Impeach GMA?
(Note: This post was written in Tagalog or Taglish. For non-Tagalog readers the English translation of this post can be found at the end of the Tagalog post.)
May bagong impeachment complaint na ihahain nanaman sa Kongresso pag-bukas nito sa Hunyo. Ayon kay Ellen Tordesillas sa kanyang post na Impeachment without illusions sa Making Life Worth Living may kaibahan ito sa impeachment noong nakaraan na taon dahil ang mga complainant ngayon ay mga pribadong mamayan katulad ni Prof Randy David. Nagpost din si Manolo ukol sa bagong impeachment case sa kanyang blog Daily Dose sa ilalim ng titulo Three charges .
Maraming mahalagang bagay ang ma kukuha mo sa mga post na ito. Mula kay Manolo ang isang pinakaimportanteng impormasyon na makukuha ay ang nilalaman ng bagong impeachment case laban kay GMA.
GMA EXERCISED DICTATORIAL POWERS TO SILENCE, IF NOT STIFLE, POLITICAL DISSENT ARISING FROM HER ILLEGITIMATE PRESIDENCY. Charges of obstruction of justice, EO 464, CPR and 1017, Daily Tribune, the Batasan 5, electoral fraud.
GMA COMMITTED CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY. She abetted, if not encouraged, the systematic and widespread killings of political dissidents and journalists to silence criticisms lodged against her and to continue her illegitimate hold on power.
GMA CRIMINALLY CONCEALED HER CONJUGAL ASSETS, ENGAGED IN GRAFT AND CORRUPTION, AND ENTERED INTO ILLEGAL GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS. The Jose Pidal accounts, PIATCO bribery, Northrail; jueteng; as well as illegal withholding of the Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA).
Kay Ellen naman ay kung bakit itutuloy ni Prof David ang impeachment case.
David, who was the first victim of Proclamation 1017 last Feb. 24, gave four reasons why we should pursue the impeachment cause:
1. To remain quiet is not an option. A quietist attitude rewards thieves, opportunists, and dishonest people. Democracy is anything but quiet. The day citizens shut up will be the day they lose their stakes in the nation.
2. I also believe that our people are not ready for anything radical at this time. Out of exasperation, they may welcome a revolutionary government, but I am almost certain that if they were not part of it from the start, they would not have the energy to support or defend it. It will not take long before they start to question the basis of its authority, its legitimacy.
3. Our people are worried for their families. That is why, by the thousands everyday, they vote with their feet. They fail to see any hope of redemption for the country under any of the existing political leaders. They’re skeptical of almost all our present leaders. We must persuade them that there is hope for the country, but we must remind them as well that hope can only be forged in acts of sustained resistance.
4. I believe the 2007 mid-term election is unavoidable. It presents our people with an opportunity to see where their representatives stand on a crucial moral and political issue. They will be watching how their congressmen will vote on the impeachment of the most unpopular president this country has ever had. We cannot ignore elections, no matter how meaningless they might seem too many of us.
At siguro pinakamahalaga ang sinabi ni Prof Randy David kay Ellen ukol sa impeachment case na ito.
David said he has no illusions about the chance of the impeachment complaint in the Arroyo administration-controlled House. “But if,” he said, “perchance, we can persuade our people – especially the young to once more take up the challenge of political involvement as we go through the process of explaining the case against Mrs. Arroyo, I think we shall have contributed to restoring our people’s confidence in the nation as a whole.
Makikita natin ang layunin ng bagong impeachment case laban kay Arroyo. Masisinag din kung bakit hindi masyadong abala ang mga taga opposisyon kung ilan boto ang makukuha nila. (i)Ang bagang kaso ay dinagdagan nga mga bagong akusasyon ng paglabag sa batas kay Arroyo. (ii)Ang mga complainant nito ay galing sa mga miyembro ng opposisyon na hindi miyembro ng legislatura, hindi matandang pulitiko, at hindi miyembro ng anumang grupong politikal. (iii) Hindi inasahan ng oposisyon at ang mga naghain nitong impeachment case na uunsad ito sa Kongreso.
Ang possibleng layunin ng impeachment case na ito ay humakot pa ng mga kaanib mula sa mamamayan para sa eleksyon sa 2007. Ang isa pang possibleng layunin nito ay ang pagkokondisyon uli ng mga mamamayan para sa isa pang People Power.
Magtatagumpay kaya sila?
Sundan natin ang susunod na kabanata sa pinakamalaking teleserye sa Pilipinas.
- Here is the English Translation -
There is a new impeachment complaint that will be filed in Congress this June. Ellen Tordesillas wrote about this in her blog Making Life Worth Living you can find it under the post titled Impeachment without illusions . According to Ellen, the new impeachment differs from the last one in that the complaint/or impeachment comes from private citizens like Prof Randy David. Last year’s impeachment case came from politicos. Manolo also posted an article about the new impeachment case in his blog Daily Dose under the title Three charges .
There are a lot important things that can be gleaned from this two posts. From Manolo one can pick up the contents and constituents of the new impeachment case against the President, GMA.
GMA EXERCISED DICTATORIAL POWERS TO SILENCE, IF NOT STIFLE, POLITICAL DISSENT ARISING FROM HER ILLEGITIMATE PRESIDENCY. Charges of obstruction of justice, EO 464, CPR and 1017, Daily Tribune, the Batasan 5, electoral fraud.
GMA COMMITTED CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY. She abetted, if not encouraged, the systematic and widespread killings of political dissidents and journalists to silence criticisms lodged against her and to continue her illegitimate hold on power.
GMA CRIMINALLY CONCEALED HER CONJUGAL ASSETS, ENGAGED IN GRAFT AND CORRUPTION, AND ENTERED INTO ILLEGAL GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS. The Jose Pidal accounts, PIATCO bribery, Northrail; jueteng; as well as illegal withholding of the Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA).
While from Ellen one can get into the spirit and purpose of the new complaint courtesy of Prof Randy David, one of its proponents.
David, who was the first victim of Proclamation 1017 last Feb. 24, gave four reasons why we should pursue the impeachment cause:
1. To remain quiet is not an option. A quietist attitude rewards thieves, opportunists, and dishonest people. Democracy is anything but quiet. The day citizens shut up will be the day they lose their stakes in the nation.
2. I also believe that our people are not ready for anything radical at this time. Out of exasperation, they may welcome a revolutionary government, but I am almost certain that if they were not part of it from the start, they would not have the energy to support or defend it. It will not take long before they start to question the basis of its authority, its legitimacy.
3. Our people are worried for their families. That is why, by the thousands everyday, they vote with their feet. They fail to see any hope of redemption for the country under any of the existing political leaders. They’re skeptical of almost all our present leaders. We must persuade them that there is hope for the country, but we must remind them as well that hope can only be forged in acts of sustained resistance.
4. I believe the 2007 mid-term election is unavoidable. It presents our people with an opportunity to see where their representatives stand on a crucial moral and political issue. They will be watching how their congressmen will vote on the impeachment of the most unpopular president this country has ever had. We cannot ignore elections, no matter how meaningless they might seem too many of us.
And more importantly Prof Randy David stated the following according to Ellen -
David said he has no illusions about the chance of the impeachment complaint in the Arroyo administration-controlled House. “But if,” he said, “perchance, we can persuade our people – especially the young to once more take up the challenge of political involvement as we go through the process of explaining the case against Mrs. Arroyo, I think we shall have contributed to restoring our people’s confidence in the nation as a whole.
Thus a reading of both posts illuminates one as to what the new case is about and what are its objectives. And then it becomes clear why the opposition does not seem as stressed as it should be given they do not have the numbers to carry the impeachment forward. (i) The new case against Arroyo has a number new accusations. (ii) The complainants this come from the opposisyon but not from the ranks of politicians and other political fronts. (iii) The Opposition does not expect this case to progress ( Similar to last year’s impeachment).
The possible objective of this new impeachment case is to recruit allies from the citizens for the 2007 electionds. Another goal of this new impeachment case is condition the citizens for people power type of solution.
Will the Opossition succeed?
Time to watch with a critical eye the biggest soap opera in the Republic.
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