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• Written by  Tribune Wires
• Monday, 25 August 2014 00:00

Why would President Aquino III seek to weaken the Supreme Court?  Has he gone mad? He already made Congress an adjunct of the Presidency by usurping the congressional power of the purse.  Shouldn’t he be working for the strengthening of political institutions as a way of making the country’s budding democracy stronger and enduring?
If Mr. Aquino was truly committed to a system of government that is different from the authoritarian regime that the 1987 Constitution sought to replace, he should embrace, not fight, the Supreme Court decision that ruled his Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) unconstitutional.
The Philippine Constitutional Association (Philconsa) was right when it described as “seditious or treasonous” President Aquino’s motion for the Supreme Court to reconsider its unanimous ruling that the DAP is unconstitutional.
“To initiate or encourage any measure to subvert or undermine or spoil the enforcement of the unanimous decision of the Court applying and interpreting the Constitution is seditious or treasonous. It is a mutiny against the Constitution,” Philconsa warned.
Why should Mr. Aquino try to weaken the Judiciary, and consequently strengthen the Presidency, when the Philippine president is unquestionably already very powerful.   In fact, the Philippine president  is stronger than the President of the United States, the mightiest militarily and most democratic country on Planet Earth.
In a tripartite system of government – the Executive, the Legislature, and the Judiciary – the President, representing the Executive Department, is primus inter pares (a first among equals).
The President is the Commander-in-Chief of 129,780-strong armed forces of the Philippines. He commands a 196,245 police officers and men of the Philippine National Police.  In most countries, peace and order is a local concern and thus implemented by local authorities. In the Philippines, the Philippine National Police is national in scope and hence under the direct
command and supervision of the President.
The President supervises all local government units – the 81 provinces, 144 cities, 1,490 municipalities, and 42,028 barangays.
The President is the country’s chief executive officer (CEO). He is the boss of some 1.2 million civil servants. Compare that with Congress’ 6,084 workers (one half of one percent of the entire bureaucracy, and with the Judiciary’s 25,247 justices and court employees, or about 2.1 percent of the entire bureaucracy.
The President commands an army and a national police. He controls the biggest chunk of government resources. Remember, he is just one individual exercising all these awesome powers. He can be a virtual dictator within the Executive Department.  He can decide quickly and implement such decision promptly.
By contrast, the other co-equal branches of government – Congress and the Supreme Court – are collegial bodies. Decision-making is slow, oftentimes tedious, and decisions are arrived at through consensus. Notice, for example, how long it took the High Court to decide on the DAP issue.
Once a law is passed, Congress has no way of compelling the President to implement it; hence, the existence of many unfunded and unimplemented laws.  Unless some concerned individuals or groups bring the case to the Supreme Court, there is no way such unimplemented laws may be enforced. Congress has no army of its own.
But even if the Supreme Court rules against the President, the High Court has no way of compelling the President to implement its decision. The Supreme Court, too, has no army of its own.
That is why honoring and respecting the rule of law is expected of all public officials. No less than the President has sworn to “uphold and defend” the Constitution of the Philippines.
Relative to the President, Congress is weaker because of its bicameral structure. In order to control Congress, all that the President has to do is control one of the two Houses of Congress.  Mr. Aquino controls both Houses.

ON BUDGET MAKING AND IMPLEMENTATION, PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT IS MORE POWERFUL THAN THE US PRESIDENT

On budget making and implementation, the Philippine president is more powerful than the US president. First, the Philippine president has line-item veto power. Through it, the president may line out specific items in the General Appropriations Bill (GAB) and then sign the modified bill into law.
By comparison, the US President does not have line-item veto power. US Presidents have been asking for line-item veto power for a long time.  It was in 1876, during President Grant’s term of office, that the line-item veto power was first raised before Congress.  In 1996, the US Congress passed the Line Item Veto Act, which then President Clinton signed into law.
Several senators challenged it and raised the issue before the US Supreme Court, which found the law unconstitutional. The High Court ruled that the law violates the Presentment and Bicameral Clauses of the Constitution (Article I, Section 7, Clauses 2 and 3) that vests Congress with “all legislative powers.”  Moreover, the “Non-delegation Doctrine” holds that one branch can’t transfer its constitutional powers to another branch or entity.
Second, in implementing the budget the Philippine president is not constrained by an Impoundment Control Act (ICA 1974), which the US president has to face. The ICA 1974 restricts the President’s power to impound appropriations.
The ICA 1974 gave the US President the power to both delay the expenditure of funds (deferral authority) and to cancel funds (rescission authority). But, to rescind funds, the President needs congressional concurrence within 45 days. In practice, Congress has ignored most Presidential requests to cancel funds.
Third, under existing Philippine budget rules, the budget of the previous year is automatically reenacted should Congress fail to approve the ensuing budget before the start of the fiscal year. Hence, there does not exist any threat that government operations will come to a halt should Congress delay the passage of a new general appropriations act.
In reality, Congress may not hold the President hostage by threatening to stall budget approval. In the US, the threat of stalling the approval of the budget (s) [since the US Congress approves several disparate budgets], and hence closing down part of government, is all too real. It has happened before and it could happen again in the future.
The US President is subject to ‘blackmail’ by an uncooperative Congress; the Philippine President is not since the Constitution provides for the automatic reenactment of the previous budget pending approval of a new budget.
All the foregoing discussions point to one indisputable fact: the powers of the Philippine President vis-à-vis Congress and the Judiciary are, right now, quite awesome.
The Philippine president’s budget formulation and implementation powers are even more formidable than those of the US President.
Hence, Mr. Aquino’s obsession to weaken the Supreme Court, and by implication strengthen the powers of the President, is at best, quizzical, and at worst, insane.
In his final days in Malacanang, Mr. Aquino should seek to rebuild and strengthen, rather than weaken, political institutions. In addition, he should spend his limited time solving the more crucial social and economic problems like hunger, poverty, unemployment, and the crumbling public infrastructure

henry sy at aquino

What happened to the millions of pesos that were donated by foreign donors for the rehabilitation of Tacloban?? 

Gagamitin na naman ba iyon ng mga Oligarchs thru PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS???

MAGTATAYO KA NGA NG BUILDING SA TACLOBAN PERO SI HENRY SY O RAMON ANG NAMAN ANG MAG MAMAY-ARI, DI NAKAW PA RIN YUN. 

SIYEMPRE  MAG CO-COMMISSION  NA NAMAN MGA KAMAG-ANAK NI NOY COJUANGCO AQUINO. 

THE FOUNDER OF VALUE ADDED TAXES (VAT)

RECTO IS A SPANISH MESTIZO. A DESCENDANT OF SPANISH IMPERIALISTS DATING BACK TO THE 16TH CENTURY, WHEN "INSOLENT" SPANISH SOLDIERS FROM THE GUARDIA CIVIL IN MANILA WERE THROWN INTO EXILE IN BATANGAS  TO ASSIST IN THE FRIAR EFFORTS.

RECTO MADE THE VAT LAW. TAPOS TAYONG MGA ORDINARYONG TAXPAYER AND CONSUMER ANG NAGBABAYAD NITO ARAW-ARAW. 

DI PA BA NATIN SISIPAIN ITONG GAGONG ITO?

SINVERGUENZANG PUTA!!!

BULOK NA STYLE SA PAGNANAKAW!

It was not so long ago that Mar Roxas aka Titi Montenegro and PNOY GAGO were accusing many government employees and government agencies such as the PAGASA, NIA, Customs, Immigration, BIR and DPWH of corruption and with the same offices, a haven of "KOTONG" activities.

While we do not deny that many of these government offices do have corrupt employees in their stead, we also point out that Mar and PNOY are guilty of being more corrupt than these supposedly employees because of these 2 present circumstances;

1.  PNOY had bribed the senators during the "Corona impeachment trial" by illegally disbursing government savings, converting them into"DAP" and releasing them as pork barrel for the Senators who voted for the impeachment of Ex-Chief Justice Corona and;

2. Mar Roxas has a "very BIG BUDGET" alloted for him at the DILG, for the "HOUSING PROGRAM of the Government", which is by law, falls under the province of the National Housing Authority. And to think that the COA has not yet given a full report on its audit. Mar Roxas has furthermore usurped the power of the NHA, which is an agency of the government of which by the way has its own charter, and worse, budget was given to him to spend for "housing programs", as part of his duties as DILF Chief. Hindi lang ito ignorance of the law and the Constitution, this is also a duplicity of function, usurpation and abuse of authority, grave abuse of discretion in excess of jurisdiction, circumvention of the law, betrayal of public trust and incompetence as DILG Chief!

As taxpayers, we would ask ourselves. "what are these two fuckers doing with our money?"

 

Why is GAGONG BUTCH ABAD silent about this?

Is Mar Roxas aka Titi Montenegro already campaigning for the 2016 Presidency, using taxpayers money???

PUTANG-INA KAYO!!! 

PUTANG-INA KAYO!!! 

YOU HAD BEEN USING "US" AS SCAPEGOATS PARA MAGNAKAW PA KAYO NG MAS MARAMI SA KABAN NG BAYAN!!!

YOU POINT THE FINGER AT US, THE FILIPINO PEOPLE AND YET. . .KAYO PALA ANG MGA MAGNANAKAW!

Let us all Rally to Impeach the President!

KASUHAN NG PLUNDER SI PNOY, MAR ROXAS, ABAD, PURISIMA AT SI ALCALA!!!

TAXPAYERS: Our money, our dues, our taxes, our rules!

APPEAL

WE ARE APPEALING TO THE FILIPINO NATION!

JOIN THE NATIONAL PROTEST TO IMPEACH AQUINO AND THE SCRAPPING OF THE PRESIDENTIAL PORK BARREL!

LET US CHANGE THE WAY THE SITTING PRESIDENT AND THE GOVERNMENT IS TREATING US!!!

LET US REMOVE HIM ONCE AND FOR ALL.

OLIGARCHS AND SLAVE DRIVERS PO ANG MGA TAONG NAGPAPATAKBO NG BANSA NATIN. EVEN MAR ROXAS, LIKE PANSOT AQUINO, IS OF CACIQUE TYPE. SILA AT MGA KA-URI LANG NILA ANG NAKIKINABANG NG KAYAMANAN NG BANSA NATIN.

FROM ENERGY TO MINING VENTURES, PURO OLIGARCH OWNED ANG COMPANY. SI LOPEZ OF ABS CBN NALANG, KANILA NA YUNG MGA GEOTHERMAL SA MOUNT APO AT BICOL.

KAILAN BA KAYO NAKABALITA NG SMALL MINING GROUPS SA BANSANG ITO NA TINULUNGAN NI PNOY UMANGAT??? INSTEAD OF HELPING SMALL FILIPINO MINERS, HE IS PENALIZING THEM AND DENYING THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO EARN BECAUSE OF SIMPLE LACK OF PAPERWORK. DI BA PWEDE I-ASSIST NALANG SILA NG GOVERNMENT???

WHERE IS ECONOMIC UPLIFTMENT HERE?

IT IS ALWAYS THE FIRST AND THE SOLEMN DUTY OF THE GOVERNMENT TO ASSIST ITS CITIZENS AND NOT TO PENALIZE or PUNISH THEM!

TAX THE JESUITS!

INCIDENTALLY THE JESUIT PRIEST OF ATENEO DE DAVAO IS INCITING THE PEOPLE OF DAVAO TO PARTICIPATE IN THE NATIONAL PROTESTS AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT!

THIS JESUIT'S NAME IS FR, JOEL TABORA. A CERTIFIED JESUIT. A DANGEROUS PRIEST FROM A DANGEROUS RELIGIOUS SOCIETY, BRANDED HISTORICALLY BY MANY NATIONS AS AN ORGANIZATION OF TRAITORS, DEVILS, POLITICAL INFILTRATORS, AGITATORS AND BLACKMAILERS. REMEMBER JAPAN, THE FAMOUS BATTLE OF SEKIGEHARA WHEREIN JAPAN WAS PLUNGED INTO A CIVIL WAR?? IT WAS THE JESUITS WHO BROKERED THE NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN LIBERAL JAPANESE RULERS AND AMERICAN MILITARY AUTHORITIES FOR THE PURCHASE OF MILITARY WEAPONS. THE NEGOTITATIONS FAILED AND PLACED JAPAN INTO A MURDEROUS CIVIL WAR AND STRIFE. IT WAS THE JESUITS WHO AGITATED THE RULERS AND THE JAPANESE PEOPLE. 

NO DIFFERENT FROM WHAT A JESUIT PRIEST IS DOING NOW IN DAVAO CITY.

 FROM A LOCAL NEWS,.."
Fr. Joel Tabora, SJ, President of the Ateneo de Davao University said that the August 26 activities opposing pork must continue to show “the clear manifestation of the people’s will.”
He posted in his Facebook account that he is “pleased that President Aquino now seems to be placing the weight of his office behind the abolition of the PDAF as we know it today and is proposing a stricter, modified version.”
But he added that “(U)ltimately, however, the abolition of the odious pork barrel is in the hands of the legislators, for whom PDAF has become a “habit” – for good or ill.”

THE JESUITS, LIKE TABORA ARE SOCIAL PARASITES. BINIGYAN MO NA SILA NG PLACE SA SOCIETY, BINIGYAN MO NA NG ESPASYO UPANG MAKAPAGTAYO NG MGA SIMBAHAN AT ESKWELAHAN, BINIGYAN MO NA NG MGA DONATIONS ANG MGA HESWITA, SASALI-SALI PA SILA SA POLITIKA!!!??  PUNYETA!!!!

KUNG BAKIT DI NALANG KAYO MAKUNTENTO SA PAGDARASAL AT PAGMIMISA?? BAKIT PA KAYO NAKIKIALAM SA MGA MASS PROTESTS??? NAGBABAYAD BA KAYO NG TAXES???

YOU HAVE MANY COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS AND SPACES BUILT IN AND AROUND ATENEO DE MANILA, ATENEO DE NAGA, XAVIER UNIVERSITY  AND ATENEO DE DAVAO. 

DO YOU PAY THE GOVERNMENT PROPER TAXES FOR THE LEASE OF THESE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES??? AND YOU HAVE BEEN MEDDLING WITH THE FILIPINO GOVERNMENT EVEN DURING THE TIME OF YOUR SPANISH FRIAR COLONIZERS. 
DI PA BA KAYO BUSOG SA PERA???

I SAY WE INVESTIGATE THE BUSINESSES OF THE JESUIT SOCIETY IN THE PHILIPPINES.

PNOY AQUINO AND CORY AQUINO ARE PROTECTED BY JESUIT INTERESTS IN THE COUNTRY.

SAME PEOPLE WHO PROMOTE CHASTITY, POVERTY AND OBEDIENCE....MY ASSSSS!

HINDI NGA KAYO NAG -UULAM NG ASIN SA JESUIT HOUSE, CHASTITY PA KAYA?!!!!

SINTO-SINTONG GOBYERNO

Delusional government

By Manila Standard Today | Posted on Apr. 29, 2013 at 12:01am | 116 views

IT was embarrassing to listen to President Aquino badmouth members of his own economic team last week simply because they reported that poverty had remained unchanged since 2006.
The statistics, released every three years by the National Statistical Coordination Board, showed that 28 out of 100 Filipinos still lived in poverty as of 2012, much as they did in 2006. While the numbers were reported without comment, they clearly suggested what Mr. Aquino was loathe to admit. Nothing he did in his first two years in office put a dent in the war on poverty, and the billions he had squandered on his so-called 4Ps program, a straight dole to the “poorest of the poor” families, had accomplished nothing that was statistically significant.
On this basis, the President called into question the veracity of the statistics and even the motives of the bureaucrats in his government that collated them. Pointing to an unrelated statistical error that was reported by a completely different agency of government, he cast doubts on the NSCB for sharing an inconvenient truth with the public.
The behavior is sadly typical of an administration that has mastered the art of cherry-picking figures that put it in a good light and dismissing or even discrediting data that lifts the curtain on its failures. The offshoot of this practice is that it leads to a false sense of accomplishment and provides a poor basis for sound policy making.
For the last three years, we have had to listen to Mr. Aquino blame his predecessor for all the country’s woes, and paint a rosy picture of change under his administration in his annual State of the Nation Address. But we now know from experience that what Mr. Aquino says often bears little resemblance to the unadorned truth.
Last year, for example, he boasted that disaster response under his administration was so good that “relief goods are ready even before a storm arrives.” It isn’t farfetched to believe that Mr. Aquino’s complacency and confidence contributed to the social disaster that followed in Davao, where starving farmers, victims of a powerful typhoon, stormed a government warehouse in February after the Department of Social Welfare and Development had failed to keep its promise to distribute sacks of rice to them to stave off hunger. Confronted with her failure to do her job, the Cabinet member responsible simply turned the tables on the typhoon victims, calling them “agitators” and threatening to charge them in court.
In the same State of the Nation Address last year, the President boasted that the agrarian reform program that his mother had begun during her term would finally see fruition under his guidance. The inconvenient truth: one full year after the Supreme Court ordered Mr. Aquino’s family to distribute its Hacienda Luisita sugar estate to tenant farmers, not a single square meter of farmland has changed hands.
Mr. Aquino’s love of the positive also colors his relationship with the press, whom he has constantly chided to focus on good news and to “avoid negativism” – which is fast becoming an administration mantra.
United States President Barack Obama, whom Mr. Aquino likes to style himself after, offered a contrasting view at a recent dinner for the press. “My job is to be the president, your job is to keep me humble,” he told the roomful of journalists.
On the other hand, Mr. Aquino insists that the role of media is to make him look good, whether he deserves it or not.

GUSTO NA NI PNOY I-ABOLISH AT I-PRIVATIZE ANG MGA CRITICAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES LIKE THE NFA

Proposed NFA abolition hit

By Anna Leah G. Estrada | Posted on Mar. 02, 2013 at 12:02am | 959 views

The Agriculture Department warned Friday that abolishing the National Food Authority will tantamount to a “political suicide” and displace 3 million Filipino palay farmers.
“The NFA plays a very important role. We are working so hard to achieve the country’s rice self-sufficiency status, and yet other government agencies are trying to ruin it,” said Assistant Secretary and Philippine Rice Program Coordinator Dante Delima.
“If the National Economic and Development Authority and the Department of Budget and Management don’t want to support the food staples and sufficiency program, the DA will still pursue it,” he added.
Delima said other government agencies are proposing the abolition of the NFA and the elimination of the quantitative restrictions on rice imports. The quantitative restrictions allows the government to limit the volume of imported rice to prevent a possible drop in rice prices.
“They want to abolish NFA. They also want to stop the local palay procurement. What we are asking is a temporary QR to enable us to prepare our farmers for the entry of imported rice at a cheaper price. What will happen to our 3 million palay farmers if that will push through?” asked Delima.
NFA earlier said palay production would reach over 20 million metric tons in 2013 and that it would buy 650,000 metric tons of rice, or just 3 percent of the total local output.
Delima said Agriculture wanted to increase the local palay procurement to 10 percent to further help the country’s farmers.
“Abolishing the NFA and QR is a political suicide for me. Note that only one million people went to Edsa if you remember, and we are talking about 3 million palay farmers here. What will they do if these farmers complain?” Delima asked.

Delima said President Benigno Aquino had been supportive of the food sufficiency program but other government officials were clearly not. He said abolishing the NFA would  imperil the country’s goal of attaining rice self-sufficiency.
“They are putting too much pressure on us during deliberations. They said that maintenance of NFA is very high. They said that we have to stop the QR. If we stop the QR, we will no longer have control of what will enter the country. We all want to have cheaper prices of commodities but we also have our social responsibilities,” Delima said.
The official said abolishing the NFA would worsen the country’s unemployment rate, noting that there were three farmers for every 10 Filipino workers.

NTC BUDGET KINU-KURIPOT NG MALACANANG, ANTI-EMPLOYEE NGA TALAGA

NTC wants freedom from Malacañang

• Written by  Ed Velasco
• Sunday, 28 April 2013 00:00

A ranking official of the National Telecommunications Commission wants to liberate the agency from the Office of the President (OP), noting that NTC’s massive average P3-billion yearly income is not enjoyed by its employees.
In an exclusive interview with the Tribune, the official said liberation from OP is seen as the best solution to its long-time woes that range from miniscule salary, decrepit apparatus, very little budget and lack of communications competent workers. 

“It’s best time for our commission to be reorganized so that we can enjoy the fruits of our hefty income. We can’t feel the blessings of the money we’ve been generating for the national government. Where is that money going? We can’t feel it as far as our salary is concerned,” a ranking NTC official, who refused to be named, said.
The official said when they were removed from the Department of Transportation and Communications (DoTC), they thought their lives will be better. But the result of the turnover from DoTC to OP was a mistake because they feel that they are now deserted by Malacañang.
“Our counterpart in the US is the Federal Communication Commission. That is a very powerful agency but here we cannot even punish any telco (telecommunications company) because our organizational structure is old, especially our apparatus,” he said.
He added modernization alone cannot solve the miseries of the people in NTC because its problem is deeply rooted to its organizational flaws.
The official said the current set-up doesn’t allow the NTC to shoulder any skill-enhancing course of its officials whether locally or abroad, thus forcing them to rely on government and private sector-sponsored schooling for their workers to have advanced schooling on telecommunications.
“How often does USAID sponsor scholarship grants? That’s the only time that we can send our employee abroad to get free crash course?” he asked. Also needed to be restructured is the setting of fixed term for their commissioners so that there will be security of tenure and continuity in the programs of NTC.
NTC’s annual budget is only P300 million, just one-tenth of the yearly income it turns over to the national government.