Showing posts with label 1987 pHILIPPINE CONSTITUTION. Show all posts
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Thursday, August 14, 2014

RP headed for serious political confrontation--Pnoy thinking of becoming god

What President Aquino shared with TV5 will change forever the political fate of this country. For one, what the President announced is a veritable declaration of war against every principle he once believed in and what his mother, former president Corazon "Cory" Aquino and even his father, Benigno Aquino Jr. stood for and died for--that of preserving the pillars of democracy.

see this link:http://www.interaksyon.com/article/93241/president-aquino-says-he-is-open-to-cha-cha-2nd-term-and-a-weaker-sc

Aquino is now veering away from using his Constitutional powers and is mulling the possibility of further increasing his own powers by diluting the powers of the other branches of government. He did so when he and his friend, Butch Abad, invented the DAP. That is like assuming the power of the Purse which the Constitution only gave to Congress to exercise. He continues to mock the decision of the Supreme Court over the DAP and even uses the BIR, an agency of the Executive, to undertake a witch hunt against members of the Judiciary.

Whoever is advising the president--let me send this message very clearly--you are doing a great disservice to the Peoples of this Nation by giving this president an advice that puts this country in such terrible risks.

By putting this idea in the infantile mind of this president that he is god and deserves a second chance is like creating the very atomic bomb that is sure to obliterate every shred of democracy off this wonderful land.

How can we now say that it's more fun in the Philippines when the very ones who lead this government is thinking of having more fun for another six years?

Are the people ready for another six years of thievery, of goofs, of disservices, of poor public services, of higher prices of goods, of an aristocracy living in luxury while the rest live in utter destitution and poverty?

I remember one professor of mine in law who said that it is better to bet your bottom dollar on democracy rather than earn millions out of anarchy and despotism.

Pnoy and his classmates and friends are treading a path least taken by other mortals for fear of failure.  When these people were young, they envisioned a society free from dictatorship.

Now that they are in power, they are becoming the very same people they once tried to fight against.

As they say, how besotted the young mind becomes when exposed to the trappings of power! How man tries to ascend to the heavens as a god rather than a mortal?

And as what God described Lucifer when he revolted against the powers of Heaven:

“How you are fallen from heaven,
O Lucifer,[a] son of the morning!
How you are cut down to the ground,
You who weakened the nations!
13 For you have said in your heart:
‘I will ascend into heaven,
I will exalt my throne above the stars of God;
I will also sit on the mount of the congregation
On the farthest sides of the north;
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds,
I will be like the Most High.’
15 Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol,
To the lowest depths of the Pit.
16 “Those who see you will gaze at you,
And consider you, saying:
‘Is this the man who made the earth tremble,
Who shook kingdoms,
17 Who made the world as a wilderness
And destroyed its cities,
Who did not open the house of his prisoners?’ (Isaiah 14: 12-17, NKJV)

Mr. President, please re-read your history books. Those who made themselves gods are themselves made low by the very people whom God granted the right to be His sons.

Those who thought of themselves as gods eventually got what the Prophet Isaiah described Lucifer's reward--a place in Sheol.







Wednesday, May 13, 2009

New Administration Party: LAKAS-KAMPI CMD

Next Tuesday, the Committee on Constitutional Amendments chaired by Cong. Victor Ortega will decide on the fate of Speaker Prospero Nograles' bill or House Resolution No. 1109 which pushes for a convening of Congress into an assembly to propose amendments to the 1987 Constitution. Analysts say, this is a last ditch attempt at charter change. It seeks to exclude the Senate in the voting for amendments to expedite the main motive for the bill---the change from a presidential to a parliamentary form of government to allow Mrs. Arroyo to run as Congressman and seek the Prime Ministership (see Philippine Daily Inquirer report)

One question---what is the effect of the soon-to-be political marriage of Lakas and KAMPI to this attempt at cha-cha? Yesterday, the main proponents of this merger already invented a name for themselves--LAKAS KAMPI CMD. This merger, I think, is the strongest possible political coalition for the administration. And it will be the biggest political party should it comes to fruition.

While members of LAKAS and KAMPI are preparing for the elections, some of their members are still trying to pass charter change using the back door. Now, will this latest dig at cha-cha be one of the sour points of this coalition? Some politicians whom I chanced upon yesterday said that most, if not all, are against cha-cha. However, some said that the Las Vegas trip was a PR event, meant to provide the numbers for the passage of the Nograles bill.

Now, should Congress pursue their Tuesday thing and LAKAS-KAMPI CMD opposed it, it surely would lead to a fractious political marriage. Will the new LAKAS-KAMPI CMD be able to conveniently trade this off in exchange for what?