Toothless Blue Ribbon Chairman

Ito sana ang gustong mangyari ng Kontra Daya para ma-investigate ang dayaan sa Maguindanao:

Watchdogs to Senate: Probe poll chief, Bedol on fraud

Poll watchdogs yesterday expressed their dismay over the kid-glove treatment of Maguindanao provincial election supervisor and lawyer Lintang Bedol from the Com-mission on Elections commissioners and asked the Senate to probe not just Bedol but also Comelec chief Benjamin Abalos Sr. and other commissioners, pointing out that the Comelec en banc’s tap on the Bedol wrist manifests an alleged grand conspiracy to commit and hide wholesale electoral fraud.

The watchdog Kontra Daya scored the commission for threatening the media with the charge of electoral fraud, saying, “If anyone is guilty of electoral sabotage, it is Abalos himself and his patron in Malacañang. It is funny how the Comelec insists on punishing the media for allegedly manufacturing news when the cheat in Maguindanao polls has been freed, unleashed. Such threat is an affront to press freedom.”

Kontra Daya, in a statement, said: “The Comelec tried to make it appear that it is determined to punish Bedol. With the penalty it has imposed on Bedol, however, the Comelec has again become a laughingstock.”

The group called on the Senate to investigate the massive fraud in the recent elections. “We hope that the Senate will summon Abalos and Bedol and investigate their hand in the cheating. We are certain that only Miguel Zubiri, the Maguindanao Senator, will protest such a probe.”

Sorry to say this, but i don't anything of significance will come out of the Blue Ribbon panel (even if Alan Cayetano is heading it), if the membership of the panel overwhelmingly controlled by the administration:

Treading the line. While Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano bagged the chairmanship of the blue ribbon committee, he still has to tread a difficult line. The membership of the committee will be divided into 2 to 1 in favor of the administration-backed majority following the 16-8 proportion.

If the blue ribbon committee has 21 members including the chairman, you will have 14 members form the majority and seven form the minority. Any committee report must get a majority of the votes of the members before it can be submitted to the plenary.

The administration majority can always outvote Alan anytime and can derail his agenda. Kaya mapapansin mo, iba na ang priorities ng Blue Ribbon Chairman ngayon. Heck, Kiko Noted was even able to veto the Tamano appointment.

See, this kind of predictable BS can happen because an "independent" "opposition" guy like Mr. Villar is willing to sleep with the administration.