These are the twelve senators who signed the Committee of the Whole report that orders presidential candidate Manny Villar to return the P6.2 billion pesos which the government spent in the controversial C-5 Road Extension Project:
Sen. Edgardo Angara
Sen. Benigno Aquino III
Sen. Rodolfo Biazon
Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile
Sen. Francis Escudero
Sen. Jinggoy Estrada
Sen. Richard Gordon
Sen. Jamby Madrigal
Sen. Panfilo Lacson
Sen. Francis Pangilinan
Sen. Manuel Roxas II
Sen. Juan Miguel Zubiri
The Committee of the Whole has released a resolution stating that Villar's conduct in connection with the project was improper and unethical since his companies benefitted from the project.
Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, chairman of the committee of the whole that probed the case, said this is only one of the sanctions meted on Villar that are included in the committee report, which he would sponsor on the floor Tuesday.
The P6.22 billion, according to the 84-page report, was the amount “Villar made the Filipino people suffer" for the benefit of his corporations.
Villar is the ninth richest Filipino in 2009 with a net worth of $530 million, according to Forbes Magazine.
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We really have to be wise and vigilant this coming presidential elections. We are seeing some preview of the characters of our candidates.
For someone to succeed, one must have leadership. For someone to lead, one must have character, For someone to have character, one must have moral integrity.
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Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Friday, October 2, 2009
Name Recall, The Folly in Philippine Elections
posted by Benjie Oliveros for bulatlat.com
What’s in a name? A lot, if we are talking about Philippine politics and elections. That is why candidates do commercials, ‘infomercials’, post their faces in billboards, posters and streamers, sing, dance, and do just about anything just to make the public remember their name.
It has always been an advantage if one is from a political family. Sen. Noynoy Aquino is hoping to ride on the goodwill of his parents, Cory and Ninoy, to get himself elected to Malacañang, so is his running mate Sen. Mar Roxas who also comes from a political family. Others like Sen. Manny Villar is spending on commercials to make his name stick to the public’s consciousness. Insidious are the candidates from the administration party like Defense Sec. Gilbert Teodoro and Local Government Sec. Ronaldo Puno, and also MMDA Chairman Bayani Fernando, who have been making use of their positions in government, as well as the national coffers, to make themselves visible.
This contest for name recall has been underpinning the personality politics that prevail in national elections, supported, of course, by guns, goons, and gold of political warlords, and massive fraud in the canvassing of votes. The sad thing is that the contest for name recall is not based on solid platforms and accomplishments but by sheer popularity, thus the engagement of showbiz personalities in politics. Indeed, the divide between politics and showbiz is very thin.
read more in bulatlat.com
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The Filipino voters has to be educated. Media should take the bigger role in providing objective to the public the credentials of these candidates to guide them in choosing their future leaders. The 2010 Presidential election is, once again, a big test to the Filipino electorate.
JonQBX
What’s in a name? A lot, if we are talking about Philippine politics and elections. That is why candidates do commercials, ‘infomercials’, post their faces in billboards, posters and streamers, sing, dance, and do just about anything just to make the public remember their name.
It has always been an advantage if one is from a political family. Sen. Noynoy Aquino is hoping to ride on the goodwill of his parents, Cory and Ninoy, to get himself elected to Malacañang, so is his running mate Sen. Mar Roxas who also comes from a political family. Others like Sen. Manny Villar is spending on commercials to make his name stick to the public’s consciousness. Insidious are the candidates from the administration party like Defense Sec. Gilbert Teodoro and Local Government Sec. Ronaldo Puno, and also MMDA Chairman Bayani Fernando, who have been making use of their positions in government, as well as the national coffers, to make themselves visible.
This contest for name recall has been underpinning the personality politics that prevail in national elections, supported, of course, by guns, goons, and gold of political warlords, and massive fraud in the canvassing of votes. The sad thing is that the contest for name recall is not based on solid platforms and accomplishments but by sheer popularity, thus the engagement of showbiz personalities in politics. Indeed, the divide between politics and showbiz is very thin.
read more in bulatlat.com
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The Filipino voters has to be educated. Media should take the bigger role in providing objective to the public the credentials of these candidates to guide them in choosing their future leaders. The 2010 Presidential election is, once again, a big test to the Filipino electorate.
JonQBX
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