On the issue about the ZTE Broadband Scandal

[Jeff]

It's so lonely being at the top. The more you climb in the corporate ladder the smaller the ball you have.

[m1911a2]

Look! Our Police who is supposed to protect us citizen is sad to say doesn't know how to do their job. Their supposed to protect us from threats but what happen now, they become the threat!

How could you protect someone from threats to his/her life if you don't know where the threat come from, if you dont know to whom you are protecting him/her from?

Gen. Razon admitted that he is aware that there was warrant of arrest for Jun Lozada issued by the Senate. Why is it that the very moment they got hold of him, they didnt turned over Lozada to the Senate?

Is our NAIA safe for ordinary citizen? Kaya pala di nakapasa sa International Aviation Standard kasi hindi pala safe. Biruin mo, si Jun Lozada biglang nawala sa NAIA!

Joker Arroyo becomes a joke! Last election, Joker said he's "kontra-kurakot". But look at him now. Wala siyang masabi sa mga katiwalian ng Arroyo government.

What Joker Arroyo was doing now is to destroy Jun Lozada, a witness to the ZTE NBN Scandal, a witness made credible by a series of kapalpakan ng Arroyo government, kapalpakan ng kapulisan.

Jun Lozada didn't say he's a saint. He even admitted to mistakes he made in the past. Eh, yong iba nga, napatunayan ng may mga katiwalian, nag mamalinis pa rin!

Jun Lozada said, his father had always taught him to value pride and honor above wealth and power and to love this country. Now let's turn back to and ask the cabal that had been tasked and trying to wrecked his credibility, Ronaldo Puno, Lito Atienza, Sergio Apostol, Avelino Razon, Miriam Santiago: How the hell did your parents raised you?

Have you ever wondered people, why Sec. Neri is so silent? Hindi ba sya ang nag siwalat ng maanomalyang broadband deal na ito? Nabili kaya sya ng Arroyo government? Hindi kaya nag-fingeran sila ni GMA?

Bakit ngayon, to rebutt Lozada's expose' government heads now appeared in the Senate inquiry in full force? Bakit kaya di nila inin-voke ang EO 464?

At the bottom of these all, may itinatago nga kaya ang Pamahalaan ni Gloria?

Kapani-paniwala pa nga kaya ang mga rhetorics ng Gobyernong Arroyo?

[Jeff]

Lahat halos ng katiwalian ay nag uugat sa kamag anak corporation, halos lahat ng dumadaang pamamahalaan ay nalugmok dahil sa pakikialam ng pamilya sa political and economic affair. Hindi naman ang Presidente ang nilalapitan ng mga crooks kundi yung mga kamag anak o kapamilya. Crooks tried to prey the weakest link and that is the family o mga kamag anak. The style of those profiteers is to name drop or use the influence of the kamag anak just to gain chance. Kaya kung boboto o pipili tayo ng Presidente hanggang barangay captain dapat yung walang kamag anak na may inclination sa politica, economy, business, lahat ng sangay sa gobyerno.

[ksc]

The Truth will set our Country Free

IT was courageous but damaging for two officials of government, former Speaker Jose de Venecia and Mr. Rodolfo "Jun" Lozada, to expose questionable government deals in millions of dollars including scandalous and immoral kickbacks. It was courageous to come out in the open to "publicly confess" the high level of graft and corruption that they knew all along and "somehow" have been involved in. But it was also damaging to their political career as well as to significant others who are in high governance. Damaging also because they opened themselves to further scrutiny and inquiry. Truth hurts. Truth liberates. But the truth must be served. The truth will set our country free (cf. John 8/32)

Their public confession may be considered a providential event that may yet save our country from being hostage to scandalous and shady government deals that offend the common good and serve only personal, family and group interests. In our last CBCP Statement, the Bishops strongly lamented the absence of social conscience today. This is the root cause of our systemic graft and corruption.

We lament in this season of Lent not only that we are sinners but also that our country has too long been captive to the corruption of people in governance. "We have to confess that corruption is in truth our greatest shame as a people." The call for a moral revolution has deep implication. The CRUSADE FOR TRUTH being initiated by the Religious like the AMRSP, Civil Groups and Clergy is encouraging, and must be supported by all truth-loving and freedom-loving citizens. Only the truth, not lies and deceits, will set our country free. This truth challenges us now to communal action.

We encourage the "Watch and Pray" activity that will be initiated by the Parish Pastoral Councils for Responsible Voting (PPC-RV). We can also call it PPC for Responsible Citizenship. The flame of "social consciousness and common good" must be kept alive. We suggest the prayer used by the Magnificat Movement, the MAGNIFICAT of Our Lady in Luke 1, 46-55 a prayer for social transformation.

As we said in our last CBCP Statement "let us pray together, reason together, decide together, act together" "towards a more vigorous work for good governance and a more active promotion of responsible citizenship in our society in the light of the Gospel and the Social Teachings of the Church."

+ANGEL N. LAGDAMEO
Archbishop of Jaro
CBCP President
February 10, 2008

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CBCP urges 'communal action' vs. gov't corruption

MANILA, February 11, 2008—The Catholic bishops' leadership has called on for 'communal action' following Rodolfo Lozada's expose on alleged corruption involving top public officials.

Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines president Archbishop Angel Lagdameo said it's about time to liberate the country that has long been 'captive' to government corruption.

Lagdameo said the "confession" recently made Lozada and ousted House speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. may save people from being "hostage to scandalous and shady government deals."

"Only the truth, not lies and deceits, will set our country free. This truth challenges us now to communal action," he said.

Lagdameo said Lozada and De Venecia's act may yet called "courageous" in exposing government anomalies they knew and "somehow they have been involved in."

He said it could be detrimental to their political career but still the truth must be pursued.

"Truth hurts. But the truth must be served. The truth will set our country free," he stressed.

He renewed an earlier call of the CBCP lamenting the "absence of social conscience today" which he said was "the root cause of our systemic graft and corruption."

"We have to confess that corruption is in truth our greatest shame as a people," said Lagdameo.

The CBCP head backed the "Crusade for Truth" movement of the influential Association of Major Religious Superiors of the Philippines (AMRSP), civil society groups and clergy.

He also endorsed an initiative "Watch and Pray" by the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting, adding that the flame of "social consciousness and common good" must be kept alive.

"As we said in our last CBCP Statement 'let us pray together, reason together, decide together, act together' towards a more vigorous work for good governance and a more active promotion of responsible citizenship in our society in the light of the Gospel and the Social Teachings of the Church," he added. (RL)

[hedwig]

... tama ka jalmz... the arroyo administration karon is wa nay ayu,, and as of now they are going to consult the relegious group for the checking of the coruption, and thay have a massive campaigned for corruption to solve, pero what happened, kung pabor sa kanila walng reaction, kung kalaban ng administration todo kampanya...

[Jeff]

lahat halos dumaan na pamahalaan ay may naka binbin na corruption issue, maybe direct or indirect. Its like the saying na " The same Dog but different collar". Ano ba dapat ang palitan, tao o sistema. Palit tayo ng palit ng presidente will not be the answer, how about if we deepen our senses about the political system that we have now. Lets go deeper into the roots, kasi pag di natin mabunot ang ugat, tuloy tuloy parin ang pag kabuhay. History repeats itself pa rin. Lets look Indonesia now, how about vietnam, singapore, malaysia paano ba nila pinatakbo ang kanilang political machineries, hwag na tayong tumingin sa sistema ng puti, dito lang sa asia pwede natin gayahin ang kanilang ginawa. Sa election process palang dami na dapat baguhin, sa qualification palang ang dami ng dapat ayusin, sa plata porma palang dapat makita na natin kung ang tapat at sino ang corrupt.