Tag: impeachment

Why impeach Duterte when a good old-fashioned Yellowtard “people power” might work?

July 1, 2019July 1, 2019 benign0 6 Comments

It seems that the Yellowtards (the leading faction of the Philippine Opposition rabidly loyal to the Aquino-Cojuangco clan) have lost faith in that very iconic “activist” enterprise that originally garnered them worldwide fame — “people power” street “revolutions”. Nowadays, these snowflakes seem to have lost their edge and are now resorting to legal means to…

Politics

Leni Robredo is DISRUPTIVE and should be BOOTED OUT of the Office of the Vice President

June 26, 2019June 26, 2019 benign0 13 Comments

When the discourse descends to childish name-calling and mud-slinging comes the time once again to step back and take stock of the landscape from a higher plane of thinking. If we apply a fresh perspective to what is going on — specifically the tiff between “vice president” Leni Robredo and Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA)…

Government

PNoy damaged the Supreme Court when he appointed Lourdes Sereno Chief Justice in 2012

March 5, 2018 benign0 12 Comments

Since way back in 2012, the disturbing results of Chief Justice Lourdes Sereno’s psychiatric evaluation, her inability to earn the respect of her peers in the high court, her non-compliance to rules regarding disclosure of her personal assets and liabilities, and the questionable motivation behind her appointment as Chief Justice by then President Benigno Simeon…

Politics

Sereno must resign for the sake of the Filipino people

March 1, 2018March 1, 2018 Ilda 10 Comments

For the sake of the nation, current Chief Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court Lourdes Sereno should resign immediately. It’s not just the public that has lost respect for her, her colleagues have had it with her too. Information from insiders at the Supreme Court has exposed the cracks in the high court. The cracks…

Government, Politics

CJ Lourdes Sereno faces the wrath of a Filipino public clamouring for her impeachment

November 22, 2017 benign0 5 Comments

The impeachment “trial” of Supreme Court Chief Justice Lourdes Sereno is an exercise that is political in nature — because it is a process conducted in and governed by Congress where popularity holds currency (in contrast to trials done in a court of law where standards to ensure logic and reason prevail are higher and…

Media, Politics

Outrage over Leni Robredo’s bimbo antics offer opportunities that require clear minds to exploit

March 20, 2017 benign0 3 Comments

Filipinos are up in arms following “vice president” Leni Robredo’s monumental gaffe of a video to the United Nations in which she painted the Philippines as a failed state and made statements just short of inviting foreign agents to intervene in her country’s domestic affairs. Indeed, for a purported “vice president” to suggest that her…

Government, Politics

Proposed articles of impeachment against “vice president” Leni Robredo #LeniLeaks

January 10, 2017 benign0 29 Comments

Assuming for argument’s sake that Leni Robredo actually is the duly-elected vice president of the Philippines, there are possible grounds for lodging an impeachment complaint against her just six months into the new administration. * * * Article 1.0: Conspiring to disrupt public order by way of tacit tolerance of agents mounting efforts to incite…

Crime, Government

Why ousting Duterte will be disastrous for the Philippines

October 15, 2016October 15, 2016 benign0 113 Comments

What’s up with all this talk about ousting sitting Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte? That’s a no-brainer. There are certain people and parties so hungry for power that the campaign to seize Malacanang had not ended in May 2016. So it is hardly surprising that, rather than work with the incumbent Duterte administration, the Opposition seek…

Government, Politics