Joker Arroyo, most "effective" fiscalizer???

From Rego:

May ask what are teh issue that Joker palyed so dumbed during his 6 years in the congress? becuase find him the most effective and most objective fiscalizer of the Gloria administration together with Jun Magsaysay and Teddy boy Locsin.

I disagree. during 2001-2004 (before hello garci), joker-- who chaired the blue ribbon cmte.-- was one of GMA and mike arroyo's biggest defenders. he helped stonewall and coverup for pidal during the senate hearings. as blue ribbon cmte chairman, sabi ni joker na bawal raw ang ebidensiya ni lascon vs. pidal kahit na xeroxed o "authenticated" copies yung mga documento o tseke. kailangan raw original copies. but in order to get the originals, mike arroyo and the banks will have to voluntarily give up such documents, which they didn't.

maganda sana kung under oath sabihin ng bank officials kung galing sa original ang mga xeroxed na tseke at documento na yan o hindi. pero "the real pidal" iggy was allowed to invoke his "right to privacy" kaya wala ring nangyari.

for those who didn't remember, those who approved of iggy's "right to privacy" were the "pidal 10" (kinda like the "craven 11") which included joker, noted, recto, noli etc.

Joker also used his blue ribbon committee against ARroyo's enemies. He used his blue ribbon cmte to conduct a three year investigation on victor corpus' expose of lacson's "hidden billion dollar accounts" in the US and rosebud's and ador mawanay's narcopolitics-gate. pero even wala rin. Pinagtawanan lang ng citibank yung bank account numbers ni corpus at blanquita pelaez. The US gov't, thru the justice dept. and the DEA, accomodated the RP's request to investigate lacson's hidden bank accounts and the narcopolitics issue, pero wala rin. tapos pinagalitan pa ng US justice dept. via kyle latimer ang NBI natin under wycoco.

nung sumabog lang ang gloriagate atsaka lang naging "less" pro-arroyo si arroyo. pero tahimik lang siya sa isyu na election rigging, unlike noong panahon ni erap re the corruption issues.

so he joined hands with the opposition on the issues defending the senate against arroyo attacks, pero the most season observers will notice na kampi pa rin si joker kay mr. at mrs. arroyo pagdating sa jose pidal at hello garci.

And in the end, sumama rin siya sa administration, the same admin na gustong i-abolish and senado at itulak ang CON-ASS.

so does that mean na payag na rin siya dito, para lang may access siya sa gov't campaign funds at helicopter accomodations?

UPDATE: Sabi sa statement ni joker at ni ralph recto:

Why then should we not run again in the administration Senate slate? It has never tried to undermine our independence or bind our conscience or stand in the way of what we believed had to be said and done. It has respected if it did not always enjoy our roles as senator.

er... how about EO 464? how about malacanang's attempt to abolish the senate?