating then?

This fellow got 88% trust rating? Hindi nga, SWS?

If Cory, the mother, referred to by some as the "democracy icon" can only get 60% trust rating a few weeks before she died, how impossible and illogical is it for her incompetent solon of a son, who also happens to be dogged by serious mental health, corruption and even narco-politics issues, possibly score a much, much higher trust rating? Even if, for the sake of argument, the abnoy and HOCUS PCOS issues are stricken off him, it doesn't make sense that the presumed transfer of Cory's 60% trust ratings even gained 12% upon reaching Noynoy. Remember that the current yellow occupant of Malacanang scored zero accomplishment as congressman and senator; moreover he was definitely not considered of presidential timbre prior to his mother's death. What did SWS give the Filipino public this time? Another case of yellow impunity? A case of automated HOCUS PCOS SWS survey?

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References

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Sunday, July 04, 2010

Dreams of Joseph "Erap" Estrada

LAST night, I had a dream about President Joseph "Erap" Estrada. It was a most unfortunate dream: he was killed not by assassination--a threat of which I suspect was behind his decision to support the HOCUS PCOS "President" Benigno Simeon "Noynoy" Aquino III--but by deliberate food poisoning. After his death, it seemed much of the Philippines' opposition was silenced.



1990s Dream of Erap

This is not the first time I dreamt clearly of Joseph Estrada. During the early 1990s when Erap was yet a senator, I had this strange dream of him sitting on a chair, with several dwarves around him, in the stance of a commonly depicted Buddha statue.


Strange because there were dwarves involved. Even stranger because at the time of my very dream encounter of the Erap, kind, I was a vicious anti-Estrada and the idea of him being in my dream world was so repulsive. "Yuk, what a dream. What do I care about that Erap," I told myself. I was back then a Cory yellow, although characteristically not the solid gullible type, and anyone associated with Marcos was no-no for me at that point. Moreover, I was haughty and biased against "mere actors and actresses": I was, I believe now, sort of brainwashed by what I now refer to as Yellow Media.


Erap Dream: Sitted ala Sitting Buddha

I must confess that beyond the brainwashing, perhaps I thought Erap was too "baduy" for my taste as I, back then, thought of myself as belonging to the elite--definitely not of the material kind but of the intellectual kind. Objectively, I don't' think I should blame myself for this bias because Estrada projected an image of being not concerned with education. As I now understand, he deliberately cultivated a pronouncedly pro-masa image in his bid to endear himself with the Filipino masses. Explaining the famous, or infamous, Erap jokes that revolved around bad English.


Sometime after President Estrada was deposed by the immoral and unconstitutional EDSA 2, analysts would blame Erap jokes for Estrada's fall from grace. The Erap jokes, consciously crafted, if I'm not mistaken, by the PR firm of Reli German, did bring Erap closer to the masses but estranged, if not further estranged, him away from the all-important middle class. Still, I should have seen through the media bias and realized that a man who was admitted to Ateneo University and Mapua Institute of Technology cannot possibly be dumb. I should have bothered to question the media for portraying an outstanding, long-standing mayor as dumb.


Reassessing Erap

At any rate, Erap won as President in 1998--something I mistakenly thought as most anathema to Philippine political maturity and development. However, when the Estrada Resign Movement began to make noise, that was when I reassessed my earlier virulent anti-Estrada stance. The first thing I noticed was the composition of those wanting him to resign: known dirty political figures wanting Erap to step down on corruption charges?

What are these people, save perhaps for former President Cory Aquino and Cardinal Jaime Sin, really want? "What a joke," I thought: "sinners hurling stones at a sinner." I wouldn't have none of a judgmental, unchristian, ungodly, political persecution. Besides, while I definitely did not vote for Erap, he had the votes of the majority. "Aren't we supposed to respect democracy and its institutions?", I said to myself.

 The rest is history. Estrada, a politico I used to hate, was ousted by a conspiracy of opportunists and stupid gullibles: Right, Center, and Left, with many of the latter having picked up an Arrobo stone that they used to hit their heads with [translation: they became unfortunate desaparecidos under the Illegitimate they helped install].


Dreams

It was during the height of EDSA 2 that I remembered my 1990s dream of Erap. I've been trying to analyze that dream since. Perhaps, the dwarves coiled around a sitting Erap meant he would be lucky to become Vice-President and later, President of the Philippines. But what about his EDSA 2 ouster?


That I again dreamt of Estrada in more explicit terms bothers me. Of course, it could just be plain and simple dream fueled by my frustration over his decision to support the psychologically challenged, zero-zero bill, Gov. Nantes-explosion-implicated, Hacienda-Luisita-massacre-implicated HOCUS-PCOS Yellow Cheat. Or is it?


Whatever, I just wish former and real President Joseph Ejercito Estrada the best. I wish him safety and health, longer life and redemption via historical rectification. And definitely, I wish him food security in the food-taster sense of the term.

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The conspiracy of Edsa 2: how Gloria Arroyo managed not to let President Joseph Estrada finish his term
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Something the Philippine Yellow Media not telling us about the 2010 Elections? (Part I)
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Saturday, September 05, 2009

Consider the Aquino Legacy: Should Noynoy Aquino Run for President?

Sen. Benigno Simeon "Noynoy" Aquino III is supposedly in Davao for a spiritual retreat, trying to seek "divine guidance" as to whether he should run for president in 2010. I hope that when he emerges on Monday, he would have already communed with and, thereby, been enlightened by the spirits of his father and mother. It is my ardent hope that by the end of his retreat, he would come to the right decision and continue the path of his mortal but noble parents--allow himself to be driven purely by the vision of a truly democratic Philippines, abandon partisan and elitist politics and announce to the Filipinos that he will unify the opposition by dropping his newfound presidential ambitions. He would then ask his supporters to respect the wisdom of his decision and explain that his running will only further divide the country because the obtaining conditions were unlike those in 1985 and 1986.




He would perhaps then articulately recall the famous, stirring words of his father, the late Sen. Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino: "I am no longer seeking the presidency of this land, I am not seeking anymore any office in this country... I shall dedicate the last drop of my blood to the restoration of freedom." His retreat, I hope, will make the senator see that his martyr father was able to unite the Filipinos by entirely letting go of his personal ambitions and offering himself not as a leader who worked to covet the presidency from strongman Ferdinand Marcos but one who offered his life, or his death, to achieve our unity.

1986 Conditions Not Found

It is true, of course, that Noynoy's mother, former President Corazon "Cory" Cojuangco Aquino, ran for the top elective post in 1986 and in a way, therefore, materialized in her person the old presidential ambitions of Ninoy. However, as practically everyone recognizes so, Cory was a reluctant presidential bet who only agreed to run in the bid to unite the opposition. The unity process went like this: following President Marcos' call for snap elections "in answer to [the opposition's] request," one million signatures petitioning for Cory's candidacy were presented her; the opposition then slowly united behind Ninoy's widow; while it took some time, her husband's friend and top presidential contender of the mainstream opposition, former Sen. Salvador "Doy" Laurel of the UNIDO party was eventually convinced to slide down as Cory's vice-presidential running mate amidst public clamor to ensure an opposition victory.


If Noynoy were any bit serious in truly carrying out the patriotic mission of his parents in ensuring that democracy lives on, he'll see that the present conditions do not warrant his bid for the presidency, at least not yet in 2010. For one, the incumbent "President" Gloria Arroyo is constitutionally barred from running for the presidency. This means that unless charter change efforts by the administration succeed, there really is no strongman or strongwoman that the opposition will face. Secondly, there appears to be no replication of the 1 M signatures happening (which today should really be around 1.8 or 2M to compensate for the country's population increase).

Thirdly, and perhaps most importantly, there are so many presidential wannabe's from the opposition and they are generally not inclined to give way to him. Just about those who have signified the intention to shelve their own presidential ambitions for any "unity" bet are his own partymates or ex-partymates: Mar Roxas, who probably has been under pressure from ex. Sen. Jovito Salonga, and Sen. Francis Pangilinan, who is only eyeing the VP slot anyhow. Gov. Panlilio has reportedly already gave way but all other top opposition contenders based on survey showings are not: Villar, Escudero, Legarda and even ex-President Joseph Estrada.

Should Noynoy Listen to Lacson and Pangilinan?

Noynoy should also question the "moral quality" of the politicians urging him to run if he really wants to be rightly guided in his decision. Sen. Panfilo Lacson is also throwing his support behind Noynoy and has even urged Estrada to do the same but the thing is that he's not even a presidential contender. Moreover, Lacson is known not only for abandoning his Jose Pidal expose but worse, also has the track record of splitting the opposition back in 2004. Had he agreed to play second fiddle to Fernando Poe Jr., Arroyo would have been long out of Malacanang and the governance problems of this country not allowed to balloon to debacle levels.

Pangilinan is another figure Noynoy should not easily heed and, instead, question for his political morality. In throwing support for Sen. Aquino, the husband of mega-actress Sharon Cuneta claimed in an interview that the only reason he wanted to run for VP was because he hoped to introduce an alternative government program. What moral right does Pangilinan have to claim he stands for reform and tell the Filipinos to support Noynoy when he is a suspect insofar as disrespect of the constitution and the people's vote is concerned. Who could really forget his role as Sen. "Noted" during the canvassing of votes for the disputed 2004 elections? Being the chairman of the Joint Congressional Canvassing body, he certainly played a notable role in the failure of Congress to open the contested provincial COCs and provide the Philippines the real victor in the presidential elections, a year before the "Hello Garci" wiretapping expose. Perhaps, his "Noted" role even gives every genuine believer in the workings of democracy the right to suspect him as one of Arroyo's minions in Congress who were tasked to delay “the senatorial canvassing until after the voting on the rules“, as revealed by the 11:25, 26 May 2004 recording in the ‘Hello Garci’ tapes.

Gov. Panlilio, on the other, does speak from a moral high ground and Noynoy can perhaps listen to him. However, it is also a fact that the governor priest is considered a minor presidential contender with negligible base of support.

If the conditions that paved the way for Cory's presidential bid in 1986 were to form the basis of Sen. Aquino's decision for 2010, the unijo hijo of Ninoy should find no reason to jump into the coming presidential race. The best possible but rather remote scenario that those pushing him to run can hope for are that the three factors be replicated today in a sort of reversed order--Noynoy announces his bid, the 1 or 2 million signatures are presented to him, and all the presidential wannabe's from the opposition support him. If that happens, that would be called baiting for it; otherwise, Noynoy will only further split the opposition.

Beware What the People Really Want

Misreading of what the general public--not just a limited strata of the entire population--wants could only work against the interest and genuine advancement of the nation, and could even alienate and trample on the will of the masses. I remember that following the EDSA 2 disguised coup, I started avoiding broadcast commemorative features or documentaries of the 1986 EDSA as well as tarmac scenes of Ninoy's assassination. In fact, I even went as far as dismissing those historic scenes as events come to naught due to the EDSA 2's sacrilege of the genuine spirit of "People Power" and the destruction of the very Constitution the original EDSA brought forth. Her own mother seemed to share my cerebral processing of the pretender "People Power,” as proved no less by Cory's December 2008 apology to Erap over being "guilty to the 2001 uprising" (Amidst news na nagkasagutan sila, the spokeswoman 'clarified' that the apology was said in "jest" but later stressed that the former President is "not taking it back.")


Unless "Tita Cory" herself, before she died, was able to give even just a hint that he should seek the presidency in 2010 in order to "unite the opposition" or forge a stronger front against the totally wicked governance of the EDSA 2 "President" whose para-constitutional installation they both were themselves were party to, then Noynoy better just go the way of his noble parents. In 1992, following her task of restoring the institutions of democracy, Cory did the way of her hero husband and refused the temptation of taking another shot at the presidency. She remained vigilant in guarding the newfound democracy, figuring in the anti-Cha-Cha rallies during Ramos' time. The late former President made the "mistake" of calling for Erap's ouster in 2001, but before her death, managed to make peace with the masses of EDSA 3. This helped renew what she had long lost, the "Cory magic," to resurface in the show of ardent support and militancy during her funeral.

Ninoy, the patriarch of this seeming family of patriots, showed his great love for the country by turning his back on elite politics, his Liberal Party, and his presidential ambitions. If Sen. Noynoy truly wants to offer his life to serve the Philippines, it would be wise for him to follow the examples of his parents while being his own man: rise above partisan politics and forget that he is an LP, listen less to the civil society's views of what democracy and government should be, and listen more to the politically marginalized masses. If he can do that, he'll know whether to run or not in 2010.

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References:

Arroyo, "Hello Garci" and the Anniversary of Her Bogus Presidency. 30 June 2008. http://forthephilippines.blogspot.com/2008/06/arroyo-hello-garci-and-anniversary-of.html

Corazon Aquino. (2009, September 4). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 21:26, September 4, 2009, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Corazon_Aquino&oldid=311903495

From Dictatorship to Democracy.' BBC News. February 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/documentary_archive/4713466.stm

Iyer, Pico. Corazon Aquino. TIME. 5 January 1987. http://www.time.com/time/subscriber/personoftheyear/archive/stories/1986.html

NATv EXCLUSIVE: Ninoy Aquino's memorable speech in Los Angeles (4 of 9). YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyXUq_H4uNs

Video Collection of the Hello Garci? Tapes from Youtube. http://www.youtube.comwatchv=okgENwzIxZw&feature=PlayList&p= 6F58785F3AFB1DA7&index=0&playnext=1

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Photo Credits:

Corazon Aquino (1933 - 2009). Washington Post. 31 July 2009. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2009/07/31/GA2009073103281.html?sid=ST2009073103362

Last Journey of Ninoy Poster. http://www.edwinsoriano.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/The-Last-Journey-of-Ninoy-poster.jpg

Noynoy Aquino Site. http://www.noynoy.ph

Ping Lacson Site. http://www.pinglacson.net/home

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