Today's commentary

Richard James Mendoza
July 26, 2010 (around 1200 hrs)



Pangilinan backs out. Senator Francis Pangilinan has backed out of the race for Senate President after failing to gather the needed thirteen (13) votes in order to be elected. At the same time, Senator Juan Ponce Enrile is expected to be the Senate President, with Senator Jinggoy Estrada retaining the position of Senate President pro tempore. I guess that the number thirteen (13) is not his lucky number. Anyway, it's good to hear that Mr. Noted backed off. That way, we can at least hope for an independent Senate.

No freedom from Trillanes. Judge Oscar Pimentel of the Makati RTC has denied the petition of Senator Antonio Trillanes IV to attend the start of the 15th Congress. Although such was expected, I sense a sickening double standard. Why is it that while Trillanes is languishing in jail, real criminals like Chavit Singson, Nani Perez and the like roam the land as free men? And about the SC ruling of Trillanes, it's simply absurd. That's it.

The Arroyo-Singson HK charade. Congressman Ronald Singson, son of Ilocos Sur Governor Luis "Chavit" Singson, was arrested by authorities in Hong Kong for possession of cocaine and diapezam, a sedative. On an another note, Congresswoman Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo along with his husband Mike Arroyo are going to Hong Kong for a supposed medical check-up of the latter. One cannot help but think the possibility of either of the two exerting their influences to free Chavit's son. After all, these two families conspired to remove a duly-elected leader. In any case, it is slowly coming to them. In other words, nakakarma na sila.

Water Crisis (?) Malacanang conceded a few days ago about the current water crisis that is being experienced by Metro Manila residents. However, are we really victims of a genuine water crisis or was this all part of a master plan so that the companies can have an excuse to raise water rates?

(Tong) Toll on the rise. It seems that there's no stopping the toll hike now. It was reported that the hike will take place on August 16. The toll fees are expected to raise by a whopping 250%. Sonny Coloma's idiotic remark of "Masasanay din sila" ("They'll get used to it") summarizes one of the objectives of these callous corpo-rats.

Dignifying EDSA Tres. Despite what the mainstream media says about EDSA Tres as "not a real people power", I believe otherwise. In my opinion, it embodied the essence of Article III, Section 4 of the 1987 Constitution. In doing my part to rectify history, I am going to write an analysis of EDSA Dos and EDSA Tres, with emphasis on the latter. Let me tell you something.... The events surrounding EDSA Dos were anything but constitutional. It was in fact the start of the rape of the Constitution as well as the blatant disregard of rule of law. It was also the start of the attack of our much-valued democracy. If anyone remembers their experiences or memories of EDSA Dos and EDSA Tres, do not hesitate to contact me.