Graft and Corruption
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May 3rd
Filipinos who are also holders of dual citizenship will be accorded a more level playing field under an Aquino administration in the event that they decide to put up businesses in the Philippines instead of working abroad.
Under an LP administration, overseas Filipinos who want to settle down and invest businesses here will find it easier to transact business in a graft-free and reform-oriented government. No longer will they have to contend with the usual graft and corruption and red tape.
Under Aquino’s platform of transparency and good governance, more investment possibilities will be offered to overseas Filipinos holding dual citizenship.
Filipinos who More >
Greed, corruption nullified gains of EDSA I
Feb 23rd
The culture of corruption and greed that has prevailed over the government with impunity is the main reason why the promise of the 1986 EDSA Revolution has remained unfulfilled.
The spirit of the People Power Revolution that deposed a dictator and brought back democracy to the country was nullified because of the culture of corruption and greed that prevailed over the country with impunity during the Arroyo administration.
Worse, public cynicism and disdain for the country’s political leaders had reversed the gains of EDSA I due to persistent allegations of corruption that have reached scandalous proportions and mind-boggling figures.
These cases of widespread More >
No need to reconcile with GMA
Feb 21st
Our conflict with President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was never personal. We just differed vastly in our definitions of good governance.
Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita had said the President was open to reconciling with her political detractors before she leaves office on June 30. Ermita made the statement after former House Speaker Jose de Venecia was seen shaking hands with the President in a public event, a gesture that indicated that the two political figures might have buried the hatchet.
To this I say there is no need for me or the members of the Liberal Party (LP) to reconcile with the President. Our More >
The C-5 and-a-Half Land Conversion Scandal
Feb 13th
I challenge Senator Manuel Villar to open the books of his real estate companies and reveal to the Filipino people how many favorable land conversion orders he was able to secure from the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) ever since he became a high government official.
At the Kapihan sa Sulo breakfast forum Saturday morning, I reiterated the disclosure I made in Iloilo Friday that Villar illegally converted prime rice lands in Pavia town in Iloilo City into a residential subdivision despite lack of a permit from the DAR.
I called this land conversion the C-5 and-a-Half scandal.
Villar’s company, Crown Communities, bought about More >
Is Gonzales sleeping on the job?
Feb 13th
My only advocacy is to uphold the law at all times. If Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Raul Gonzalez thinks that is a hidden agenda, then he must be really sleeping on the job.
Gonzalez, a close ally of Malacanang, claimed I have “a hidden agenda” in my efforts to block President Arroyo from appointing the successor of Chief Justice Reynato Puno, who retires on May 17.
There is a nationwide citizens’ campaign, which I am part of , to stop “an apparent orchestrated scheme” being waged by Malacanang to let President Arroyo choose the country’s next chief justice despite a clear Constitutional More >
Good governance will be best tribute to Cory
Jan 26th
Establishing a government that is free from graft and corruption, that implements the rule of law equally, and administers a justice system that treats the rich and the poor evenly would be the best tribute Filipinos can give former President Corazon “Cory” Aquino.
The Filipino people can honor the legacy of President Aquino by electing into office a government that will uphold her democratic ideals and moral values.
On Monday, we joined hundreds of Filipinos in the unveiling of a bronze statue of the late president in front of the historic Manila Hotel on Roxas Boulevard, Manila to commemorate her 77th birthday.
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SC should rule on constitutionality of Maguindanao martial law despite early lifting
Dec 15th
We urge the Supreme Court to rule on the constitutionality of Proclamation 1959 even after President Arroyo lifted martial law in Maguindanao Saturday night.
The Supreme Court must make decision on the matter for the future guidance of the nation. Malacanang may not admit it, but a major consideration in the lifting was the apparent inability of government to defend its legality.
Despite the lifting of martial law, the Supreme Court should still rule on the petition filed before the high court questioning its legality. With the lifting of Proclamation 1959, we expect government to argue that the petitions should be dismissed More >
LP presidency will immediately repeal EO 464
Nov 16th
The Liberal Party will immediately repeal Executive Order 464, the gag order issued by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo that prevented executive officials from testifying before the Senate on the NBN-ZTE bribery scandal, when the party gains control of Malacanang after the May 2010 elections.
A Liberal Party administration will never tolerate public corruption and will invoke the principle of transparency and accountability in governance. Once we gain control of Malacanang with the forthcoming victory of the Noy Aquino-Mar Roxas ticket in the May elections, the first thing we will do is to repeal President Arroyo’s notorious EO 464.
While the LP recognized the principle More >
Noynoy is the people’s choice for change
Sep 4th
As National Chairman of the Liberal Party (LP), I am urging other opposition presidentiables to emulate the sacrifice taken by LP President Mar Roxas to put the interests of the country first before personal ambition for the sake of a united opposition.
Senator Noynoy Aquino is emerging as the overwhelming people’s choice for change. We are hopeful the other opposition leaders will now join the snowballing clamor for change and eventually endorse Sen. Noynoy’s presidential bid in 2010.
I am 99.9 percent sure that Sen. Noynoy himself will not turn down the aspiration of the Filipino masses and take up this historic More >
GMA is undermining the judiciary
Jul 29th
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has again “attempted to undermine the independence of the judiciary” when she rejected the six nominees submitted by the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) fill up the two vacancies in the Supreme Court.
As a former Justice secretary and a member of the JBC, I call on Chief Justice Reynato Puno and the members of the JBC to stand its ground in the face of this brazen attempt by Malacanang to undermine the independence of the judiciary.
The JBC should insist in the finality of its nominees to the Supreme Court as provided for in the Constitution.
President Arroyo’s More >
