Come to think of it. The Supreme Court nowadays is looking more and more like the House partisans that displayed nary a compunction to nip right in the bud not one but three impeachment attempts against Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Remember that Arroyo’s congressional allies let the former president off the hook despite for example her public [...]
Noynoy Aquino, a modern liberal
June 18, 2010 By 48 Comments
For the many who have enthusiastically supported or joined EDSA II, myself among them, the final push was almost certainly the failure of the constitutional process (the remedy of impeachment) to hold then President Estrada accountable for charges of multiple impeachment offenses. (President–elect Noynoy Aquino himself has threatened to go directly to the people the [...]
De Castro decision a threat to RP democracy
March 20, 2010 By 33 Comments
In a democracy, votes like money can get things done. President Arroyo for example has successfully overcome several attempts to remove her from office by impeachment because the numerical superiority of House members loyal to her proved to be too overwhelming to allow the constitutional process go beyond preliminary stages. Of recent, Senator Manny Villar, [...]
Against a non-partisan People Power
February 28, 2010 By 34 Comments
Speaking at the ceremony commemorating the 24th anniversary of the People Power Revolution, our hardworking and prayerful President, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, bemoaned the “partisanship” that the notion of “people power” has acquired through the years, and arrogated unto herself the authority to define it: “It is not about whose politics one supports. It’s about the heroism [...]
Who will carry forward the project of ’86?
February 13, 2010 By 37 Comments
The Spirit of ’86 remains an unfinished project. Take note for example the parallel in how easily the Nazis were de-Nazified and returned to business as usual in Germany and in how discretely the Marcos loyalists were de-Marcosified and allowed to restore themselves to their pre-EDSA statuses (think of Danding who fled with the dictator [...]
If your gut tells you Noynoy, go for it
September 18, 2009 By 151 Comments
The following excerpt and comment have sent me off to a contemplative mood for awhile. The first one from FV’s news department himself, Ding G. Gagelonia: But times have changed. Instead of reporting on the news, it seems, journalists are losing their detachment and are becoming self-obsessed, not unlike the political and social bigwigs they [...]
Missing the Point On the Road to 2010: Election Automation and Mobilizing Young People to Vote
June 30, 2009 By 95 Comments
I had a timely discussion with Norman Sison on twitter regarding automation. Let me say right now: that I am not against automation, at all. I’m just saying, automation and organizing young people to register and vote for 2010 is missing the point of what’s wrong with our politics. The problem of Philippine democracy isn’t [...]
The House, the beauty and the beast
June 6, 2009 By 33 Comments
Following the first attempt by the House of Representatives to constitute itself into a Senate-less constituent assembly in December 2006, I posted the following commentary: Since the Spirit of ’86 that had driven Marcos into exile, People Power has ensconced itself as the Great King in the wilderness of Philippine politics. As such, even if [...]
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