Teresita de Castro, the Chief of Injustice

Philippine Supreme Court, Chief of Injustice

In the same way that many Supreme Court decisions, political or otherwise, during the Marcos Dictatorship, are considered unlawful by the best and brightest lawyers in the country, we have witnessed the same massive erosion of justice in the decisions of the Supreme Court leading-up to the imminent disqualification of Leni Robredo as the duly-elected Vice President and the corresponding installation of Bong Bong Marcos as the bogus Vice President by the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), which is composed of the justices of the Supreme Court.

The recent appointment of Teresita de Castro as Chief Justice is the penultimate stroke to the final act of treachery--the reprise of the Marcos Dictatorship. Unfortunately, Filipinos cannot claim that we have been taken by surprise. It does not take a genius to read the writing on the wall since Digong assumed the Presidency and De Castro (under the auspices of the Coalition of Plunderers / Magnanakaw Inc.) has been an integral pawn in what can only be characterized as the complete and absolute perversion of the Supreme Court.

Let's go over her sterling voting record on recent political decisions.

January 21, 2015—The SC dismissed the disqualification case against former president and now Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada, saying he was eligible to run for the 2013 elections. De Castro voted in favor.

January 21, 2015—The SC denied Senator Jinggoy Estrada’s plea to junk the graft and plunder charges filed against him in connection with the pork barrel scam. De Castro voted against.

August 18, 2015—The SC granted bail to Senator Juan Ponce Enrile, who is among those implicated in the pork barrel scam. De Castro voted in favor.

October 20, 2015—The SC halted the proceedings of the Sandiganbayan on the plunder case filed against former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. De Castro voted in favor.

November 10, 2015—The SC upheld the power of the Court of Appeals (CA) to review and stop orders issued by the Ombudsman to elected officials. This was in connection with the Ombudsman suspension of Makati City Mayor Jejomar Erwin “Junjun” Binay Jr. De Castro voted in favor.

November 10, 2015—In the same decision on Mayor Binay’s case, the SC decided to abandon the condonation doctrine in future cases. The said doctrine—which Binay cited in his defense—absolves an official of administrative liability committed while he or she was in office if that official is reelected. De Castro voted against.

November 8, 2016—The SC allowed the burial of the late President Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani or Heroes’ Cemetery. De Castro voted in favor.

October 10, 2017—The SC allowed the arrest of Senator Leila de Lima based on spurious testimonies of incarcerated drug lords. De Castro voted in favor.

May 11, 2018—The SC upheld the defective Quo Warranto petition against CJ Sereno and ruled that it was the proper remedy to oust CJ Sereno. De Castro, among other SC justices, voted in favor, in spite of having been accusers of CJ Sereno in earlier hearings in the Lower House.

What can I say? Hail to the Chief of Injustice!

The only silver lining in the appointment of De Castro is that she is required to retire by law in October 2018. In effect, she will remain in the Supreme Court for less than two (2) months.

Further, because Digong stated categorically that De Castro's appointment was based on seniority, it should follow that the next Chief Justice should be Antonio Carpio--one of the few trustworthy individuals left at the Supreme Court and by no means a pushover to Digong.

It is no wonder that Digong, in spite of citing seniority in the appointment of De Castro, is already conditioning the public in bypassing Carpio as the next Chief Justice after De Castro.

For President Rodrigo Duterte, Carpio's refusal to accept a nomination to the top post after the ouster of Maria Lourdes Sereno still stands.

"He stated publicly that he's not going to accept so why cause a person to accept a path he does not want?" said Duterte on Monday, August 27.

Carpio never said he does not want to be nominated Chief Justice after De Castro retires. This is just the typical misinformation narrative of Digong to bypass a Chief Justice who would not automatically behave like his lapdog. In fact, Carpio has subsequently indicated that he could now accept his automatic nomination “because there is no longer a delicadeza issue or legal reason to decline.”

The Boiling Frog and Digong

The boiling frog is a fable describing a frog being slowly boiled alive. The premise is that if a frog is put suddenly into boiling water, it will jump out, but if the frog is put in tepid water which is then brought to a boil slowly, it will not perceive the danger and will be cooked to death.

If Digong informed the Filipino that he would install Bong Bong Marcos as the next President of the Philippines by whatever means necessary after he is elected President, that would have been tantamount to dumping the Filipino into a boiling pot of water, which the Filipino would most assuredly have rejected outright--just like the frog jumping out of a boiling pot of water.

However, Digong diabolically and systematically subjected the Filipino to tepid water at first while slowly increasing the temperature to the point that the Filipino and our fragile democratic institutions, including any and all forms of opposition, are about to be boiled to death and eradicated, so that he can serve the Presidency on a silver platter to Bong Bong Marcos.

Let's not forget the latest whimsical fiasco of Digong to neutralize Senator Trillanes, which will most assuredly be countenanced by the majority of whores in the Supreme Court! (Although the subsequent decision of the Supreme Court to deny Trillanes' plea for preliminary injunction was such a cop-out, it necessarily had to give some semblance of due process to Trillanes lest the people decide to burn down the Supreme Court outright.)

Isn't it about time we jump out of the boiling water? Isn't it about time we take out Digong?

Certainly in the coming May 2019 elections, let us reject all of the trapos that support Digong, who are illustrated in the pictures below (courtesy of Rappler):







Let us reject these whores and lackeys of Digong while we still can. Let us take back our democracy; otherwise, we are doomed to a repeat of an even worse era of Marcos dictatorship that we may no longer be able to overthrow!

Impunity knows no bounds

“I have manifested, and made public, that I am amenable to an anti-political dynasty provision as proposed by the Consultative Committee draft. However, I have also made it clear, based on my personal studies and consultation with peers, that political dynasties proliferated because of the unintended effects of imposing term limits,” said Alvarez.

Up to the very end of his asinine speakership, Bebot actually thought his opinion mattered. It's a relief that this swell-headed errand boy has finally been put in his place. Good riddance!

The "anti-political dynasty provision as proposed by the Consultative Committee," (underscore mine) which is the deceptive narrative that Digong and his lapdogs persist on shoving-up the ass of the public, has been an integral component of the Philippine Constitution since 1987 but has been completely and deliberately ignored and disregarded for over three (3) decades by the vested interests in the Philippine Legislature. It was never up to Bebot the errand boy ("amenable" my ass) or anyone in the Lower House or in the Senate whether or not there should be an operative law to prevent political dynasties because the Constitution already states there should be one. The fact that there isn't one only goes to show the treachery of Congress--a bunch of self-serving parasites that insist on wielding power in perpetuity at the expense of taxpayers--that has duped and continues to dupe nearly two (2) generations of Juan dela Cruz.

So, for all those intent on ramming federalism into the throats of Filipinos, let's be crystal clear on one thing: it never was and never will be a quid pro quo for an operative law to prevent political dynasties. The people have had the right to this anti-political dynasty law for more the thirty (30) years and it's the height of political terrorism to hold this operative law hostage in exchange for federalism, which is what the Legislature is doing under the orders of Digong. Considering only two out of 10 Filipinos support moves to change the 1987 Constitution at this time, according to a June 2018 survey conducted by Pulse Asia, this is a classic case of the tail wagging the dog.

Listen up Digong! In case you haven't noticed, you're the tail!

Give us the Anti-Political Dynasty Law that has long been provided under the 1987 Philippine Constitution and stop wasting our limited and hard-earned resources (which are NOT up to you to arbitrarily squander) on political adventurism like federalism (which is devoid of any meaningful support from the people).

Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez on Wednesday told senators he "absolutely"would not approve of federalism as presented in the draft charter by the Malacanang-backed Consultative Committee.

Dominguez, who was attending the Senate hearing on the 2019 national budget, said the draft constitution on federalism did not address important issues about the economy and could not be subjected to financial analysis.

“I sat with the members of the [Consultative Committee] and you know my first question was: How do they see that the national debt will be paid? [how] the army, military, foreign affairs, central bank will be paid? And they said, 'Oh no, don’t worry about that. The split will be after those expenses.' But I said, it’s not in the draft," Dominguez told senators.

Socio-economic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia warned of the ill effects of shifting to federalism on the Philippine economy, saying the regions at this point are not ready for this system.

“Expenditure will be immense if we go to federalism, and we estimate that the fiscal deficit to the GDP (gross domestic product) ratio can easily jump to maybe 6% or more, and that’s really going to wreak havoc in terms of our fiscal situation,” Pernia said in an interview with One News’ The Chiefs.

He also added that the expenses would result in a downgrade of the country’s credit ratings. (READ: Additional P44B to P72B needed for federalism shift – gov't think tank)

“We are now moving to connect the…lagging regions into the mainstream economy and that momentum of infrastructure improvement in the regions is going to be disrupted,” Pernia said. (OPINION: Why federalism won’t necessarily boost regional development)

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana expressed belief that the country is not yet ready to shift to a federal form of government.

Lorenzana, at the same time, said he understands where Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III and Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia are coming from when they expressed their concerns about federalism.

He said in Sec. Dominguez part, he was looking at the matter in terms of the money needed when the country shifts to a Federal form of government while Sec. Pernia is looking at the effects of a federal government in the country’s economy.

“Secretary Dominguez is looking at it on the money, how much money is needed to shift? You know when it comes to the Department of Finance they always think, “Can we do this?” Lorenzana said.

“On Sec. Pernia’s part, it will wreak havoc on our economy. Talagang magulo ‘yan kung hindi naka-prepare ‘yung mga states (if the states are not prepared). Like if you will create Ilocos as a state, Cagayan Valley as a state, Central Luzon as a state. There are governors there, how do you fix that? How about the other provinces? Are there still governors or only mayors? On my part I’m also confused,” he said.

Take it from President Rodrigo Duterte’s most trusted aide and confidant (Bong Go): Federalism is a “long shot.”

Senate President Vicente Sotto III said he does not see the need to prioritize federalism especially that the new Bangsamoro law has yet to be implemented.

In an interview on ANC Thursday (August 2, 2018), Sotto said the government should focus on the enforcement of the recently-signed Bangsamoro Organic Law instead of the proposed amendment of the 1987 Constitution to pave the way for the transition to federal government.

Sotto reiterated that the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region that would be created by the Republic Act 11054 could be an experiment on whether or not federalism would work for the country.

“We will monitor closely how it will work, the Bangsamoro organic act. It could be a model for the federalism proposal that they are pushing. It’s a region of its own, that’s why we don’t really need to prioritize the federalism at this point when we have a good experiment, if I may call it that,” Sotto said.

Kinuwestiyon kahapon ni Sen. Chiz Escudero  ang paglalaan ng P90 milyon pondo ng gobyerno para sa pagpapakalat ng impormasyon tungkol sa federalismo gayong hindi pa naman ito naaprubahan.

Sa pagdinig ng Senate committee on finance kung saan nagbigay ng briefing ang Development Budget Coordination Council (DBCC) sa panukalang 2019 national expenditure program, sinita ni Escudero kung ano ang ikinakampanya ng gobyerno gayong hindi pa pasado sa Kongreso ang panukalang pederalismo.

“Wala pa ngang approved federalism, ano ang kinakampanya natin? We don’t even know what shape, size, color, form that is. What will we disseminate?” sabi ni Escudero.

Ipinaalala rin ni Escudero na ang dapat na ipinapakalat ay ‘yong aprubado na ng mga mamamayan at hindi yong pinagde-debatihan pa lamang at maaari pang mabagong lahat.

In contrast to the crass blackmailing style of Bebot the errand boy (Alvarez threatens 'zero budget' for provinces of anti-federalism lawmakers), which is no doubt one of the many reasons he had to be removed, other individuals in the inner circle of Digong (e.g., Dominguez, Pernia, Lorenzana, Bong Go) or considered allies of Digong (e.g., Sotto, Escudero) have recently expressed their reservations, to say the least, on the proposed shift to federalism--see the above boxed captions.

Hey Digong! In case you're still not listening, your own cabinet and allies are broadcasting in the nicest possible way to quit it on federalism. The people don't want it, the people don't understand it nor do they care to understand it (because they don't want it). It's ill-conceived and confusing. It will create a more monstrous, bloated, inefficient bureaucratic kleptocracy and it will wreak havoc on the economy and our sovereign credit rating. It's not a priority. Let's see how the Bangsamoro law goes, which is going to take many years before we can even decipher if it's working or not--certainly well past your legal term. A public information campaign on federalism in draft form is a total waste of our resources! A long shot.

It's like the emperor without clothes. Nobody wants to say it outright but the truth is, nobody trusts you with such a critical task of revamping the Philippine Constitution and understandably so. You kill the small crooks but you're in bed with the most stupendous plunderers of the country--the Coalition of Plunderers or Magnanakaw Inc. And in spite of all your huffing and puffing, you can't even get rid of a handful of communists.

Arguably, if you massacred (a) every individual seated at the table with you (see above picture), (b) every member of their respective families (including mistresses and bastards) and (c) every card-carrying communist and moro insurgent in the very same manner you have killed these small time druggies (and slapped the Hague Ruling on the West Philippine Sea on the face of China every chance you got), you will probably go down in history as the greatest president of the Philippines!

The fact is Digong, you "kiss-up and kick down"--NOT the stuff of greatness. These are the classic traits of an inconsequential bully and a coward . . . and even the most uneducated masang Pilipino knows this at the very core of their hearts--especially those that cheer and clap the loudest at your sickest jokes. Like I said, the emperor has no clothes but nobody wants to say it.

I assure you that the vast majority of Filipinos are elated by your recent declarations of your readiness to step down (the latest Yahoo Poll figure on Duterte "Just do it"--Quit--was over 80%!!!; that is, until Digong's trollers hijacked the Poll to reflect another fake statistic), especially now that your gut is surely grumbling about the imminent failure of your proposed shift to federalism (Federalism push now both a farce and tragedy). It's not going to happen Digong, so you might as well step down. Yet, you are so drunk with power that you presume to control your succession and willy-nilly trample on the will of the people.

In any case, I am happy to say that when you do resign (or before the end of your legal term, as my feng shui friends and I have a premonition you won't make it to the end), regardless of your preferred successor (BBM or Chiz, please!) or mode of succession (military junta? hayop ka talaga!), we have the 1987 Philippine Constitution to fall back on, which clearly provides for Leni Robredo, our duly-elected Vice President (and no amount of convoluted machinations of certain whores in the Supreme Court by the Marcos family will change that), to lead us out of the mess you've brought upon the Philippines . . . and you, Digong, will be relegated to an ignominious footnote in Philippine history as the inconsequential bully and cowardly oaf that gatecrashed into Malacanang due to an ignorant and unenlightened episode of the voting population. Putang-ina mo and may your soul burn in hell for all eternity alongside the Marcos family and all their cronies.

Impunity Personified

Before the Philippines became a party to the International Criminal Court (ICC), the Philippine Senate needed to ratify the so-called Rome Statute of the ICC. It stands to reason that before the Philippines can withdraw from the the ICC, the Philippine Senate should likewise be required to reject and repudiate the very same Rome Statute it ratified in 2011. However, according to presidential spokesperson Harry Roque, there is no need for a Senate concurrence in the Philippines' withdrawal from the ICC. This is the same Harry Roque who thanked President PNoy for the Philippines' membership in the ICC.

What Roque wrote on his blog on August 25, 2011:

"To be candid, I never thought that membership in the ICC was possible, at least before I become geriatric. This is because of the many atrocities under both the Marcos and Arroyo regimes that remain unpunished. Well, it's always a pleasure to be proven wrong. Here, credit should go to both the Senate and to President Benigno Aquino III. It was the latter who reversed the Arroyo policy of rejecting the ICC as a means of ending impunity."

What Roque said in another blog post on September 23, 2011:

"As I ponder on the future of the Philippines as the latest member of the ICC, I look back to the 11 long years that took the Philippine Coalition for the ICC to finally convince the Philippines to be a member of the Court with melancholy and pride. Surely, though, we cannot afford to sit long on our laurels as the path ahead remains long and winding. Be as it may, the message has been sent: no more impunity!"

Today, Harry Roque is the foremost ass-licking, eat-shitting, cock-sucking bitch of Digong--Impunity Personified!

Digong's unilateral, dictatorial, cowardly and self-serving decision to withdraw the Philippines' membership from the ICC drags each and every Filipino into the steepest possible nose-dive in terms of reputation and stature--akin to an African failed-state like the Republic of Burundi, which happens to be the first nation to leave the ICC and, just recently, was ranked the "least happy country" in the 2018 World Happiness Report of the United Nations (based on factors including life expectancy, social freedom and absence of corruption). More importantly, the withdrawal of the Philippines from the ICC eliminates the only remaining civilized avenue of the Filipino people to prosecute a mass-murdering head of state like Digong.

The only other scenarios I can think of that could illustrate and define impunity in all its glory, depth, broadness and clarity are the political comeback of the Marcos family, GMA, Erap, Enrile, Binay and the like. This leads us again to the Coalition of Plunderers or Magnanakaw Inc., which has rehabilitated and reconstituted the Marcos Dynasty and its sub-dynasties like the GMA Dynasty, the Erap Dynasty, the Enrile Dynasty, the Binay Dynasty, among others, to continue and intensify the rape and pillage of the country here and now, and more so after the next presidential election (or whatever fake democratic exercise will occur in its place).

Coalition of Plunderers, also known as Magnanakaw Inc.

In his homily in Palm Sunday 2018, Cardinal Tagle hits violent and arrogant kings. Shortly thereafter, as if having a leisurely stroll in Luneta Park, Chief Presidential Legal Adviser, Snake Oil Salesman and Charlatan Extraordinaire Panelo nonchalantly declares that Cardinal Tagle must be referring to world leaders not from this country. The sleazeball appears to think that his mere statement negates Cardinal Tagle's obvious allusion to Digong and his cohorts. Then again, they're in power so they can say anything they want, and it miraculously becomes gospel truth. Talk about impunity!

Chief Presidential Legal Adviser, Snake Oil Salesman and Charlatan Extraordinaire

What about the free pass to the drug lords that blew-up on the face of Digong, forcing him to get rid of DOJ Secretary Aguirre? How utterly arrogant are these powers that be to clear the likes of Peter Lim, Kerwin Espinosa, Peter Co et al behind the backs of the Filipino. The DOJ panel decision was quietly issued on December 20, 2017 but was inadvertently leaked to the public in March 2018. Not so coincidentally, one of the members of the DOJ panel involved in the highly spurious decision, a certain Aristotle Reyes, was swiftly promoted from assistant state prosecutor to judge of a regional trial court--just a month after the ruling. All this talk about Digong punching the wall when the news of the DOJ clearing the drug lords went public (months after the date of the actual DOJ ruling) is because he was pissed it was publicized against his wishes. No matter. This was all a charade in the first place to distract the public from the bigger con, which is Gordon, the Dick of All Dickheads, exonerating Digong's son (Pulong) and son-in-law (Mans Carpio) in the recent P6.4 billion drug-smuggling fiasco and then doubling-down on PNoy on dengvaxia. Double-dealing Digong gets away with it again by merely sacking Aguirre.

The lynch mob in the Lower House, headed by Digong cock-suckers Umali and Farinas, after conducting numerous hearings on the impeachment of Chief Justice Sereno--an utterly wasteful (not to mention convoluted, deceitful, disgusting, farcical, perverse, in-your-face, pakapalan ng mukha) exercise in political porn--stops short of humiliating the Institution by postponing the impeachment vote (oh, they have the numbers alright but they don't have the substance) . . . to give way to an even more perverse scenario--the removal of CJ Sereno by way of Calida's quo warranto petition, which has come to pass.

This reminds me of the time that Erap was being tried for plunder. I thought it would be a travesty of justice if he was not convicted. It was bad enough that GMA maneuvered the abolition of the death penalty (while simultaneously sucking-up to the all-powerful Roman Catholic Church) just before the conviction of Erap but at least he would be jailed for the rest of his life to serve a valuable lesson for many generations of Filipinos. I was dead wrong!

After Erap was finally convicted of plunder, there was a brief sense of national victory, as if to say the Rule of Law is finally creeping into our justice system. That in spite of the fact that our justice system has not been able to convict, punish or, much less, execute the Marcos family for their terrific crimes of plunder that persist to this day, we are nonetheless moving in the right direction by actually convicting another uber-corrupt (though not in the same league as the Marcos family) and deposed President of the Philippines. Alas, this national victory was extremely short-lived and soon after morphed into another political clusterfuck!

Not even in my worst nightmare could my subconscious ever conjure a more sinister sequence of events I would liken to the gang-rape of Lady Justice herself, followed by unspeakable forms of torture to die a slow and excruciatingly painful death! I am referring to the GMA pardon of Erap, who defiantly declared (for his gullible constituents) that he would not accept a presidential pardon because doing so would imply guilt and yet (behind the scenes) grabbed it at the first opportunity. Thereafter, violating the letter and the spirit of the presidential pardon, Erap ran for Mayor in the City of Manila--which was allowed by the Supreme Court--and won! Just when I thought we, as a nation, could not sink any lower than Erap, no less than the Supreme Court regurgitates this political puke and allows him to spread his poisonous and pandering political platform to the stupid masses yet again. How much worse can it get? Much worse I'm afraid.

Only Digong could bring out the unbelievable pettiness and small-mindedness within the Lower House, behaving like a bunch of red-necks in the Klu Klux Klan, in their unsuccessful attempt to lynch CJ Sereno on flimsy unimpeachable grounds . . . only to be followed by a quicker and even more incongruous mode of removing CJ Sereno--Calida's quo warranto petition that was granted by a majority vote of the Supreme Court.

Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen stated that the ouster plea (the quo warranto petition) against former Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno was a “legal abomination” that should have not been entertained by the High Court. “This Petition should have been dismissed outright and not given due course. It does not deserve space in judicial deliberation within our constitutional democratic space,” said Leonen, among 6 magistrates who voted to junk the plea.

This is the kind of unbelievable, unthinkable and unimaginable abomination made possible only in the realm of Digong and other failed states around the world. In the meantime, Solicitor General Calida is happily banging his assistant, who is happily spreading her legs in exchange for misappropriated public funds--much to the chagrin of Mrs. Calida, who stormed the office of her husband and made a big scene after she discovered the illicit sexual relationship. The couple (the Solicitor General and his fuck babe) are reportedly AWOL and holed-up in a motel praying the rosary.

Calida and his fuck babe

Apart from facing graft charges, the only proper disposition of Calida is his permanent removal from public office. And yet, the powers of his office are even being strengthened and expanded by the Lower House, thanks to the initiative of Bebot, Speaker of the House and Primero Chump and Cock-Sucker of Digong; that is, shortly after the Solicitor General voids the Tadeco deal (which is nothing more than Bebot the Serf slapping his former Lord Floirendo, who can't help treat Bebot like the houseboy that he is). On the other hand, Bebot is desperately messaging his former master, "I'm not your houseboy anymore. I am moving-up in the world. I am now the houseboy of Digong."

The Lower House has historically been a pen of prostitutes, gawking and grabbing whatever they can take from Malacanang in exchange for favors granted to the President. The majority (if not the super-majority) of the the Supreme Court justices have long been hypnotized by the legal brilliance of Estelito Mendoza and the bling of his abysmally deep-pocketed AAA-list of super-crook clients--foremost of which is the Marcos family. The illegal removal of CJ Sereno merely extinguishes the symbolic ember of whatever is decent and just remaining in the Supreme Court--with all due respect to the other associate justices who correctly dissented to the majority decision on the bogus quo warranto petition.

The PCGG has been neutered and has, in fact, already dropped the ball in a recent case in New York involving the recovery of US$15 million from a certain Vilma Bautista, a former aide of Imelda. The current PCGG Chairman Munsayac claims the government merely requested the New York court to postpone the proceedings (classic dilatory move of Marcos family but, this time, blatantly using the PCGG to lawyer for them while appearing to lawyer for the Republic of the Philippines) because, Munsayac says, “The properties subject of the New York case are also included in a pending Sandiganbayan case. Thus, the Republic feels that it will be best for the interest of the state to await the resolution of the Sandiganbayan case and to hold in abeyance the proceedings in New York.” Yeah, right!

This is the same Sandiganbayan that released Enrile, GMA and Jinggoy, shortly after Digong assumed the Presidency. So if one were to follow the logic of Munsayac, who is now clearly on the payroll of the Marcos family, the Sandiganbayan will continue to dribble and dilly-dally the case on the subject Marcos properties and, when nobody is paying attention, render a decision that is favorable to Marcos. Thereafter, Munsayac would lie on his back and justify dropping the New York case against Imelda's aide because the government can't go against the decision (however corrupt) of the Sandiganbayan. Case closed. Another Marcos victory. Juan Dela Cruz gets screwed again.

To this day, it never ceases to amaze me how prostituted journalists and trolls (and the Marcos family) shamelessly declare the lack of evidence on the Marcos ill-gotten wealth when billions of US$ worth of the same have already been recovered and even more are still awaiting to be recovered. The Marcos family plunder of the national coffers of the Philippines has been so legendary that it is the "gold-standard" of corruption for former heads of states like, most recently, former Prime Minister of Malaysia, Najib Razak, who I hope will be punished harshly (if not punitively) by the Malaysian authorities.

From the outset of Digong's Presidency, he immediately put the Senate on notice by slut-shaming De Lima and incarcerating her illegally based on spurious and self-serving testimonies of drug-lords. The message is clear, cross me and I will not hesitate to abuse my powers as the President to destroy you. The recent attempt of former DOJ Secretary Aguirre to grant Napoles the privileges afforded to a state witness under the Witness Protection Program was another reminder to the Senators in the PDAF Scam List of Napoles that they could be next in line to be demolished if they don't toe the line. Finally, it is no coincidence that Senate President Koko Pimentel will soon be replaced by Sotto--shortly after Koko questioned the Supreme Court's decision on the quo warranto petition, which was followed by a Senate resolution, signed by 14 senators (including Koko), requesting the SC to review the said decision. Not exactly the team player that Digong wants leading the Senate; whereas, Sotto (an entertainer) is inherently spineless (and mindless) and infinitely more pliable.

“I would not support any resolution to that effect because I don’t want to interfere with the judiciary,” stressed Sotto. “Do they want the judiciary interfering with our job here in the Senate?” asked Sotto.

Hey dumb ass, in case you haven't noticed, by dignifying the quo warranto petiton, the Supreme Court has brazenly interfered with the Senate, which is the only institution that can impeach a Chief Justice under the Philippine Constitution. Makes you wonder how on earth this joker crashed into the Senate . . . indeed the Senate Presidency!

Not surprisingly, Sotto hastily complies with his first presidential errand, which is to shelve Resolution 738, which questions the Supreme Court decision to remove CJ Sereno from office.

Ombudsman Morales is retiring in July 2018, so Digong and his pitbulls don't need to expend anymore energy to attack her. Click this link for a list of the illustrious applicants for the vacancy. It's another move of Digong and his Coalition of Plunderers to let the fox into the chicken house--just like Digong's move to put the Solicitor General (Calida, a Marcos Defender) in charge of recovering the ill-gotten wealth of the Marcos family. Below are some of the sterling qualifications of our applicants for the post of the Ombudsman:

• Represented President Rodrigo Duterte in some of the lawsuits he faced as mayor of Davao City, including graft charges for the demolition of a canal cover project
• Legal counsel of former first gentleman Mike Arroyo, handled graft cases involving the Philippine National Police (PNP) helicopters anomaly and the controversial NBN-ZTE broadband deal
• Lawyer of presidential son Paulo Duterte, appeared before the Senate during the hearings on the younger Duterte's alleged links to a triad or an organized crime group involved in smuggling
• Lex Talionis Fraternitas brother of both former justice secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II and President Rodrigo Duterte

With these kinds of qualifications, Digong and his Coalition of Plunderers (Magnanakaw Inc.) will have rendered the Office of the Ombudsman absolutely inutile.

Let's see . . . the only one left standing that hasn't been completely cowered by our Presidential Bully is VP Leni. We all know where the Supreme Court is headed on the electoral protest of Bong Bong, by dignifying the bogus protest in the first place, then by disregarding an en banc resolution of the COMELEC (issued on September 6, 2016, 4 months after the May polls) setting the ballot oval shading threshold at 25% for the 2016 elections, in a effort to give Bong Bong a leg-up on the ongoing ballot recount--which, like the quo warranto petition, is another "legal abomination."

In the meantime, Digong and Marcos trolls (enabled by the Presidential Intelligence Fund, paid for by yours truly, among other taxpayers, yet thoroughly devoid of any accountability) are on high-gear attempting to slut-shame VP Leni. The recent editing war at the Wikipedia page of VP Leni is a classic example of the perverted lies propagated by Digong and his trolls. Not so coincidentally, the name of the troll (a certain Spidermonkey3y888) is reminiscent of the Marcos-apologist YouTube channel PinoyMonkeyPride.

On the economic front, Digong's "Build, Build, Build" slogan is synonymous to Borrow, Borrow, Borrow or Debt, Debt, Debt. Sa madaling salita, binabaon tayo ni Digong sa Utang, Utang, Utang, which was actually made possible by the conservative fiscal management position of the PNoy Administration that achieved an "investment grade" sovereign credit rating for the first time in the economic history of the Philippines. In fact, the Philippine sovereign credit rating improved one additional notch above investment grade prior to the end of the PNoy Administration. Hence, China is all too willing to lend the Philippines to reactivate the government's past addiction to debt with a diabolical end-goal--to entrap the Philippine government into subservience. Just look at the debt situation in the Maldives and you'll understand how China is surreptitiously attempting to reel Digong and his economic team into the same abyss of debt and dependence as the Maldives.

Sure, all that influx of funding (debt) is going to fuel economic growth in the country for a few years, possibly throughout the entire term of Digong, giving the impression of a robust economy. However, this will fall like a stack of cards after Digong and his cronies are gone and living-off the kickbacks from all of these infrastructure projects built on debt. It's the Marcos scenario all over again with the Filipino taxpayers and consumers left "holding the bag," enslaved to pay for debt we simply could not afford--remember the obscene kickback of Disini (Marcos crony) on the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant and the leftover debt the Filipino taxpayer had to pay for a plant that did not generate a single kilowatt-hour of electricity? It's going to be 1000 times worse when Digong and his cronies are done with his Build (kickback), Build (kickback), Build (kickback)!

Already, Philippine inflation has crept up to its highest levels in recent years. Philippine foreign exchange reserves are decreasing slowly but surely. The Philippine Peso is predicted to be Asia's worst performing currency in 2018. Just watch our sovereign credit rating erode over the next couple of years. This is all due to the economic mismanagement of Digong and his subservience to China.

Talk about economic mismanagement, Digong's notion of land reforming Boracay is really stupid! Environmental clean-up is OK but land reform is downright idiotic. Imagine hauling top soil into the island to make the land tillable. How utterly brainless is that! Boracay is already a formidable international brand synonymous to the "best island resort in the world" for tourists. Common sense would dictate that Boracay exploit its economic potential as a mecca for tourists while strengthening its environmental protection--consistent with the concept of best and optimal use of land. Land reform in Boracay would be total misuse of this prime tourist island resource and just another example of Digong's economic mismanagement.

On the issue of sovereignty, no other president in Philippine history has kowtowed to a foreign power as Digong has to China, with the exception of Marcos to America. In both cases, Marcos was and Digong is motivated to keep himself in power at the expense of the country's sovereignty and independence. However, in the case of Digong, who is bereft of any subtlety and much prefers the "fuck you in your face" approach, he has quite literally "given away the farm" to China and effectively utilizes the "Big Lie" to cover-up his treachery. He then has the temerity to reward China with joint explorations of our natural resources in the West Philippine Sea! That's like a father rewarding the rapist of his daughter to rape his daughter again and again . . . but this time with the whole gang of the rapist!

Why can't the Philippines do a Vietnam? Better yet, why doesn't Digong just appoint the former A-Team of PNoy that won the arbitration case versus China over the South China Sea to maintain and, indeed, intensify the diplomatic protest of the Philippines against China for raping our sovereignty? Instead, we have Cayetano, a miserable excuse for a DFA Secretary cum China apologist-whore, who touts Digong's populist (i.e., masa, stupid, cop out) rationale that he will not risk the lives of Filipino soldiers by going to war with China. Anyone with an iota of a brain knows this is beside the point. It is clearer than the light of day that Digong, the President of the Republic of the Philippines, has been reduced to a lapdog thug of Xi Jinping. High Treason No Doubt! Impeachable Of Course! Yet, it's the genuine defenders of our Constitution like Senator De Lima, Chief Justice Sereno, Vice President Leni Robredo, among others, who are being sidelined by Digong. A recent study sheds some light on this twisted phenomenon--more on this later.

On federalism (one of Digong's favorite initiatives), the recent results of the survey conducted from March 23 to 28 (2018) showed that 64% of Filipinos are not in favor of changing or amending the 1987 Constitution. The figure shows an increase of 20 points from the 44% who opposed Charter Change in another Pulse Asia survey in 2016. Of course, DILG spokesperson, Assistant Secretary Jonathan Malaya, is downplaying this clear rejection of Charter Change under Digong's watch by nearly the supermajority of Filipinos by saying that the survey results are premature as the government has not yet ironed-out its proposed shift to federalism. That's the narrative of Digong as he pushes his weight on this issue going forward.

The fact is, the supermajority of Filipinos don't trust Digong to do the right thing in the case of a Charter Change. You might say that Digong is still the most trusted government official in the country, with eight out of 10 Filipinos favoring his work and trusting him, according to another recent (December 2017) Pulse Asia survey. Fair enough. But in the context of a particularly grave and sensitive matter as changing the Philippine Constitution, an overwhelming majority of Filipinos have instinctively determined that Digong and his cronies (including his Coalition of Plunderers / Magnanakaw Inc.) cannot be trusted. In spite of Digong's battalion of trolls conditioning the minds of the masses in social media and the corresponding public relations campaign of government in mainstream media over the past two years (which have all been a waste of taxpayer's money), Charter Change and/or Federalism is dead even before it has seen the light of day and it will prove to be the most miserable failure of Digong. [Admittedly, after all these years, I am believing more and more in the collective stupidity of the Filipino, which is fertile ground for Digong and similar despicable creatures.]

Indubitably, current events in the Philippines (indeed around the world) are not easy to explain or understand. That said, a recent international survey (September - October 2017) might shed some light as to why the Philippines is headed for the dumps and seems destined to become a failed state. According to the study, the Philippines ranked third among countries "most ignorant" on their nation's key issues. Making matters worse, the study revealed that respondents from the Philippines also ranked third among those most confident. So there you have it, Filipinos are ranked 3rd in the whole world (that just two notches from being No. 1 in the whole world) in terms of being Confidently Ignorant!

That's an astounding 70% confidently ignorant Filipinos!!!

June 30, 2018 marks the second anniversary of Digong's Administration. Within this short span of time, Digong has (a) freed, exonerated, rehabilitated and/or reinvigorated the major plunderers of our national coffers (not the least of which is the Marcos family), (b) destroyed nearly all facets of Philippine democratic institutions, (c) fast-tracked the Philippines to a China fiefdom like Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar, and, ultimately, (d) warmed the seat for the return of another rapacious and oppressive Marcos regime.

Digong's Lynch Mob

I could not have expressed my disgust and contempt for the Lower House any better than Mareng Winnie in her March 3, 2018 article at the Philippine Daily Inquirer, which I shamelessly "cut and pasted" below.

The cock-sucking uber-sleazy presidential stooge, Rey Umali, has spared no expense to condition the minds of the uneducated and stupid public--the same people who are hopefully dying because of the outbreak of measles in Davao City and Taguig (ain't that just great karma for Digong and Cayetano) for distrusting the otherwise sound vaccination program of the DOH because of the wild and irresponsible declarations of PAO Chief Acosta and quack pathology expert Erfe, the same people who have been indiscriminately killed by Oplan Tokhang and, yes, the same people who voted for Digong in the first place--but has, in fact, only proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that the Lower House has been reduced to a mindless lynch mob, grasping at all sorts of irrelevant issues in a desperate attempt to lend credence to an otherwise farcical exercise.

CNN's tally below encapsulates the utter waste of taxpayers' money (yes, that's my money to the likes of Rey, Rudy, Gwen, Bebot, among other Digong lackeys), also known as the Lower House.



If there's anyone that should be removed from the Supreme Court, it's those small-minded imbeciles who have eroded the independence and integrity of the Supreme Court as an institution by allowing their internal affairs to be the scrutinized by these low-lifes at the Lower House (who couldn't give a shit about the well-being of the Supreme Court) for the sole purpose of pursuing the political vendetta of Digong and his Coalition of Plunderers.

Digong and his Coalition of Plunderers, also known as "Magnanakaw Inc.", the political dynasties behind the resbak against Chief Justice Sereno and Ombudsman Morales.  Not suprisingly, Tanda, who appealed for bail due to his old age and alleged frail health, has recently volunteered to advise the other lynch mob that will prosecute CJ Sereno at the Senate Impeachment Court. I say to you, Johnny, Lucifer is preparing an exceptionally fiery, intense and painful eternal bonfire especially for you (right beside Marcos, who is dandily sizzling in excruciating eternal pain) as he eagerly awaits your day of reckoning . . . coming very soon . . . in spite of the millions of ill-gotten wealth you are squandering on stem-cell therapy . . . May your soul be damned forever!  

How much do you want to wager that most if not all of the the mutineers at the Supreme Court were either appointed by GMA or by Digong himself? I'm just waiting for Rappler to do the tally, which Rappler does very well--much to the chagrin of Digong.

In the meantime, Rappler has tallied the decisions of the members of the Supreme Court on major political cases, which clearly illustrate the treachery committed against the Filipino people by these whores.

The treachery at the Supreme Court that virtually blasted the gates of hell for the Coalition of Plunderers (Magnanakaw Inc.) to wreak havoc on our democratic institutions. De Lima, Trillanes and Hontiveros at the Senate, Robredo at the Vice Presidency, Licuanan at the CHED, Sereno at the Supreme Court, Morales at the Ombudsman . . . and this is just the beginning!

No doubt the lackeys of Digong in the Senate will attempt to railroad the impeachment of Chief Justice Sereno and we, the educated public, need to ensure that the Farce in the House is NOT repeated at the Senate. This is no longer about Sereno. It's about fighting an ultra-elite and uber-corrupt clique of families that wield power and influence in the country with such impunity, they would want nothing more than to render inutile, once and for all, our frail and struggling democratic institutions.

Farce in the House

By: Solita Collas-Monsod- @inquirerdotnet

Philippine Daily Inquirer / 05:24 AM March 03, 2018

At long last, the impeachment hearings on Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno are ending. There is no doubt, and there was none from Day One, that the House of Representatives will impeach her.

As there is no doubt that the whole thing has been a farce, a witch hunt, and a complete waste of time, designed for one thing only: to please the President, who it seems has trouble accepting any criticism from intelligent women with independent minds. Leila de Lima was his first victim. Patricia Licuanan was his second. Sereno is his third, but she won’t go without a battle, which she still might win (I say this because I am fairly certain that the 23-person Senate has more brains and balls than its Lower Counterpart). Will Conchita Carpio Morales follow?

But let’s go back to Sereno. What did she do to earn his ire? Reader, don’t you remember? She dared write him a letter (quite respectfully) after he named seven judges as being drug personalities. To be fair, at the time he read the list, he said he wasn’t sure of its accuracy, but he would “take responsibility.”

And how accurate was that list? Sereno pointed out the following: One judge had been dismissed in 2007, or nine years before the President made his announcement. Another judge had been killed eight years before, purportedly by drug lords, so it is kind of hard to think that he was under their control. Four of the other judges had no jurisdiction over drug cases. So, only one of the seven had a relationship to drugs: He presided over the designated drugs court in Baguio.

She also expressed concern over their safety, their ability to continue with their work after the publicity, and gently reminded him that the Supreme Court was the sole entity that could discipline judges. To quote: “To safeguard the role of the judges as the protector of constitutional rights, I would caution them very strongly against ‘surrendering’ or making them physically accountable to any police officer in the absence of any duly-issued warrant that is pending.”

It looks like Sereno wasn’t about to allow the President to practice any dictatorial tendencies. As gently as possible, she told him where to get off.

The President first publicly apologized to her, for which I lauded him, but his good behavior did not last long. He soon was telling her (the Chief Justice!) that she was wrong in telling the judges not to surrender without a warrant. Hadn’t she heard of “warrantless arrests”? I will not comment on this.

But what is remarkable is that even before impeachment charges were filed on Aug. 30, 2017, against Sereno by lawyer Larry Gadon (counsel of former president Gloria Arroyo, a Kilusang Bagong Lipunan senatorial candidate in 2016, and a great admirer of Ferdinand Marcos), President Duterte, on Aug. 22, criticized an unnamed government official for staying in luxury hotels. Magdalo party-list Rep. Gary Alejano is certain that the President was alluding to CJ Sereno, and that he already knew that impeachment charges would soon be filed.

Whether or not Alejano’s speculation is correct, the fact is that the President publicly, and with more colorful language (“She bled her client—the Filipinos—dry… Bakit ka bumili ng Land Cruiser? Luxury yan”), leveled the same charges at Sereno that Gadon did. Then he said he would keep his hands off. Hah! After the demolition was done.

I bring Alejano into the picture because he had filed impeachment charges against the President, which were dismissed out of hand as being insufficient in form and in substance. Alejano’s charges were based on newspaper articles, but so were Gadon’s, against Sereno. And Gadon’s were accepted.

Representatives Kaka Bag-ao and Carlo Zarate, at the beginning of the farce, predicted that it would end up a witch hunt, a fishing expedition to get more ammunition against Sereno. They were right. To make things worse, the hearings were essentially star-chamber proceedings because the House wanted Sereno to be present, and not use counsel, if she wished to cross-examine witnesses.

The President pillories her. The House accepts hearsay as legitimate charges, and then does not allow her to defend herself. A stupid, tragic, wasteful farce.

Scorched Earth Rhetoric

Digong is intent on making the previous administration look bad, whatever it takes. It appears he has so little to tout as accomplishments other than killing small-time drug-users that he and his Coalition of Plunderers (also known as Magnanakaw Inc., who have all been set-free, exonerated and even glorified--in the case of the Marcos family--for the heinous crime of plunder since Digong assumed the presidency) have orchestrated a massive and hysterical public misinformation campaign on the Dengvaxia vaccine, which has ultimately resulted in the public distrust of the otherwise sound vaccination program of the Department of Health (DOH) that effectively mitigates diseases like diphtheria, tetanus, polio, rabies, measles, hepatitis B and C, among others.

Today, there is a measles outbreak in Davao and we can expect outbreaks of other preventable diseases (by way of vaccination) throughout the Philippines--courtesy of Digong and his Coalition of Plunderers, who are intent on making PNoy et al look bad and distracting the public from the much graver bunglings of Digong et al.

To put it bluntly, PNoy nearly convicted the crème de la crème of plunderers in the Philippines. In a blink of an eye, Digong set them free! Naturally, it's resbak time against PNoy et al and to hell with the measles outbreak in Davao or any other outbreak in the country due to the public distrust of the vaccination program of the government . . . as the Coalition of Plunderers (freed by Digong in record time) enjoy the hysteria unfold behind the scenes in the comfort of their ill-gotten luxurious estates.

Coalition of Plunderers, also known as Magnanakaw Inc.

Now, while Digong is the quintessential ass-licker, he is no pushover. Setting plunderers free is a very expensive proposition. You can imagine the chunk of change he's gotten from each and every member of this Coalition of Plunderers to keep them and/or their relatives as far away from life imprisonment as possible--not to mention the massive drug smuggling proceeds of Pulong. Hence, the insistence of Senator Trillanes to investigate the bank accounts of Digong and his children, which is very appropriate indeed (but is being blocked by Senate President and Digong lackey, Koko Pimentel--another one who should be voted out of office).

Digong's refusal to sign a waiver and Sara's lame declaration that Trillanes is obsessed and a liar are tolerated solely because they are in power. In fact, the proven liar is Digong, who accused Trillanes of having offshore accounts, only to admit that he lied about it--just because he wanted to destroy his enemy first.

One way or another, Digong's bank accounts will be exposed (probably after his presidency), proving that he is a lying, plundering government official (just like the other members of the Coalition of Plunderers). That is why he and his cronies are doing all they can to warm the bench in Malacañang for Bong Bong Marcos (BBM) to take-over a much more powerful presidency. The draft provisions for Charter Change floated by Congress was described by a political analyst as a "monarchical presidency". It is only through a BBM presidency that Digong and the Coalition of Plunderers will continue to get away with their crimes.

Senator Hontiveros -- a lighthouse in this political storm called Digong

Below is the news article of Julliane Love De Jesus on Senator Hontiveros slamming Duterte, the Marcos family, their ass-licking whores and minions in the government bureaucracy and, in particular, in the legislature for their brazen attempts to completely and absolutely disenfranchise the Filipino in the guise of federalism and the absolution of the Marcos family over their ill-gotten wealth--most of which have not yet been returned, are still in the possession and control of the Marcos family and empowers them to maintain and strengthen their stranglehold on the country.

Hontiveros hits admin’s grand scheme to ‘massage public opinion’

By: Julliane Love De Jesus- Reporter INQUIRER.net / 09:46 AM January 05, 2018

The sudden talks of term extension for elected officials, including President Rodrigo Duterte, a no-election situation under federalism, and proposals to absolve the Marcoses over their ill-gotten wealth were all part of a grand political scheme to “massage public opinion.”

This was the assertion of Senator Risa Hontiveros, who also believed that the Duterte administration is “testing the waters” for floating all these scenarios.

“Together with its command of fake news, the Duterte government is testing the waters, measuring public perception regarding the acceptability of its twisted political projects and conditioning the people’s mind to create false consent,” Hontiveros said in a statement on Friday.

“It is a classic feature of an authoritarian regime. The government is keen on controlling public opinion knowing that it is ultimately the basis of its power and legitimacy,” Hontiveros also said.

Congress leaders recently presented the idea of possibly ditching the elections and extending the term of President Duterte and lawmakers as the change in the form of government from presidential to federalism could also affect the senatorial polls in 2019.

According to the opposition senator, the administration was employing these schemes since its two political projects – federalism and the compromise deal with Marcoses –would “determine the fate” of Mr. Duterte’s government.

Recently, documents of the supposed draft compromise agreement with the Marcos family surfaced on social media.

The agreement purportedly contains a provision to lift the government’s control over Marcos assets, and in exchange, the family would return parts of the wealth to the government.

The Marcos’ camp denied having a hand in the alleged draft compromise agreement and distanced itself from the main proponent of the document, lawyer Oliver Lozano, a known staunch supporter of the Marcos family.

“The Marcos compromise deal will fortify its political alliance and federalism will extend the term limits of power-hungry public officials. The public must not be hoodwinked,” Hontiveros said.

Hontiveros added that this was also the case when President Duterte attempted to create fake public clamor for a revolutionary government to persuade the military to support the idea but failed.

“Fortunately, the proposal was shelved in the meantime because it failed to shore up support from the public and sway the military,” she said.

Hontiveros then urged the public not to be swayed by the government’s attempt to condition their minds into accepting these political plans.

“If anything, this regime bows to strong public opinion and pressure. Let our voices be heard. Let us show our strength in the streets. The fear of public opinion by authoritarian leaders points to the potential of our voices as a force of good. We must not be intimidated and silenced,” Hontiveros said.

Former Chief Justice Hilario Davide Jr.

"A shift to federalism is a lethal experiment, a fatal leap, a plunge to death, and a leap to hell..." the former chief justice said during the Senate's first public hearing on charter change.

"A massive majority of its provisions have not been implemented. There are provisions that need laws to give life to them," Davide said.

The most important unimplemented provision in the Philippine Constitution, which the legislature has refused to enact into law over the past 30 years and counting, is to prohibit political dynasties. To wit, the 1987 Constitution of the Philippines states in Article II Section 26:

"The State shall guarantee equal access to opportunities for public service, and prohibit political dynasties as may be defined by law."

Today, there is still no Anti-Dynasty Law. Moreover, Digong and his cronies/masters (among them the Coalition of Plunderers, the crème de la crème of political dynasties in the Philippines and the ultimate argument against political dynasties in the country) have expressly declared their opposition to prohibiting political dynasties--as if they had the prerogative to disregard the Constitution.

Senate President Koko Pimentel attempts to assuage the Filipino by assuring us that he will give teeth to the anti-dynasty provisions in the Constitution in the context of the proposed Charter Change, including the shift to federalism.

Teka muna. Matagal na dapat binigyan niyo ng ngipin yung anti-dynasty provision na kasalukuyang nakasaad na sa ating Saligang Batas. Now you are holding this unimplemented provision hostage so Digong et al can mess-up the Constitution in favor of the Coalition of Plunderers and against the will of the people? Bago ang lahat, pass an ironclad Anti-Dynasty Law first under the current Constitution as a gesture of good faith, then we can discuss the possibility of Charter Change. Anything other than this sequence (i.e., ironclad Anti-Dynasty Law first, then let's talk about Charter Change) is blackmail and political terrorism.

The Coalition of Plunderers, also known as Magnanakaw Inc., the ultimate argument to pass an ironclad Anti-Dynasty Law to prohibit political family dynasties in the Philippines once and for all

Both Davide and former Chief Justice Reynato Puno said any change to the Constitution should be done through a constitutional convention. " The argument that constitutional assembly is cheaper than the constitutional convention is a cheap argument," Puno said.

Under the law, the public will have to elect delegates to the constitutional convention whose sole mandate is to amend the constitution.

Yet, on January 16, 2018, manifesting the height of arrogance and impunity, the House adopted a resolution to convene as a constituent assembly to amend the 1987 Constitution. Further, Speaker Alvarez, the lead stooge of Digong at the House, insisted that the constituent assembly should vote jointly (versus separately), essentially disregarding the vote of the Senate.

Brimming with confidence on Digong's control over the whores at the Supreme Court, Alvarez said that the Senate is free to run to the Supreme Court to resolve their differences. More recently, Alvarez not only declared that the House does not even have to wait for the Senate to convene as a constituent assembly or con-ass, he asserted further that there is no Con-Ass ("Sinabi ko na na walang Con-Ass") because the Constitution simply doesn't require it.

Talk about a cesspool of hogwash. This lackey is so drunk with power, he's run amok. When Digong is out of power, Alvarez should undoubtedly be next in line on the guillotine.

Another one for the guillotine is Congressman Farinas, who finally had the chance to put his former masters (the Marcos family) in their place when he caught Imee Marcos taking liberties on public funds (no surprise here). He's the same guy who can't be bothered with traffic violations and insists on having a special police force for legislators and their families.

The following is a glimpse into the convoluted mindset of Farinas:

Fariñas said that not even the presidential appointees under the Con-Com have true leverage on what lawmakers, most of whom are Duterte allies, will ultimately decide. (Thank you for making it infinitely clear that the lawmakers, who are mostly allies of Digong today, (not the people) will ultimately decide on Charter Change and the amendments thereof.)

"They cannot decide that. It’s us who will decide that. They can only recommend. The constitutional commission has no power. It will only study.... The commission, not even the people, can say, 'Don’t change it (Constitution).' The people cannot vote on it directly," said Fariñas. (Thank you also for emphasizing that the people cannot vote directly on how to amend the Constitution.)

"It has to be us. They entrusted to us the power to decide how to amend the Constitution." (After highlighting the fact that the people have no direct impact on Charter Change, we do NOT have a warm and inclusive feeling about entrusting lawmakers the task of amending the Constitution. The fact that Digong and all you power-hungry trapos have disregarded the Con-Con route (in which delegates are elected by the people) to Chacha (in the guise of being expensive, which is not only a cheap argument but a downright deceitful and self-serving justification) proves beyond a doubt that this Congress should not be entrusted with Chacha.

On the other hand, if you (Farinas) are sincere about the power that has been entrusted to lawmakers BY THE PEOPLE, then I highly recommend you consider the November 2014 survey on Charter Change in which 49 percent were against Charter Change, 29 percent were in favor of Charter Change and 24 percent were undecided.

Even the more recent July 2016 survey on Charter Change, in spite of the massive mind-conditioning of Digong's army of social media trolls, posted results as follows: 44% against Chacha, 37% in favor of Chacha, 19% undecided

Based on the foregoing, if lawmakers genuinely considered the power entrusted to them BY THE PEOPLE, then they shouldn't be wasting taxpayers' money dabbling on anything remotely associated with Charter Change . . . unless of course our lawmakers need a brief refresher on basic mathematics as in 49 is greater than 29 and 44 is greater than 37.

Political swindler says Duterte engaged in political swindling by pushing for federalism

One of the most successful political swindlers of contemporary Philippine history, Joma Sison (founder of the Communist Party of the Philippines, who promised to alleviate the plight of the poor and ignorant Filipinos but whose so-called cause only worsened the same) declared, "Duterte and his cohorts are engaged in political swindling when they say that federalism is the cure to all the big problems of the Philippines."

Sison accused Mr. Duterte and his allies in Congress of paving the way to a “fascist dictatorship or one-man rule” by pushing for the amendment of the Constitution through a constituent assembly (comprised of political family dynasties and Marcos/Digong ass-lickers in the legislature) that would adopt federalism.

Digong et al cannot be trusted with Chacha

On Federalism: I used to be very open to it. But now my concern is, if you do that you have to change the Constitution. Now it boils down to the question, "do you trust the people who will handle this process?" Senator Bam Aquino

“We are still undertaking hearings, but offhand, given the current political uncertainty as to other charter change issues, such as the proposal to remove constitutional safeguards on the imposition of martial law, I believe it would be unwise to proceed with amendments,” Senator Francis Pangilinan

“These are not ideal circumstances. It's the worst time to tinker with our Constitution. It's too big a risk, especially given the kind of power-hungry, abusive, and morally bankrupt leaders calling the shots these days. I cannot trust a regime with authoritarian and oppressive tendencies and propensity to engage in outright lies and deceptions to initiate changes in our Constitution,” Senator Leila De Lima