Comments on: HR 1109 in the Plenary Live Blog

By: carl

carl — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:57:42 +0000

if con-as would come its way and hr 1109 would be passed…
then we loose ‘our voices’ ‘our rights’…

people are not stupid… especially not us!!!…
fraud..corruption..injustices and soo much more are evident in our country for a very long time already…

we’ve lost so much in this “administration”… and its time to fight back…

Macapagal-Arroyo has reached her limits and so we do…

“good change” will never happen if these same people rule over us continuously…

coz the very main fact that ‘corrupt people are ruling all over our country’ and abusing their power to the extent… they’re only dragging the Filipino mass and our country down with them in hell!!!

By: Primer

Primer — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:42:48 +0000

“so much has been said and written on the defects of the constitution that need to be corrected on an urgent basis.”

Besides the awkward use of ‘to be corrected on an urgent basis”, your opinion is WRONG. Why don’t you rather lay your proof (ano ba tong so much has been said and written?).

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By: Snow World

Snow World — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 06:52:00 +0000

(Update) ConAss or AssCon?…

On the 2nd night of June 2009, the Philippine House of Representatives adopted House Resolution 1109 after a louder “aye” was heard than the “nays”. This will convene the Congress into a Constituent Assembly or ConAss, that will amend the…

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Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:38:03 +0000

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By: Rico

Rico — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:39:29 +0000

Took me a while, but I compiled caffeinesparks' tweets into a chronologically-ordered list. Blow-by-blow HR 1109 action captured!

By: BongV

BongV — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:54:14 +0000

Nick:

If the issue becomes “justiciable” – an event will happen that triggers a review on the constitutionality on the manner being proposed and whether such is consistent with the application.

a two-pronged parallel campaign can be undertaken

1 – recall the congressmen
2 – petition the SC for review

And if things don’t work out – EDSA 4 might very well be in the offing.

You will have to keep your emotions in check, as rhetoric will make you lose objectivity.

By: Bencard

Bencard — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:48:33 +0000

nick, what else is in your ‘crystal ball’? a flawed constitution has to be corrected and all constitutional means possible should be explored to do it. let the proper body determines, with finality, what is constitutional or not, not just based on the words of golez, maza, zamora, etc., and some people here who oppose the very idea itself. this politics of fear should not be allowed to hamstrung the whole nation. if the senate does not want cha-cha to happen for fear of losing its hold on power, or for fear that the incumbent president may keep herself in power, does that mean that the constitution can never be changed or amended at all, at any time, under any circumstances?

so much has been said and written about the defects of the current constitution that need to be corrected on an urgent basis. thoughtful and unbiased minds are fully cognizant of them, and i believe there’s no need to rehash them here.