This administration is probably on the path towards self-destruction.
Newly appointed COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS or COMELEC commissioner MACABANGKIT LANTO was sacked as Congressman of Lanao del Norte in 1994 after the Supreme Court found that he benefitted from the FALSIFICATION OF TWO (2) MUNICIPAL CERTIFICATES OF CANVASS which were based on TAMPERED ELECTION RETURNS.
LANTO, according to the SUPREME COURT, benefitted from the fraud in the Congressional elections of 1992. Imagine, someone who benefitted from a fraudulent scheme being appointed to head the very same agency who accused him of such a crime and such an impropriety!
Now, Pnoy, who profess to lead the nation towards the 'RIGHT PATH" has appointed him and another one, Atty. Bernadette Sardillo, as Commissioners of the COMELEC.
Sardillo's claim to fame was she was the election lawyer of another Comelec commissioner Grace Padaca, who now also sits as a Commissioner of the poll body. Padaca has a graft case.
Wow. You have three Commissioners sitting in a Constitutional body whose reputation has been shattered and debased since time immemorial. Why appoint people who have tainted records?
Imagine, you have at least three (3) Commissioners now held by the neck by this administration. do not agree with Pnoy?
The question really now before us is this--how fair will this elections be for the opposition or those who
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Monday, October 8, 2012
President Aquino's remarks absolving Pacada of graft, unfair to the People of Isabela
President Aquino today practically absolved Grace Padaca, his political ally and former Governor of Isabela from the crime of graft and malversation of funds. In an article at the Philippine Star, Aquino said that he believes Padaca is not guilty of the crime charge and even insinuated that the case was "politically motivated."
Though the body hearing the case is an independent constitutional body, the polity is not jaded. Obviously, the President's remarks are uncalled for, because the case is still being heard and tried. Would this affect the course of the investigation? Yes, since the highest official of the land has already said his piece and we all know how bodies "respond" when a President already made known his stand publicly.
And to think that we live in a democratic society where the justice system says that a suspect remains innocent until proven otherwise. Aquino's words however, literally and practically dictated to the Sandiganbayan what to do with Padaca's case. What if the Sandiganbayan finds strong pieces of evidence against Padaca, will the President now say that the Sandiganbayan was influenced by politics? Will this case then lead to another "cleansing", the extent with which Aquino did with the Supreme Court, now targetting the Sandigan?
The President has put every body in a very embarrassing situation. Will the President cooperate with authorities the minute the Sandiganbayan discovers strong evidence of Padaca's criminal culpability?
Padaca's case is a usual form of graft where a government official literally gives monies to her favored institution. Former Isabela representative Santiago Respicio accused Padaca of granting a 25 million peso hybrid rice project to an organisation without public bidding.
This is a clear case of violation of the law on procurement. Don't tell me that President Aquino also has his own definition of graft and corruption? That when corruption is being undertaken by his political allies and friends, he is ever ready to defend them and say that their actions are "okey" even if these clearly violate the law?
I saw how Padaca immediately shed some tears when asked about the case. That's a classic case of conscience being pricked. She probably knows she erred in this. That's why every, single time someone asks her of it, she cries to hide her guilt.
Though the body hearing the case is an independent constitutional body, the polity is not jaded. Obviously, the President's remarks are uncalled for, because the case is still being heard and tried. Would this affect the course of the investigation? Yes, since the highest official of the land has already said his piece and we all know how bodies "respond" when a President already made known his stand publicly.
And to think that we live in a democratic society where the justice system says that a suspect remains innocent until proven otherwise. Aquino's words however, literally and practically dictated to the Sandiganbayan what to do with Padaca's case. What if the Sandiganbayan finds strong pieces of evidence against Padaca, will the President now say that the Sandiganbayan was influenced by politics? Will this case then lead to another "cleansing", the extent with which Aquino did with the Supreme Court, now targetting the Sandigan?
The President has put every body in a very embarrassing situation. Will the President cooperate with authorities the minute the Sandiganbayan discovers strong evidence of Padaca's criminal culpability?
Padaca's case is a usual form of graft where a government official literally gives monies to her favored institution. Former Isabela representative Santiago Respicio accused Padaca of granting a 25 million peso hybrid rice project to an organisation without public bidding.
This is a clear case of violation of the law on procurement. Don't tell me that President Aquino also has his own definition of graft and corruption? That when corruption is being undertaken by his political allies and friends, he is ever ready to defend them and say that their actions are "okey" even if these clearly violate the law?
I saw how Padaca immediately shed some tears when asked about the case. That's a classic case of conscience being pricked. She probably knows she erred in this. That's why every, single time someone asks her of it, she cries to hide her guilt.
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