As if 9 years as President is not enough, GMA is running for a seat as 2nd District of Pampanga's Representative in Congress on 2010.

Legal implications aside, what I bring to fore is not the Constitutional controversy it may cause, but the degradation of the most cherished Filipino virtue of delicadeza. It seems that the impunity she experienced as the Chief Executive of this country has already immunized her of any shame in her actuations - her running for a seat in Congress is a clear manifestation of her family's strong clutch to the Office which she has degraded for so long.

Let this poem be my contribution to this country's disgust...

With a vote of 9-5, the Supreme Court reversed its earlier ruling dated 11 September 2009, disqualifying Rosalinda Panera as mayor of Sta. Monica, Surigao del Norte. According to the majority, the previous ruling was "contrary to the clear intent and letter of the law."

The Court ruled that under the law, a candidate was defined as "any person aspiring for or seeking an elective public office, who has filed a certificate of candidacy" and that "any person who files certificate of candidacy shall only be considered as a candidate at the start of the campaign period for which he filed his certificate of candidacy." Ergo, when the applicable provisions of Republic Act No. 8436, as amended by Republic Act No. 9369, and read together, these provisions of Omnibus Election Code, the law does not consider Penera a candidate for purposes other than the printing of the ballots until the start of the campaign period.

The Court further provides that "any unlawful act or omission applicable to a candidate shall take effect only upon the start of the campaign period. The plain meaning of this provision is that the effective date when partisan political acts become unlawful as to a candidate is when the campaign period starts. Before the start of the campaign period, the same partisan political acts are lawful."

With this decision, the Court said that "Congress has laid down the law – a candidate is liable for election offenses only upon the start of the campaign period. This Court has no power to ignore the clear and express mandate of the law that 'any person who files his certificate of candidacy within [the filing] period shall only be considered a candidate at the start of the campaign period for which he filed his certificate of candidacy.' Neither can this Court turn a blind eye to the express and clear language of the law that 'any unlawful act or omission applicable to a candidate shall take effect only upon the start of the campaign period.'"

Hindi ako mayamang tao..


kung dumating man ang panahon na mawala ako,
ang tanging maipapamana ko lang sa mga magiging anak ko...


ay ang aking mga ari-arian, lupain, restaurant, mga bahay,
mga alagang hayop, sakahan at hacienda



sa FACEBOOK!


- ang may kalokohang may-akda

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I am not a rich man..


And when the time comes for me to die,
the only things that I can bequeath to my children


are my properties, lands, restaurant, houses,
pets, farms and my ranch



at FACEBOOK!


- anonymous text message

President Arroyo signed into law last November 10, 2009, Republic Act No. 9745 titled "AN ACT PENALIZING TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN AND DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT AND PROVIDING PENALTIES THEREFOR" otherwise known as the Anti-Torture Law of 2009.

The law effectively punishes torture. Well, let see if it goes as planned. Bawal na tuloy mambugbog ng mga kawatan... F*ck! hehehe!