Fake President, Fake Reforms, Fake Dissent

Con Com appointee Jarius Bondoc protests and says na wag raw silang tawagin na Arroyo rubberstamp dahil contra raw sila sa "No Elections" proposal ni Arroyo.

Awww...

If that's the case, then bakit ngayon lang kayo umaangal sa publiko, after the opposition and the public has made it known na unacceptable yang "No El" na yan?

I believe matagal nyo nang alam yung proposal na ito, so bakit ngayon lang namin naririnig ito?

Anyways, In other news, tuwang tuwa ang Malacanang sa No El proposal:

No-El paves way for RP’s First World status by 2025 — GMA

12/18/2005

Malacañang yesterday defended the recommendation of the Constitutional Commission (Con-com) to cancel the 2007 national elections and extend by three years the stay of incumbent officials whose terms end in that year.

It said the recommendation “marks a big step toward the repair of our degenerated political system” and also “signals our big leap toward decentralizing political power, expanding the horizons of economic prosperity and gaining First World status in 20 years."

Under the proposal, which already tinkers with the 1987 Constitution without first formalizing a shift to the parliamentary system, the same officials will serve in the transition parliament, with President Arroyo still at the helm of the government.

The administration, at the same time, called as unfair accusations by the opposition that the Chief Executive had bribed lawmakers and local government executives into supporting the Con-com's recommendation.

"That is an unfair comment...the (51-member) Con-com is composed of experts, known leaders of their professions, known for their respective skills. They decide on matters that they believe are right and good for our country. I think we have to give them the benefit of the doubt on all the provisions they have debated," Press Secretary and concurrent presidential spokesman Ignacio Bunye told a radio interview over RMN-dzXL.

As for me naman, I believe "trial balloon" yang "No El" proposal na yan. I don't believe it's serious, and it is meant to make some of the Cha-cha appointees of Arroyo "less stooge-like".

Meaning, they get to "dissent" and show their "independence" from Mrs. Arroyo, and the administration and it's allies will eventually "back down" from their "NO EL" proposal. I believe this is what will happen because nobody (and certainly not the public) is dumb enough to accept that "No El" ek ek ni GMA at Jose Abueva.


At since yan ang isa sa mga main complaints ng opposition, by removing that "no el" proposal (which they were never seriously considering in the first place), sasabihin ng administration na "O yan, may election na sa 2007. O timigil na kayo."

But like I said before:

Beware, beware of the lying cheater/thief and her stooges presenting themselves as "reformers."

And even if they eventually withdraw their NO-El proposal (because of strong negative clammor from the opposition), it is already too late because most Filipinos will see this Cha Cha move by Arroyo/JDV/FVR as nothing more than fake reforms meant to distract the public from Gloriagate.

As for me, I'm not for changing the Constitution. Ever since panahon pa ni Ramos at Erap.

But EVEN IF I were for it, I want somebody who is credible and with integrity to lead the reforms. The last person I would trust to make changes in the Constitution is Mrs. Arroyo and her appointed stooges like Jarius Bondoc, Alex Magno and Carmen Pedrosa of PHILSTAR. Changing the constitution is not a small matter, and I sense we have another Marcos type situation in our hands with his 1973 Constitution.

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