JDV3 on phone; Lacson as early bird
Nuns in the gallery; more senators arrive
Villar surveys his domain; reporters around JDV3
Atty. Princesa, Lozada’s lawyer, schmoozes; the two Manuels in a huddle
Roxas talks to reporters; Lozada enters the Session Hall
Lozada greets nuns; sits down
Joint meetings called to order; Lozada prepares
Lozada takes oath; Enrile during the lunch break
Enrile rushes off; Lozada returns from lunch
Lozada talks to Roxas and Cayetano; Bro. Armin of La Salle joins the huddle
Huddle; Cayetano resumes hearing
Lozada looks at photos of his abduction
Estrada enjoying his moment with the photos; Lozada peers at the photos
Enrile attempts cross-examination
The Inquirer editorial today, ‘Hacenderos’, quotes a portion of Randy David’s Saturday column, Greed in a changing landscape. A lengthier extract makes for instructive reading:
Like the feudal socioeconomic base in which it is rooted, traditional politics is authoritarian and arbitrary. Official power is but an extension of the private interests of the patron. Yet the relationship between the patron and his followers has a moral dimension. In exchange for the support and protection that the patron gives to his dependents, he claims their allegiance and undying gratitude. That is why the greatest sins in traditional society are treachery and ingratitude. This was the principal motif of De Venecia’s speech as he bowed to the rudeness of market politics.
This is a point I have tried to develop in previous columns: that the terms of traditional politics are changing right under the nose of its doomed players. The old values that used to mitigate the oppressiveness of feudal power — self-restraint, the value of friendship, loyalty, word of honor, etc. — are fading away. What is replacing the grip of old-world politics, however, is not the ethical professionalism of modern politics but the sheer rapaciousness of the parvenus of present-day Philippine politics. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s presidency is emblematic of this kind of transitional politics, still traditional and oppressive in every way but shorn of any redeeming qualities. No qualms, no shame, no conscience, no limit.
A society can get indefinitely stuck in this half-way stage between the old and the new. In this ambiguous state, the stench of decadence is sensed everywhere, acting as an incitement to corrosive cynicism or to moral conservatism. The passage to the new is finally cleared only after a wrenching effort is forced upon the society by the imperatives of system survival in a changed environment.
That wrenching moment is brought about by perturbations that occur with increasing frequency. The pressure for change is felt at the individual and societal levels. The reluctant and terrified whistle-blower Rodolfo Noel Lozada Jr. exemplifies the personal insecurity that an individual, caught in this transition, experiences as he comes face to face with the ugly side of a gangster regime. He sees how defenseless he is as he unburdens himself of the guilt of an entire system.
As for the administration falling over itself trying to extract itself from a mess of its own making, as far as its culpability is concerned, why even Solita Monsod says it’s Obvious!
Today, Vicente Romano III, co-convenor of the Black & White Movement, released an article Jun Lozada wrote back in October, 2007. It first appeared on line in PinoyPress at 7:53 pm. The Senate is expected to grill Lozada on this. The version here is unedited.
Here is Enteng Romano’s introductory note:
Dear Friends,
Here’s a short write-up that Jun Lozada wrote sometime in October. He wanted me to disseminate it without attribution. I believe he was motivated both by his genuine concern for a beleaguered friend who was being maligned no end, and his desire, even then, for the truth to somehow surface. He left it up to me as to how and when to disseminate it.
I did not find any compelling reason to get it out then. But now that Jun has told it all, and Neri is being invited back to testify, I believe the public deserves to know what was (and maybe still is) in the mind of Neri — at least from the point of view of a friend. I’m sure Jun will not mind.Let’s get this out in the open.
God bless,
Enteng
And here is Jun Lozada’s article:
What is Neri afraid to say and Why?
Many speculations have been made as to what Neri knows about the ZTE-NBN most particularly the direct involvement of Pres. Gloria Arroyo in this abominable affair. After his damaging “Sec. May 200 ka dito” demolition of Abalos, the discredited former Comelec Chairman, many were left disappointed when Neri suddenly clamped up when the Senators started asking him about the nature of his conversation with Arroyo, no amount of coaxing, cajoling and threats was enough to break his Code of Omerta. The question on many people’s mind was, What was Neri trying to protect when he repeatedly invoked “Executive Priviledge” during that gruelling 12 hour Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on live television?
We have known the Truth all along as one of the few people that Neri confided his predicament during those fateful days of April 2006, and how he wanted to resign his post of NEDA Director General and Secretary for Socio-Economic Planning over this incident where he lost all his moral respect for Pres. Gloria Arroyo.
We are doing this document to give the public an understanding of this predicament.
What is Neri afraid to tell the public? He is afraid to tell the public that after he reported the Abalos P200 million peso bribe offer, Arroyo casually told him to ignore it and work for its recommendation for approval anyway. That when he protested that it is too controversial and may attract the wrong kind of attention from media, Arroyo retorted back “Pakulo lang ni Joey yan and his father”. When he tried to reason that it may not be accommodated in the Chinese ODA package because it has been filled up with a list of projects already, Arroyo again ordered him to remove the low cost housing project and some water project to accommodate the ZTE-NBN deal in the ODA loan. That when he attempted to reason that it may not be approved in time for the Boao Forum which was only two days to go from that fateful April day, Arroyo with raised voice told him to include the ZTE-NBN project in the agenda of the following day’s meeting of a combined NEDA Board and Cabinet Committee, who as expected promptly approved the project paving the way for the contract signing between ZTE and DOTC in China the next day. Neri is afraid to tell the public that this conversation took place between him and Arroyo because it might spark another impeachment complaint against Arroyo.
Why is Neri afraid to tell the public about this conversation with Arroyo? He is afraid that another impeachment will simply result to more expenses of public funds similar to the Hyatt 10 impeachment crisis, because as DBM Secretary who replaced Boncodin, he was entrusted with the large scale DBM payola operation of Arroyo to Congressmen, Senators and Governors not quite similar to the crude Panlilio incident that the public is witnessing now. He is afraid with a more partisan Andaya at the helm of DBM, more public funds will be spent to buy the silence and favour of these greedy legislators and local executives. He is afraid that with Arroyo’s firm control of public funds she can buy all the necessary support from most sectors of society to keep her in power.
He is afraid that even if the opposition knows about this conversation with Arroyo, he is afraid that the opposition will not pursue a serious impeachment proceedings against Arroyo, because it is not to their political interest that Noli de Castro becomes President in case Arroyo is impeached and becomes a more formidable political opponent in 2010. This insincere and unpatriotic goal of the opposition is already being manifested by the malicious speed that the Erap pardon is being cooked by Ronnie Puno together with the Erap camp to hastily put a united front of “Birds of the same corrupt feather” coalition against the emerging JDV led political opposition.
He is afraid that even if the Church knows the truth about Arroyo’s direct involvement in the ZTE-NBN deal, the Church will still not call for her resignation due to the closeness of Arroyo’s trusted lady liason to the Cardinal of Manila who was very effective during the “Hello Garci” crisis. That Arroyo’s Religious Affairs Operators have the Bishops firmly in their “donation” graces, as again manifested by the quick rebuttal of the Mindanao Bishops’ of the call of their fellow bishops in Luzon who where calling for the resignation of Arroyo just after Arroyo gave them a visit in Mindanao.
He is afraid that even if the military knows the truth about Arroyo’s direct involvement in the fraudulent ZTE-NBN deal, the AFP brass is much to indebted to Arroyo for their position and the perks that goes with their position, that they have demonstrated this twisted loyalty with their willingness to detain, remove from the service and even shoot their own men for voicing out their legitimate concerns regarding the corruption and moral authority of their Commander in Chief. It is a sad spectacle to see the respected warriors of the Marines & Special Forces rot in jail with their ideals, while their men are dying even without receiving the measly P150 per day combat pay that was promised to them by Arroyo due to lack of funds & generals gets a gift bag similar to those given to the governors and congressmen just for having dinner with Arroyo the day after that infamous breakfast & lunch meeting where bribe money flowed scandalously free.
He is afraid that even if the Media knows the truth about Arroyo’s direct involvement in the ZTE-NBN scam, Media will simply wither in the torrents of cash and favors similar to how the Hyatt 10, Hello Garci crisis were killed in the media headlines and Radio& TV coverages. Although he believes in the integrity of a handful of Journalist, he believes that a handful of these mavericks cannot withstand the hordes of paid lackeys of Malacanang. Especially that the Arroyo crisis team is now being handled by the best mercenary money can buy, from Ramos Sulo Operation, Erap’s DILG and now Arroyo’s troubleshooter, Ronnie Puno. Ably supported by the Media and PR money from PAGCOR being handled by Cerge Remonte to buy positive airtime, headlines and editorials.
He is afraid that even if the Business Sector knows about the truth of Arroyo’s direct involvement to defraud the coffers of the taxes they are paying, the businessmen will be reluctant to rock the boat of the current economic uptrend, especially with the very close personal and business relationship of the so called leaders of the big business like Ricky Razon of ICTSI, Donald Dee of PCCI and Francis Chua of the Filipino-Chinese Federation to Arroyo herself. He is afraid that the hard earned remittances of Filipino OFWs that is keeping the economy booming and that can keep the economy afloat even under any administration is being wasted under this unholy alliance of Arroyo and her favoured businessmen.
He is afraid that even if the Civil Society knows the truth about Arroyo’s direct involvement in the ZTE-NBN deal, that the Civil Society is now tired of mass actions after witnessing two failed EDSA revolutions, that Civil Society is now afflicted with a “Rally Fatigue” and cannot muster enough public outrage to denounce Arroyo’s “corruption with impunity”. He is afraid that the middle class is now indifferent to the corruption that goes around them, not realising that the middle class are the ones mainly carrying the burden of the loan payments for these corrupt deals. He is afraid that the middle class are more interested to become an OFW & to leave this country leaving their family and children behind, and may not care anymore about the crimes being committed against their country by its own President.
He is afraid that even if the Masa, the students, the workers knows the truth about Arroyo’s direct involvement in the ZTE-NBN deal to steal precious resources from public funds, that they are now too poor and impoverished to be able to afford the time to join mass actions against the abuses of the Arroyo administration, that these former vanguards of mass actions in the country are now completely dependent on financial resources of professional organizers and have turned themselves into a “Rally for hire” groups rather than a true and genuine political gathering shouting for reforms.
He is afraid that the public may not know the extent of corruption in this country and may wrongly believe that they can cure corruption by simply replacing Arroyo with another person. He is afraid that the public may overlook the systemic and institutionalized nature of the source of corruption in this country, he is afraid that the people will again opt for a regime change without concern or a plan to correct the root causes of corruption in the country. He is afraid that people may not realize that it is not bringing Arroyo down that is difficult, it is establishing a new order that is the difficult task.
This is the predicament of Neri which I want people to realize especially to those who are asking Neri to tell the truth.
A critical reading of the above, together with the statements of Lozada in public late last week, as well as his conversations off-camera, so to speak, but which he said could be quoted, will, I think, illuminate in the public’s mind how Lozada sees himself and his past principals. I went over this in a previous entry, which in amended form is my column for today, Hold the line.
Fr. Joaquin Bernas, SJ discusses how officials go about Shielding the President .
sabi ni j-lo hindi daw sila nagkausap ni dacer, este ni lacson. pero si lacson na mismo nagsabi na nag-usap silang dalawa. alam pa nga ni lacson ang sinabi ni mike.
hayyyyyyyyy naku!
ang labo at ang gulo pala ni j-lo!
I think that Lozada is a very credible witness.
I’ve been following the lozada saga since last week. I’m watching the senate hearing as I write this. I believe Lozada, and I think, all the government witnesses testifying in the Senate right now are liars. I remember Razon groping for words last week. Poor guy. He had a hard time lying. I believe Razon is not use to lying. It showed in his interviews last week. Pa utal utal and wasn’t so sure about what he is saying. Parang napilitan lang. I noticed how different his statements now compared to his statements last week. So many conflicting statements. If only someone could give us a comparative analysis on the statements made by these government officials last week and the statements they are giving now. I hope we can give this analysis to our senators so they can ask better questions and confront the liars.
Telling God’s honest truth is easy-its the one story you never have to think about. [Richard North Patterson]
For mang_isko above, actually it was the lawyer, Atty. Bautista, who said that sinabi daw sa kanya ni Lozada that he never spoke to Lacson. Hindi si Lozada ang nagsabi nun. Just to clarify.
Was just watching NBN hearing and I have to say, Jun Lozada sounds even more of an arrogant prick than MLQ3 described here…
“His is the dilemma of a proud, perhaps overconfident man who has had to realize he is nowhere as clever, nimble, and important as he thought he was.”
– if that is not your definition of a prick…okay, let’s revise that…that sounds more like a sorry prick, but a prick nonetheless. I hadn’t seen that side of him till this morning.
In any case, from people whose name came up as a result of recent events and somehow got connected to the NBN hearings….names dragged in by no less than “The Witness”….they are all singing the same tune. The tune Lozada himself started “I am afraid to be under Senate custody – HELP ME wiggle my scrawny little ass out of appearing there.” I saw him say that at his first press con.
The drama surrounding Lozada’s appearance in the Senate appears to be self-inflicted. The “misunderstanding” as he initially called it is now a kidnapping! I also saw him say that in his press con.
It’s very distracting and serves no purpose but to sensationalize events. I’m sorry to say, he is not sensational in and of himself…resorting to this DRAMA doesn’t give him more credibility nor merits my sympathy. Not that it should matter! In the whole scheme of things, we don’t have to like or dislike the guy so someone please tell this guy to quit the drama!
I’m starting to think there was more to my initial perception of the guy merely needing sleep and rest….I think his ego and feelings of self-importance, and his fear of losing it all has led to paranoia, to a point where he needs to see a professional. (Someone give him not just a valium but prozac too!!!)
Either way, na-implicate na si Abalos ng 3 tao…puede na bang kasuhan yung isang yon? And then if the president’s husband is also implicated by the testimony, go after them once and for all so we’re done with this. Forget the president, you have to wait till she steps down from office.
Then there’s stupid senators like Jamby Madrigal reading statements from the CBCP and making crude remarks like “Sana hindi lumiyab ang inuupuan mo” – is it obvious she has come to her own conclusion about this whole mess? What happens to seeking out the truth when you are so obviously showing your biases during what was supposedly your time to question witnesses.
I’m sorry, I gave this Senate a chance, on the hopes I am missing something but actions like these – what can the people hope to be achieved here when the truth is muddled by biases and innuendos from the Senators themselves. Pang-gulo lang – to a point na talagang sasabihin ng tao na may bahid pulitika na naman ang conclusion. This is like feeding, not just adding, fuel to the fire.
Now the question of corruption as he testified…what is the Senate going to do about it? Can the Senate do anything to change this, to eliminate and not just minimize it to “acceptable” levels? Or are legislators too chicken shit to eliminate this “source of income” which really fuels political activity in this country?
What do we really want out of this whole mess? Who is supposed to do something about it? Are we waiting for anyone to start something? Do we let our emotions get the better of us and go out on the street AGAIN so we can regret it later and say to ourselves, “We should have let it all play out to the end…” like we did with Estrada?
You know what Senate hearings do to ordinary people? They will make people want to leave the country to live in peace!
Ahhh….now we get to the reason for the country’s brain drain….and the reason why the Senate is what it is!
JM Castro: I already said documents and another witness who can corroborate his statements. This is my opinion as a non-lawyer. If there are cases won on the basis of truthful testimonies ALONE, as you say, I’m not privy to the details of each individual case nor do I follow court records so your pointing that out is lost on me.
tingnan mo nga naman yong ini-insist ni escudero!
hahahahahahah
makukuyente yata siya!
hahahahahahahaha
At least the Senate investigation that government officials are a bunch of liars!
At least this Senate investigation showed that government officials are a bunch of liars!
bala, kala mo ba mga senador mga santo?
hayyyyy
Bakit kailangan bang perfect ang isang tao para magsiwalat ng katotohanan.
Eh si Chavit Singson nga pinaniwalaan ninyo kahit inamin nya kasabwat niya si Erap?
Anong pagkakaiba ngayon? Ba’t kailangan maging santo?
someone mentioned earlier about how people seem to be changing their statements… i wish someone had access to that footage and puts together a comparison they can post on youtube or something.
can’t follow this inquiry because i’m at work… is anythnig good coming out of the Drama King?
balutacan’s comment is just a motherhood statement
malakas ang dating, pero walang laman
if you’re really serious in deposing someone or something.. charge them in the proper forum.. present evidence and prove them in court..
hearsay will get us nowhere..
Pare-pareho lang sila. Lozada and Neri were moles working for the De Venecias in that NBN deal. Both of them don’t hide the fact that they were in constant contact with Joey De Venecia and were advising him. Obviously, they were aboard on Joey De Venecia’s part of the deal and they tried their best to skew the deal toward the De Venecias.
That’s why I think that song-and-dance about “permissible” levels of corruption is a lot of B.S. Lozada could be conditioning minds in order to mitigate his petty corruption in his petty corner of the government. Or he could be trying to justify that the De Venecias’ NBN proposal involved a more “permissible” amount of corruption. However the coin is tossed, it’s always corruption that comes out.
It was an attempt between two corrupt and influential groups to corner a corrupt contract. Buti lang nothing came of it. Now, nagkapikonan at naggagantihan na. Lozada may be enjoying his 15 minutes of fame, but he is a petty thief who is just being used. In the end, he will get his 15 minutes but I don’t buy any of the hyperbole about him.
I was first impressed by his statements regarding the dysfunctional system. But I think his new-found fame has gone to his head.
ah but liam, motherhood statements, dancing girls, and measly handouts are what got those politicians in power anyway… never underestimate them. 😛
Sayang talaga! Hindi nakapanood ng live.
Sigh. When will Neri show up?
It seems to me that Lozada is about to crack. I think some holes in his kidnapping story are coming out and he can’t hide them.
The only charge he ever had a chance to prove was the kidnap thing. But I woundered why he didn’t press. Well, if he was NOT “kidnapped” , now we know why he didn’t press. And the rest of his stories lose credence.
Lozada may confess any minute now; he seems trapped.
Hmm… right around the time hell freezes over. Or, a more unlikely event, when he grows balls.
Geo:
You mean it’s nothing further pontification and tears can’t fix? Maybe he needs hug some nuns or something.
all i can really say is this Lozada has gotten the peoples’ hopes up yet again. but seriously, what are we all wanting here? where is the will of the people?
back then people ate up chavit’s crap because the people wanted to oust Erap. Heck, Satan could’ve been the star witness at the trial and we would’ve bought whatever the Lord of Lies said just to further the common agenda.
i don’t know how it is now. and a big part of is because i can’t see what’s going on.
Lozada seems to me to be just another joe in a long line of teases that promise much yet deliver nothing.
at least JDV3, combover and all, showed some documents.
tingnan nyo mga guys…noong friday nagdeny si j-lo na hindi nya nakakausap si lacson ni minsan. pero ngayon si lacson mismo ang nagsasabi.
all along talagang pakana ito ni dacer, este lacson!
kala nyo ba yong nagdi-death treath sa kanya ay mga galamay ni lacson!
hahahahahahaha
…..madaling takutin si j-lo ng mga galamay ni lacson….
….pasimle-simple yata si lacson
hehehehehehe
sabi niya ayaw niyng mamulitika kaya sa mga madre at pari sya nagpahatid.
eh, no. 1 na namumulitika ang mga pari!
namention na nya naman si dacer!
ang suspect nandiyan lang. nakakatunganga!
Hay,
Wala talagang kwenta si Cayetano as head inquisitor of the the Blue Ribbon Committee.
Buti nalang wala doon si Chiz Escudero and Loren Legarda (two people who love hearing the sound of their voices)
Otherwise, we’ll have the Senators na Pulpol speaking more than the witnesses.
Lentek. Sigh. And we thought it was a slam dunk shut case.
hahahahahahahaha!!
nash, nandiyan sila!
@man isko,
ganun po ba. ay wala na, manood nalang tayo ng telenobela kung andiyan nga ang dalawang media hogs. paikot-ikot na naman ang mga tanong.
nash, hindi talaga pinapakita ang face ni lacson kapag nami-mention ang pangalan ni lacson.
este dacer….
hehehehehehehe
ang galing naman ni lozada…..pahinga muna sa holding room.
samantala yong ibang witnesses naka-onhold pa rin.
hahahahahaha
Can these pro GMA have better things to do. Ang ingay ingay nyo dito palibhasa kasi hindi kayo nanonood sa tv.
Hindi nyo ba masikmura ang kasinungalingan ng mga alipures nyo?
bala, mubuti at naririnig mo boses nila!
hehehehehe
That is the way the government manipulators work, they make sure that their paper trail is covered, make sure they have Lozada sign papers (which Malacanang’s lawyer made) before they release him. Beware too much trust in paperworks, that is the way they work, through tons of paper. They can get anyone to sign documents in whatever way they can, may it be through intimidation, threats, torture, forgery or what not. It seems the whole experience of Lozada with the praetor’s goons is a restrictive and intimidating one; limiting his freedom as such he was unable to go back to his family of his own free will. That in itself is truly telling.
alam nyo ‘yong paulit-ulit na claim ni j-lo siya ay under threat. tine-text sya na papatayin daw siya.
hindi nyo ba naiisip na pwede rin si lacson o mga galamay niya ‘yong nananakot sa kanya? na parang sina-sy-war lang sya?
magaling si lacson niyan. beware…..
hehehehehehehe
‘yong napapabintangan nya ‘yong daw nagagalit sa kanya si abalos. hindi nya alam yong takot nya ginagamit ni lacson o mga galamay niya.
ngayon lang nabisto na nakikipag-usap si lacson sa kanya noong december. deny nang deny pa sya sa puntong ito.
kalokohan!
Hohum … bumping up piece by piece … wonder why
The Current Scandal is obviously allegations of Criminality and should have been handled Firstly by the Criminal Justice and only after the case have been thoroughly investigated by the whichever Police Authorities were mandated and whatever the outcome, then the Senate may do their Aid of Legislation based on the Criminal Investigation or can Conduct a “Blameless Inquiry” itself where evidence given in the Inquiry can not be used to prosecute the witnesses in any other proceedings, except for Lying or giving contradictory testimonies..That’s the only way to get the Facts or the Truth as most would call as the hard evidence…
The way the investigation is conducted, and the Record of the Senate in doing Such..tra la laa…
nandoon si smart guy escudero. nagkainisan pa nga sila ni joker arroyo tungkol sa legal meaning ng word na “abductionâ€Â. but jamby is really entertaining.
this whole brouhaha is just another tele-nobela in the senate. i doubt if something significant will come out of this investigation. nothing in lozano’s disclosure can directly link gloria to the “anomalous†transaction and pin her down specially when the contract is already shelved.
the hearings may drag on for months but at the end gloria will still be there standing and this will make some people very angry for once again they were outsmarted by pandak.
@grd, hindi rin. iba istilo ni de quiros. mahilig sa hyperboles na malulutong. ewan ko si enteng romano. never heard of him nor read anything he wrote.
basta, im still not convinced with this letter.
with lozada’s testimony, yes. but this letter? it just smacks of scripting.
btw, mita pointed out something important. Abalos has already been implicated by 3 diff people. JDV3, Neri, and Lozada. bakit nga hanggang ngayon wala pa ring hinahandang kaso sa kanya?
at nakaka disappoint naman. akala ko dadalo na si Neri. eh mukhang palabas lang yung pagdalo ng ibang mga opisyal ng gobyerno sa senado. eh lahat ng pinadala nila doon eh dati ng mga sinungaling. yung mga unggoy na yun eh walang pakialam kung i-perjure man nila sarili nila.
si Neri ang susi.
sabi ni j-lo ngayon sa kanilang daw ang commission.
…..hay tell it to the marines.
hanggang palunch-lunch at dinner lang sya sabi nya noong friday.
The CBCP is calling for communal action aka people power siguro. iba pang ginamit na term.
Ang mga militante ay aali-aligid hoping that if there is people power, they are there first.
They don’t realize that many people are turned off by their presence.
The senators claimed that the investigation is conducted in aid of legislation. Anong law ang prinopropose nila?
So that means there will be no prosecutions, no charges to the accused people.
They’re hoping that people will go to the streets after the revelation. For what?
May reaction na ba?
Very telling indeed, Lozada no free will at all while being “escorted” by Praetors. The praetors said that Lozada was said to be under threat, but they did not know from who the threat is coming from and in what nature. A dead giveaway that they are not really there to protect but rather to control Lozada’s movements. Imagine, alleged police protectors not knowing who they are protecting their “client” from. Ridiculous situation for the praetors at best.
He was then made to sign documents by Malacanang’s lawyer where there were no witnesses except for the goons of administration. No lawyer to represent Lozada except those forced to him by Malacanang who ALSO represents Malacanang at the same time! When studying the documents in the Senate hearing that Lozada allegedly signed, surprisingly or unsurprisingly Lozada even discovered signatures which are not his. Tsk, tsk, not only did they intimidate Lozada to sign, they even forged more of his signatures.
It starting to shape up that Lozada did not ask for these “escorts” at all. What does that make them then?
Documents, papers, more documents, more papers — puro retoke
cat, parang di mabuti ang dating sa akin yong communal action ng cbcp.
parang communism…..
Let face there were and are corruptions going on, the only problem most of them, even the Senators pretending to expose them are all in the Game, otherwise Estrada would have not been convicted for Plunder..Marcos would have not been designated as the Top Ten among the Most Corrupt Leaders of the World and Joc-Joc is still somewhere in the U.S. and nobody wants him home, because he too knows too much and those that had already put their shares in some safe places would rather see rot somewhere and by the Way somehow was really Indebted to Mr. Abalos for a very coveted Post of the Land and people still wondering why he was involved in the NBN deal..just circumstantial evidence that means squat in the Philippines that even a rock solid “hard†evidence easily melted by a handful of brown envelop or boxes of milk cartoons..saw that picture of Mike D. getting back his 50 grand..El Chepo…If it’s 50 millions he won’t be seeing it back..
akala ba ng mga paring ito na kung magkagulo at mapalitan ang presidente, eh gaganda na ba ang pilipinas?
why we always long for this people power to emerge again when in the future we will again end in chaos.
how sure are we that we will not end up being governed by communists. ‘tong mga senators na ito una pa yang babaliktad or fly away to u.s.
or sila din ang magpapatayan makamit lang ang leadership. mas may advantage yata dito si dacer, este si lacson.
hehehehehehe
Poor Lozada, as the details in the Senate hearing unfolds, he was being manipulated like a puppet on a string, with a puppet police directing his every move. This administration is turning out to be worse than the former Soviet Union’s Politburo!
akala nyo ba walang ding corruption sa kaparian sa cbcp?
akala nyo ba walang corruption sa senate?
hayyyyyy.