Dahil sa matibay na factual at legal findings ng Pre-Trial Chamber, walang dahilan para baliktarin ang desisyon nila noong September na hindi i-grant ang interim release. Sa madaling salita, walang batayan para palayin si Duterte.
Hindi ba ang sinasabing allocations na ito ay walang iba kundi pork barrel funds na maaaring ilagay sa iba’t ibang proyekto batay sa rekomendasyon ng OP, Senate at House? Di ba dapat bawal na ito? Bakit magpapasok ang OP ng infra projects sa programmed at unprogrammed allocations na labas pa sa naisumite na nitong NEP?
It is counterproductive and nonsensical to offer the plate of power to any of the same leaders who are responsible for the current corruption and failed governance.
Calls assailing Marcos and Duterte and calls pushing for greater reforms do not go against the minimum demands and in fact serve to broaden the discussion on the roots of corruption – a necessity given the very deeply rooted and systemic nature of the crisis. These are not by any means “dangerous” and “unconstitutional.”
May ibang nagsasabing korap si Marcos, dapat panagutin, pero huwag manawagan ng pagbibitiw sa pwesto dahil nga andyan si Sara. Pero hanggang kailan kaya mananatili ang pusisyong ito kung ibayong nalalantad na si Marcos? Maghihintay pa rin sila ng 2028?
Her principals seem incapable to taking the responsible and mature step — facing the people to explain exactly why top officials have been sacked. No wonder Castro is floundering.
A transition council, that may have some semblance of constitutional succession minus the vice president, has been proposed as an interim mechanism before the holding of elections to choose a new leadership.
Even if the Riverdrive venture won six or 60 local and international awards for the Villars, as the Indonesia-based PR outfit claims, it cannot erase the illegality of the shebang, and Villar projects are ineluctably premised on getting more bang for the buck, particularly the people’s buck.
As chairman of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee, Sen.Ping Lacson’s job is to ferret out the truth even as he had already confirmed the authenticity of the budget insertions alleged by Zaldy Co.
Marcos’ revelation of corruption was not a heroic act. Indeed, he simply dug his own grave, emboldened by hubris and impunity. Marcos proved again how the corrupt system needs changing, and why he and the vice president and the political dynasties like theirs are not the solutions to the corruption plaguing our country.
