Showing posts with label Senate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Senate. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 13, 2014

The Napolist Revealed


JUST IN TIME, before the Senate ordered Secretary Leila De Lima to hand over the lost of government officials involved in the PDAF scam, former senator Panfilo Lacson revealed to media his copy of the Napolist that he received in the earlier part of the pork barrel controversy. Now that the Lacson copy is out, the Filipino people will have means to safeguard indirectly the contents of the De Lima copy. 

The Lacson Copy

Senators
Ramon Revilla Jr. - current
Jose Jinggoy Estrada - current
Juan Ponce Enrile - current
Vicente Sotto III - current
Loren Legarda - current
Aquilino Koko Pimentel - former
Manuel Manny Villar - former
Allan Peter Cayetano - current
Gregorio Gringo Honasan II- current
Robert Barbers - former
Francis Joseph Chiz Escudero - current

Representatives
Jesus Judin Romualdo - former
Florencio Abad - former
Banzai Nieva - former 
Maite Defensor - former
Joel Villanueva - former
Isidro Ungab - current (Davao City, 3rd District)
Reynaldo Umali - current (Oriental Mindoro, 2nd District)
Salacnib Baterina - former
Conrado Estrella III - Parti List ABONO 
Raymond Estrella - former
Victor Ortega - current (La Union, 1st District)
Neil Benedict Montejo - current (Party List AN WARAY)
Arthur Pinggoy - former
Samuel Dangwa - former
Florencio Flores Jr MD - current (Bataan, 2nd District)
Erwin Chiongbian - former
Erico Fabian - former
Florencio Miraflores - former
Napoleon Beration - former
Ricky Sandoval - former
Maximo Rodriguez Jr - current (Party List ABAMIN) 
Rufus Rodriguez - current (Cagayan De Oro City, 2nd District)
Rizalina Seachon Lanete - former
JV Ejercito - former (now, senator of 16th Congress)
Edgar Valdez - former
Scott Davies Lanete MD - current (Masbate, 3rd District) 
Rafael Nantes - former
Sunny Rose Madamba - former
Ruffy Biazon -  former
Gerald Anthony Gullas Jr - current (Cebu, 1st District) 
Carlos Padilla - current (Nueva Viscaya, Lone District)
Rodolfo Plaza - former
Arnulfo Fuentebella - former
Raul Del Mar - current (Cebu City, 1st District)
Rommel Amatong - current (Compostela Valley, 2nd District)
Marc Douglas Cagas - former
Digaden Dilangalen - former
Iggy Arroyo - former
Rodolfo Valencia - former
Eduardo Zialcita - former
Nanette Costalo Daza - former
Constantino Jaraula - former
Clavel Martinez - former
Francisco EmManuel Ortega - current (Sarangani, Lone District) 
Peter Falcon - former
Isidro Real - former
Corazon Malanyaon - former
Narciso Monfort - former
Uliran Joaquin - former
Juaquin Chipeco Jr - current (Laguna, 2nd District)
Abdullah Dimaporo - current (Lanao Del Norte, 2nd District)
Ernesto Pablo - former
Marcelino Libanan - former
Rolex Suplico - former
Benasing Macambon Jr - former
Jesnar Falcon - former
Nasser Pangandaman - former
Hussein Pangandaman - former
Reynaldo Boy Umali - current (Oriental Mindoro, 2nd District) 
Amado Bagatsing - current (Manila, 5th District)
Malapitan - former
Ecleo - former
Olano - former
Jesli Lapuz - former
Oscar Oca Rodriguez - current (Pampanga, 3rd District)
Alvarado - former
Tulagan - former
Nograles - former

Agency Employees
Ofelia Agawin (DA)
Allan Umali (DA)
Procy Alcala (DA)
Teresita Panlilio (DAR)
Narciso Nieto (DAR)
Alexis Sevidal (NLDC)
Antonio Ortiz (TRC)
Deniss Cunanan (TRC)
Rhodora Mendoza (NABCOR)

Napoles Agents
Ruby Tuazon
Bryan Yasmuan
Jen Corpuz
Mat Ranillo
Pauline Labayen
Catherine Mae "Maya" Santos
Patricia "Gay" Agana Tan
Alen Ruste
Mon Arcenas


Sources
Ramos, Matikas: "Lacson's Napoles list leaks; Where's Santiago" Philippine Daily Inquirer 13 May 2014 [link]

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

The Gutierrez Impeachment Trial

Statements

Senator Juan Ponce Enrile, president, Senate: "As a citizen of this republic, I am really not happy with the performance of the Ombudsman and her people... (So) I understood where the President is coming from when he issued those statements because he was getting frustrated and wants to do something."


Impact

The positive impacts of the impeachment trial include:
1. Evidences will be put in the court of law on whether there is basis for the accusations made upon Guttierez.
2. The Filipino people can move on in cleaning up the government of corrupt employees.
3. Evidences on the unsettled legal issues involving the Arroyo administration will be evaluated for their merits in the impeachment court.

There only two important outcome that can weigh on the country because of the trial:
1. The cost of the trial will be very high.
2. A long stretched out trial can derail the other works of the Senate and can be troubling for the people to follow.

UPDATE: Merci Resigned

In a letter dated 29 April 2011, Merceditas Guttierez tendered her resignation to PNoy, effective May 6. On the same day, the President accepted it.

Impacts

One central outcome of the Gutierrez resignation is the automatic discontinuation of the impeachment trial.

Positive Impact to Gutierrez
1. She will save herself the trouble of defending herself from the court.
2. She removed the risk of probably losing the case, including her retirement benefits and right to serve again in the government.

Positive Impact to those Involved in the Scams Mentioned
1. The case will not be scrutinized and deliberated anymore in the impeachment court, keeping the status quo. (If protectionism had happened, those being protected remained so at least for the meantime.)

Positive Impact to the Government
1. It saves millions of pesos of expenditures for the impeachment trial.
2. It allows Senators to more on to other national concerns.
3. It removes in the Office of the Ombudsman the obstacle to cleaning up the government ranks.
4. The Filipino people can finally move on from this issue.

Negative Impact
The sole negative outcome this event brought was the opportunity loss at not having the controversies hounding the Arroyo administration scrutinized in the court of law. 


(Photo courtesy of Philippines Graphic)

Sources
Marvin Sy: "'Noy statements won't affect Senate judgment on Merci," The Philippine Star 25 March 2011
Kimberly Jane Tan: "Ombudsman Merci resigns, 10 days before Senate trial," GMA News 29 April 2011