SENADO AT KONGRESO, POSIBLENG IPAABOLISH DAHIL SA MATINDING KRISIS SA PAMAMAHALA

​BREAKING: FORMER SUPREME COURT JUSTICE, NANAWAGAN NG CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM — SENADO AT KONGRESO, POSIBLENG IPAABOLISH DAHIL SA MATINDING KRISIS SA PAMAMAHALA

MANILA, Philippines — Isang dating mahistrado ng Korte Suprema ang nanawagan ng seryosong pagrepaso sa 1987 Constitution, kasunod ng kanyang matinding puna sa umano’y tuloy-tuloy na political dysfunction, incompetence, at bad governance sa bansa.

Ayon kay Former Supreme Court Associate Justice Noel Gimenez Tijam, panahon na raw para pag-usapan ang malalim at malawakang pagbabago sa Konstitusyon — kabilang na ang posibleng pag-abolish sa parehong Senado at House of Representatives.

Matapang na sinabi ni Tijam na tila hindi na nagagampanan ng Kongreso ang pangunahing tungkulin nito: ang gumawa ng batas para sa kapakanan ng mamamayan.

Sa halip umano na mag-focus sa tunay na legislation, mas nauuna pa ang political vendetta, cover-up sa corruption, walang katapusang bangayan, leadership coups, political circus, at senseless grandstanding — habang milyon-milyong pondo ng taumbayan ang ginagastos para sa sahod, operasyon, at pribilehiyo ng mga nasa puwesto.

Sa madaling salita:

Bayad sila ng taumbayan para gumawa ng batas — pero ang napapanood ng publiko, drama, bangayan, palusutan, at power play.

Mas mabigat pa rito, binigyang-diin ni Tijam ang kalagayan ng ordinaryong Pilipino na patuloy na naghihirap sa gitna ng kawalan ng hustisya, matinding economic inequality, korapsyon, at palpak na pamamahala.

Habang ang mga nasa kapangyarihan ay abala sa politika, positioning, at pagpapalakas ng sariling kampo, ang karaniwang Pilipino naman ang araw-araw na sumasalo sa epekto:

mataas na bilihin, kakulangan sa oportunidad, mabagal na hustisya, at gobyernong tila mas mabilis sa bangayan kaysa solusyon.

Tinawag din ni Tijam ang sitwasyon bilang larawan ng kakistocracy — pamamahala ng mga taong hindi karapat-dapat, hindi mahusay, o mas inuuna ang sarili kaysa bayan.

Mariin din niyang paalala sa mga mambabatas:

ang mga opisyal ng gobyerno ay public servants, hindi hari, hindi amo, at hindi may-ari ng kapangyarihan.

Ayon sa kanya, tapos na dapat ang panahon ng ego tripping, arrogance of power, at pulitikang nakasentro sa pansariling interes.

Kung tunay na para sa bayan ang serbisyo publiko, dapat unahin ang batas, hustisya, accountability, at tunay na reporma — hindi personal vendetta, political survival, at walang katapusang grandstanding.

Sa ngayon, wala pang opisyal na tugon mula sa Senado o House of Representatives kaugnay ng matinding pahayag ng dating Supreme Court justice.

Tanong ngayon ng taumbayan:

Kung ang mismong Kongreso na dapat gumagawa ng solusyon ay nagiging bahagi na ng problema, panahon na ba para baguhin ang sistema — o panahon na para palitan ang mga taong paulit-ulit na sumisira sa sistema?

“Hindi na ito simpleng puna — ito ay matinding warning shot laban sa sistema ng pulitika sa Pilipinas.”

𝗜𝗙 𝗜 𝗔𝗠 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗢𝗡𝗟𝗬 𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝗟𝗘𝗙𝗧 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚, 𝗜 𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗟 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗗. - Senator Marcoleta

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Just last week I was stunned with the shadow of a complaint filed by the Field Investigation Bureau, Office of the Deputy Ombudsman for Luzon — a complaint perfectly timed, wrapped in legal language, amplified by noise, and aimed not merely at my person, but at my independence.

If the intention of these cases is to silence me, let me say this at the very beginning: It has failed. I will not be silenced.

A complaint without evidence of public injury, official favor, corrupt consideration, or abuse of office is not accountability. It is machinery. It is pressure. It is a warning shot fired at those who refuse to kneel.

But this is larger than me. This is not a fight for one man. This is not a fight for one faction. This is not a fight for political survival. 

This is a fight for whether the Filipino people may still have senators capable of questioning, investigating, judging, and speaking freely without fear or favor. 

Even if the path becomes lonely, I will walk it. Even if the attacks become heavier, I will endure them. Even if my voice becomes inconvenient to the powerful, I will continue to speak, the way I should.

The same is true of the Senate’s investigation of the flood control scandal. That inquiry must continue. It must not be weakened. It must not be derailed. It must not be silenced. If there has been grand scale theft from the country’s coffers, then that is among the greatest sins of our modern public life. It is not ordinary corruption. It is the stealing of safety from communities that drown. It is the stealing of roads from farmers.

It is the stealing of classrooms from children. It is the stealing of medicine from the sick, wages from workers, and hope from taxpayers who labor honestly while others feast on public money.

No senator should be silenced when the duty is to follow the trail of the public’s money. No committee should be weakened when the task is to expose corruption. No voice should be threatened when the question before the nation is whether the billions intended for the people were ransacked by bandits of insatiable greed!

𝗪𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗘 𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗠𝗔𝗬 𝗥𝗘𝗙𝗨𝗦𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗔𝗞 𝗕𝗘𝗖𝗔𝗨𝗦𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗦, 𝗜 𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗟 𝗡𝗢𝗧.

I will not let fear write my narrative. I will not let intimidation decide my vote. 

Make me bleed, and I will still shout out to the high heavens for truth and justice. Push me against the wall, and I will still push back with all the lawful strength that conscience, evidence, faith, and duty can give me. Not with violence. Not with hatred. Not with recklessness. But with the Constitution in my hand, the law as my shield, the truth as my voice, and the Filipino people as my reason.

Even if I am the only one left standing, I will stand. Even if my voice is the last one they wish to hear, I will still speak. Even if the path becomes lonely, difficult, and costly, I will continue, because the oath I took was not ceremonial. 

Let those who weaponize the law answer to history. Let those who steal from the people answer to justice. Let those who seek to silence dissent understand this: a senator who remembers his oath cannot be purchased by comfort, cannot be subdued by threats, and cannot be defeated by fear.

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MAS MASAHOL PA KAY HUDAS” — CAMILLE VILLAR, MAY MATINDING BABALA UMANO SA SINUMANG TATALIKOD SA SENATE MAJORITY

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Umani ng matinding atensyon online ang umano’y mensaheng ipinahayag ni Senadora Camille Villar sa gitna ng umiinit na tensyon sa Senado matapos ang biglaang pagbabago ng liderato.

Ayon sa ibinahaging pahayag ni Senador Rodante Marcoleta, nagpaabot umano si Villar ng mabigat na babala sa sinumang posibleng kumalas sa hanay ng 13 senador na bumoto upang mailuklok si Senador Alan Peter Cayetano bilang bagong Senate President kapalit ni dating Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III.

“Sinuman sa atin ang kakalas sa ating grupo matapos nating makita ang sakripisyo at pag-aalay ng isa sa atin, sa palagay ko, mas masahol pa siya kay Hudas.”

Sa kabila ng mga ulat tungkol sa banta sa kalayaan ni Senador Bato dela Rosa at posibilidad ng pag-aresto o pagdadala sa ICC, dumalo pa rin siya sa sesyon kung saan isinagawa ang botohan para sa bagong liderato ng Senado.

Sa ngayon, wala pang hiwalay na pahayag mula kay Senadora Camille Villar upang kumpirmahin, linawin, o dagdagan ang umano’y mensaheng ibinahagi sa grupo.

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