Railroading for the cha cha is wrong!

Last night, administration congressmen have started to disable one by one the safeguards for a transparent and fair charter change. They rewrote Rule 105 which originally states that any charter change proposal should go through the same process as any bill.

The new version of rule 105 will mean any congressman can propose cha-cha and the House to vote on it overnight. The next day we find out we already have a constituent assembly with elections postponed by 6 months.

What a lie to the general public they are doing! This is a breach of public trust. Administration congressmen should heed the words of the opposition and start making the process transparent and fair.

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ABS-CBN is fixing its image

Incidentally, DZMM the radio arm of ABS sounds very pro-opposition. This is a 180 degree turn from the time Mrs. Fernando Poe lambasted ABS CBN news anchor Karen Davila for presenting bias news reporting during the elections.

Kudos for the new ABS CBN then. They'll have to work hard to clean up the tarnished image. GMA news network has been gaining ground ever since then.

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Tyranny of numbers

I just wanted to note that the opposition congressmen have already consigned to defeat in the administration's cha-cha initiative. When Cong. Alan Cayetano talks, he reiterates that they are fighting for a transparent and fair process- take note, they are not promising that they'll block Cha-cha!

Let's all prepare for the upcoming noisy battles at the halls of Congress.


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Short-cutting the Cha-cha train

I recently read that there's a short cut for the cha-cha to pass through the senate and the judiciary. It sounds like a conspiracy theory but still worth reading.

It goes like this.

1. Administration congressmen will pass a resolution/ bill convening the constituent assembly. They will invite the Senate but if senators don't come, it will not matter.

2. Once they get the 195 votes, they will send this to Comelec. Comelec, under these cha-cha provisions will have to suspend the may 2006 elections.

3. The Senate meanwhile will question this move at the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court with Chief Justice Panganiban set to retire today 1159pm and assumming President Arroyo will delay appointing a successor, will be tied equally on the cha-cha. This is assumming they vote the same way as on the issue of the People's initiative.

With a dead-locked Supreme court, the Administration will have its way towards Cha-cha bypassing the Senate and delaying the Judiciary from intervening.

Maybe Philippines is just an unlucky country...



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