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OPINION: Even the heavens rebuke Andaya by Jun Ledesma

EX-MAJORITY Floor Leader Rolando Andaya’s attempt at dramatics is a foolishly childish adventurism it only invited speculations why he cannot come to terms with Budget Sec. Ben Diokno on the figures which he claimed were insertions made by the former. He assailed the idea of having P114-billion for DPWH flood control projects and went on with his careless allegation that Diokno has a favored contractor to undertake the project. What a preposterous notion. Here in Davao City for example, we urgently need funds to fortify riverbanks and de-silt river beds which had become too shallow due to unimpeded soil erosion thereby causing flood waters to breach through embankments. This is happening now as I write this piece and that makes Andaya’s objections to the world’s typhoon and flood-prone country misplaced if not idiotic.

 

Some quarters had therefore speculated that Andaya’s attempt to shake the Palace by the Pasig might just be a symptom of some inevitable development. Something that could divert the nation’s wrath on him than make a diluvial issue out that flood-control budget. Isn’t it a simple truth that whatever figure is proposed, inserted or deleted at the end of the day it is the Lower Chamber, where he is or was Majority Floor Leader, has the control and final say? True to everybody’s hunch as the events unfurled, the Sandiganbayan came out with a denial of his appeal to dismiss the graft charges against him along with the scam queen Janet Napoles etal. Andaya did not cease from his verbose innuendos he took a jab at the Sandiganbayan for setting his arraignment on the 194 cases of graft and malversation cases with a snide “what a timing” remarks. Sandiganbayan presiding Justice Amparo Cabotage-Tang gave him a rap on the knuckles for which he profusely apologize later.

 

Even the heavens conspired against Andaya. A storm ravaged the Bicol regions inflicting severe damage to crops and claimed several lives on account of floods and erosions. Secretary Diokno who shunned congressional inquiry for having been subjected to a debasing inquisition must have an ally in the heavens to argue his case. It’s like a thunderous rebuke on Andaya like “hey you i - - - - those flood control projects are badly needed”. The message should resonate to the lonely castle of Vice Pres. Leni Robredo who had criticized Agriculture Sec. Manny Pinol for proposing to set aside a budget to de-silt rivers that overflows with a normal rainfall thereby inundating rice farms. VP Leni smirked at the idea saying “nakawin lang ang pera dyan”. A statement from a simpleton who happens to be the second most powerful person in the country. She dropped the statement without suggesting an alternative on how river siltation can be addressed.

 

Palace Spokesman, Sec. Sal Panelo, did not find Andaya’s diversionary expedition funny, he challenged the later to just file his charges against Secretary Diokno in court. But I do not think that that will happen now as the heavens had spoken and the Majority Floor Leader had stepped down (or was there a silent coup?). Deputy Speaker Fredinil Castro has taken over his post in what was euphemistically described as “term sharing” or to put it rather bluntly, “a graceful exit”. (Jun Ledesma)

 

 

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OPINYON: Mga pahong-pahong sa politika ni Jun Ledesma

KANUNAY KONG matingala ngano ug unsay atong nahimo isip nasud nga mora man hinoon ta og gimaldisyon sa kahitas-an sa porma nga nabuktot ta og pinas-an sa Kamara de Representante diin ang mga pahong-pahong sa politika ug gutom nga mga irong buang mao ang naghari ug nagkarambola kun unsaon paggahin sa kita sa atong mga buhis, para aAsa unsa ug para kang kinsa apil sila.

 

Naa sab tay Bise Presidente, si Leni Robredo, nga nagtuo nga ang salapi para sa pagkalot sa kasapaan nga puno na og lapok aron di mokalit og baha ug landslide sama sa nahitabo sa Bicol nga iyang pinuy-anan pwede lang kuotkuoton gikan sa panudlanan sa gobyerrno. Kada yawit niya, iya lang gipadayag ang sulod sa iyang bagulbagol. Naa pay laing klase, si Kongresista Edcel Lagman, gikan gihapon sa iyang rehiyon, nga nagainsister nga ang Martial Law sa Mindanao di angay nga lugwayan tungod kay wa may armadong pag-alsa sa rehiyon. Nganong magpataka man siya og hukom og unsay maayo para sa Mindanao nga segurado ko wa gyud ni siya kataak dinhi sa ato sa Mindanao tungod sa katalaw? 

Ug naa pa gyuy usa ka Bicolano, si Rolando Andaya, ang bag-ong Majority Floor Leader, nga di gyud matarog gikan sa iyang pagyaka sa gipropose nga budget sa 2019 tungod sa gialegar niya nga pag-insert kuno og mga item sa budget ni Sec. Benjamin Diokno. Kini nga pagyaka sa badyet makadaot sa unang yugto sa programang Build Build Build sa administrasyong Duterte.

 

Si Sen. Antonio Trillanes gikan sab sa rehiyon. Wa siya sa nasud karon kay kuno duna siyay sunodsunod nga pakigpulong gawas sa nasud. Dinhi sa Pilipinas, nag-atubang siya og nagbukalbukal nga mga warrant apan gusto pa gihapon niya nga mangilad ug patuhoon tang yanong lungsoranon nga kuno siya mora og si Dale Carnegie ug kining maong ilusyon gihatagan niya kunohay og kinabuhi pinaagi sa pagdiskurso atubangan sa pilipila ka gagmay nga tapok imbes moatubang sa korte aron tubagon ang mga kaso kriminal nga gisang-at batok kaniya. Gahapon didto siya sa Amsterdam ug sunod adlaw sa London diin ang way kahadlok nga brodkaster sa BBC, si Stephen Sackur, ningkomentaryo kaniadto sa iyang atubangan nga siya tulibag ug sintonado. Posible kaha nga ang epekto sa aso ug abo nga gibuga kanunay sa aktibong bulkang Mayon ningsaka sa ilang utok?

 

 
Grabe ka seryoso ang talagsaonng hitabo sa pagkadelatar sa badyet para sa tuig 2019. Kun ang mga “pagpangsal-ot” gihimo, nganong di sila kahimo og hukom kun duna bay balidong rason nganong iapil o dili. Hinumdomi nga daghang distrito gitanggalan og alokasyon sa badyet sa termino ni kanhi Speaker Bebot Alvarez. 

Sayo pa nakita na ni Kongresista Andaya ang dagkong bulto sa badyet nga gigahin sa distrito ni Alvarez, Kongresista Rodolfo Farinas ug kanhi Kongresista ug karon Cabinet Sec. Karlo Nograles. Ang problema niadto kay ang Malacanang nagkwestyon sa gisuspetsahan nga dako nga alokasyon para sa distrito ni Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, apan ninglabas nga gamatoy ra diay kaayo kun itandi sa alokasyon sa tulo. Gubot pa sa lukot ang Balay ni Gloria ug paralisado kini tungod kay dili kadesisyon kun unsay buhaton sa badyet sa 2019.

 


Kinahanglan nga ibutyag sa Kongreso ang ilang gisuspetsahan nga gipangsal-ot ug ipursige sa iyang ginsakopan ang makiangayon ug makatarunganong badyet. Maayo na unta kay ilang giimbita si Budget Sec. Ben Diokno sa budget hearing apan imbes mangita og katin-awan bahin sa badyet, gilansang hinoon siya sa mga kongresista sa krus ug gilumsan sa nagbaha nga mga insulto.

 


Ang kapakyasan sa pag-aprub sa badyet moresulta sa paghunong sa trabaho sa gobyerno ug pagkadelatar sa pag-implementar sa pagpataas sa sweldo sa mga trabhhante sa gobyerno. Basin baya og ang nagakagrabe nga kahimtang mopwersa kang Pres. Rodrigo Duterte nga mohunahuna og mga opsyon nga mosangko sa pagmahay sa mga kongresista sa umaabot nga panahon. (Jun Ledesma)

 

 

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