Comments on: Framing the election

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By: john marzan

john marzan — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 06:49:17 +0000

I don’t think this is an erap-gma rematch because i’m not drinking Malacanang’s Kool-Aid. On the one hand, Malacanang says it’s an erap-GMA fight raw, OTOH, defensor talks about “reconciliation” and freeing erap to pander to the masa. Seems like the admin is willing to say what a specific target audience wants to hear on different days. But if you ask me which scenario will help this adminstration more: the election being caricatured as an ERAP-GMA fight by the administration, or a Third Farce spoiler concept… I say Third Force hands down.

check out lito banayo’s latest on the so called “third FARCE”.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/jan18/edbanayo.htm

By: inidoro ni emilie

inidoro ni emilie — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 03:47:49 +0000

upn, this is more than just about salary thingie. davide, simple man as he is (at least materially), knows about what the commensuration he’s been into, and did not complain. the issue however goes beyond that, considering his controversial role to swearing in a bogus prez.

excuse me while i vomit.

By: UPn student

UPn student — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 03:02:08 +0000

inidoro.. davide points out to a serious flaw in the Philippines which is fairly easy to solve, but no one — from the Executive Branch to the jeepney driver to the blogger — wants to solve. Retired justices of the supreme court (and sitting justices of the Supreme Court) are financialy-strapped for their capabilities. Their salaries are too low and their retirement packages are too low, so they have to return to work (e.g. ex-Supreme Court justices Cruz, now working for the owners of Inquirer, and Davide, now reporting to the Department of Foreign Affairs and hence to GMA).
The salaries and retirement packages of the Philippine justices of the Supreme Court are too low.

By: inidoro ni emilie

inidoro ni emilie — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 00:29:03 +0000

yuuck, what davide is doing way too much for my toilet bowl to take.

By: bogchimash

bogchimash — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 18:50:43 +0000

in the aftermath of marcos’s sudden departure, cory was left with an uncertain economy. nonetheless, she was the darling of the freeworld. adb and the world bank disregarded their lending policies and extended her much needed monetary assistance. on the other hand, when gma assumed power, editorials across the globe saw through the scheming of the coup plotters who shamelessly abused the westernized sensibilities of the thinking sector of society, herding them to edsa for their ulterior motives. the major international periodicals were critical of gma’s military-backed rise to power. she did not enjoy cory’s special treatment and yet, surprisingly, her finance secretary was able to borrow trillions. and all the guy had was an economy handed down by erap. if the former president really messed up the economy, why was camacho successful in borrowing?

as friends from edsa dos convenor groups would concede, erap’s problem was governance, not the economy. i never knew what that meant though.

By: john marzan

john marzan — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 17:45:00 +0000

erap will return to malacanang & the midnight cabinet will once again run this god-forsaken country.

isn’t the eraps midnight cabinet belongs to GMA now?

By: cvj

cvj — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 16:05:00 +0000

if gma loses, erap will return to malacanang – edsa2

How will a GMA loss lead to a takeover by Erap? According to the Constitution, if GMA gets convicted during impeachment, it is the Vice President who takes over.

By: edsa 2

edsa 2 — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 15:33:16 +0000

sure it would be gma vs erap again in 2007. the opposition candidates are handpicked by erap and the administration will be chosen by gma. if gma loses, erap will return to malacanang & the midnight cabinet will once again run this god-forsaken country. blue label will once again be the favorite drink in malacanang. and the economy will once again crashed to the ground.