During this time of poisonous hostilities mostly fought in media, Lacson hopped on a plane to Hongkong, in order to avoid any suspicion of complicity in the expose. Why is Enrile so close to Lacson? Because people might disagree with what the law says, iyon ang pakikinggan mo. Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus. I am insulted by the way your minds run. Enrile ordered the military to arrest the students, on the basis of a martial law presidential decree that defined the crime of illegal assembly as any gathering opposed to the administration, and that imposed the death penalty. He also boasted of his high grade in the bar exam, with the non sequitur that I had a low grade. My husband was only one of the many staff who earned this privilege by exemplary work, evidenced by annual certificates of commendation issued by the customs commissioner. False in one thing, false in all things. Sabi ng batas, you apply the rule of ejusdem generiskailangan may listahan na isa-isa nilang sinasabi kung ano ang kasalanan at mayroong isang salita na hindi mo malaman kung ano ang kasalanan, Dapat basahin mo iyan na pare-pareho doon sa kasalanan na nalista na. We are all for honest government, and yet the world condemns us as one of the most corrupt countries in the world. As a general rule, constitutional provisions are not self-executory. Tinatawag na ako ng International Criminal Court. Instead, his speech was directed at me, rehashing black propaganda invented against me during the 1992 presidential campaign. . If the Ombudsman files the case in court, Mr. Enrile will automatically be suspended from the Senate by order of the Sandiganbayan. Pero lahat hindi mo puwedeng masunod kaagad-agad. College of Medicine graduates. I will be the first Filipino there. Why would a suspected criminal leave his calling cards at the scene of the crime? I am fortified by my faith. Under Rule 34, he has committed the offense of "unparliamentary acts and language," and I shall charge him with disorderly behaviour with the Ethics or the Rules Committee, punishable by suspension for 60 days. Mayroong mga pulitiko na alam na alam natin kung ano ang loopholes nila sa SALN. Do not veer away from the was a defense minister under Marcos, but helped to bring down the dictator. I suspended trial in all other cases and continuously heard the illegal assembly case morning, afternoon, and evening. 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Notably, the Ombudsman has admitted receiving a memorandum of over 200 pages pinpointing Enrile as the mastermind of plunder. Livestream: Privilege Speech of Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago. Enrile's charge that I registered the smuggled car in my name in Tarlac is inane, and the product of his febrile imagination. NAVIGATING THE CRIMES OF THE PLUNDER MASTERMIND Mr. Enrile and I are engaged in an epic battle to reveal the truth to the Filipino people. If convicted, he will be jailed for 30 years, and his ill-gotten wealth, expected to be in the billions, will be forfeited in favor of the state. Ngayon, natapos angdepensa, nasaan ngayon ang mga survey? Philstar.com is one of the most vibrant, opinionated, discerning communities of readers on cyberspace. Santiago joins her youth supporters in Quezon City, Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago makes her speech during the grand rally of her supporters in West Avenue, Quezon City. During trial, he will likely remain in detention, because he would have no constitutional right to bail, particularly if the court finds that the evidence is strong. In 1995, then Representative Enrile, a native of Gonzaga, Cagayan, authored R.A. No. Iyan ang unang punto ko. His speech amounted to verbal violence against a woman confined to her sickbed, while he preened in the Senate, demonstrating his skill as the Drama King of corrupt politics. She was a globally famous personality because of her brilliance. His latest caper took his campaign at self-projection to the level of the absurd, when his own press release reported that as a former policeman, he delivered a lecture on constitutional law, as part of Enrile's effort to shift attention from PDAF to DAP. Thats how much of the taxpayers money go to finance Enriles smuggling empire. 7. At hindi ibig sabihin na quasi-political na isipin mo, naku, tatakbo ako, either for reelection or for another position, or I need some position in government for my kaalyado ko, whom will I use as my dummy. If the Ombudsman files the case in court, Mr. Enrile will automatically be suspended from the Senate by order of the Sandiganbayan. (Al Padilla/Sunnex). In all, Enrile reportedly gave P641.65 million from his pork barrel funds to dummy corporations founded by Napoles. Stick to the topic. RTC judge ako eh. She was a speaker who inspires her audience. The Court warned Enrile that he did not have a license to run roughshod over a citizen's basic constitutional rights, such as due process, or manipulate the law to suit dictatorial tendencies." But it is not true that his advanced age exempts him from criminal liability. . (Emphasis added). It is for Congress to balance, on the one hand, the need for public accountability from public officers with, on the other hand, the desperate need for foreign investment, which entails confidentiality on pain of driving away investors from our country. 7399, August 25, 2009, Velasco, Jr., J. Six men carrying rifles and dressed in military uniforms barged into the residential compound of Negros Oriental Gov. He has to pay for his sins, unless he turns state witness and rats on Sen. Jinggoy Estrada, Sen. Bong Revilla, and his other co-accused in the plunder case. In 2012, the Communist Party of the Philippines sent an email to media, with the following condemnation of Enrile as delusional in his notorious memoirs: Enrile was Marcos hatchet man and the one who signed countless warrants that led to the capture and detention of thousands of former leaders, workers, students, activists in the Church, and other critics and opponents of martial law. . By. The accused appealed, and the Supreme Court in effect upheld me. This charge is asinine. Enrile never reached these levels of professional recognition. Let me tell you about the real Lacson. This was the 1990 case of Brocka, Cervantes, et al. Stupid is Forever by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago is a compilation of her speeches, jokes, pick-up lines delivered or curated by this very famous Filipino public figure. His license expired in 2007. At saka, isang punto. This is eyewitness testimony that Enrile is psychopathic and urgently needs treatment for his sex addiction. MANILA. Alam naman natin iyan kung magkano ang halaga ng public works mo, ten percentang mapupunta sa iyo kung gusto mo. That is why we are elected officers; we are supposed to represent our constituencies. That is all. Answer (1 of 14): I honestly never argue. Miriam Defensor: Unforgettable Public Speaker When it comes to public speaking, who could ever forget the late Miriam Defensor Santiago. That is true. The Constitution provides that the impeachable offenses are culpable violation of the Constitution, treason, bribery, graft and corruption, other high crimes or betrayal of public trust.. 5. I shall also leave immediately after the speech, because I am ill with chronic fatigue syndrome. Navigating the Crimes of the Plunder Mastermind. Speech of Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago: Explaining his verdict on Chief Justice Renato Corona [Delivered on May 29, 2012] The Constitution provides that in all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall be presumed innocent until the contrary is proved. He eats his own words for breakfast. After this speech, I respectfully decline to yield the floor for interpellation. Imbestigahin nga natin for future impeachments. Psychopathic Hypersexualized Serial Womanizer. Our Lady of Fatima University, Valenzuela City. Two years later, he built a house in Valle Verde, registered in the name of Jaka Investments Corp., his family firm. On his side, he has the corrupt journalists in his payroll, corrupt military officials who constitute his private army, his minions in the customs bureau and the internal revenue bureau, both of which he used to head and consider to be his fiefdoms, as well as key appointive officials in local government and the diplomatic service, who serve as his sycophantic spies. I was elected No. The first time I challenged Enrile to a debate, he declined and instead called on Lacson to shower me with near-illiterate insults, including an oxymoron. . In 1975, during martial law, he built a residence in exclusive Dasmarias Village. The issue was: Does martial law automatically cancel the right to bail? King of Martial Law Illegal Logging Empire. Under President Corazon Aquino, he retracted and admitted that his ambush was faked and staged. According to the poet: Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord. The government refused to issue clearance for registration of the shipments, and CEZA was forced to re-export 600 used cars. My decisive answer was no, and I ordered the release of the students. 156, imposing a partial ban on the importation of used cars. Mr. Dementia tries in his clumsy way to raise suspicions about my mental health. Just last month, Inquirer columnist Ramon Tulfo reported that police raided and arrested some 700 persons, including some expatriates, in their Makati and Quezon City offices. Enrile violated the law, when he tried to pressure my husband, then a customs collector, to release a smuggled Toyota car, forfeited for failure to pay correct customs duties and charges. Hence, all his properties are either abroad, in the name of others, or in the name of corporations. Let me tell you about the real Lacson. That is a problem with this country. The favored corporations pay annual fees of $40,000. 7922, creating the Cagayan Economic Zone Authority or CEZA. At one point in his glittering career as Senate President, Enrile had the audacity to throw a birthday party at a five-star Makati hotel for his concubine, to which he was able to drag President Aquino. (Emphasis added). His wife, Cristina, a socialite, walked out on him this month, after charging adultery. The first time I challenged Enrile to a debate, he declined and instead called on Lacson to shower me with near-illiterate insults, including an oxymoron. I am the UP graduate who has, in a modest way, focused national attention on the political malady known as logopaedics, the branch of . I hope that this clash of titans in the Senate will lead to an Armaggedon in Philippine politics. Share with your friends. So I paid no attention, particularly since what I wanted to do, contrary to my fathers wishes, was to avail of a rare scholarship to Moscow. Wala iyan sa libro, wala iyan dito, wala iyan doon. As a former customs commissioner, Enrile wanted to bend the law for his illegal clients. Pero kung ang pulitika ay mangingibahaw sa batas, wala na rin akong silbi. The best of Miriam Defensor Santiago Quotes, as voted by Quotefancy readers. The government refused to issue clearance for registration of the shipments, and CEZA was forced to re-export 600 used cars. In an interview with Enrile on 25 January 2012, the Inquirer said that after Gigi earned her law degree in 1988, she joined the Enrile law firm. Maski ano, puwede mong wa-manufacture sa Pilipinas. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim have agreed to hold in-depth discussions on the Philippines and Malaysia's territorial dispute over Sabah. He pointedly ignored the fact that I am a laureate of the Asian Nobel Prize, the 1988 Magsaysay Award for government service. In the United States, the bar exam is considered clerical. He has never changed. Aside from stubbornly maintaining her independence, Santiago also became known as one of the most efficient judges the country had ever seen. Did anyone of you bother to find out why we have a Foreign Currency Deposit Act? Nang matapos mag-prisinta ng ebidensiya ang prosecution, naglabas ng mga survey na ang mga tao gusto pala na guilty ang chief justice. In the 2006 case of Executive Secretary v. Southwing, in effect the Supreme Court upheld the validity of the ban. I filed an electoral protest, but it was dismissed by the Supreme Court, after I was elected senator. Lacson, like his mastermind, seems to be approaching dementia, too. During all this time, in open defiance of the Supreme Court rulings banning importation of used cars, CEZA continued its importations. On Enriles appeal, Osmea agreed to restore this amount of nearly P1 billion, subject to certain conditions. The Supreme Court slapped him down, ruling: "that the criminal proceedings had become a case of persecution, having been undertaken by state officials in bad faith." Well, if that is the case, then let us all just put our assets in dollars and the purpose of the SALN will be perverted or corrupted. Wala akong ginagamit na pampulitika dahil hindi na ako makatakbo uli. GitHub export from English Wikipedia. The Ombudsman is conducting preliminary investigation, and has assured the public that justice will not be denied: the resolution will be issued by the end of this month. This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. In June 2013, the Department of Budget and Management released statistics showing that in a five-year period for 2005 to 2013, Enrile was the biggest recipient of pork barrel, amounting to a total of P1.189 billion. Napakahirap gawin iyan. 5. How much proof is necessary? The other person can do the same. Malacaang issued the appointment, just to abort the endless stream of his self-serving press releases whenever there was a vacancy in customs, immigration, or even in the non-vacant post of anti-crime czar, already held by the Executive Secretary. From the very beginning, Enrile has always resented that Supreme Court decision and held it against me, for refusing to kowtow to him even during the dark days of martial law, when he swaggered around town as if he owned it. The Prince of Darkness, having no means of demolishing innocent, law-abiding, God-fearing people like me, has recycled rumors against me that were aired, and which I answered, more than 20 years ago, when I ran for president. I filed an electoral protest, but it was dismissed by the Supreme Court, after I was elected senator. Naglingkod siya bilang komisyonado ng Kawanihan ng Pandarayuhan at Deportasyon ng Pilipinas noong 1988 at dati narin siyang naging kalihim ng Kagawaran ng Repormang Pansakahan mula 1989 . Despite all his posturing, Enriles specialty is only tax law. Tungkol sa pulitika, dahil ang ibig sabihin niyan ay pag-iisipan mo at pakinggan mo ang mga taong bumuto sa iyo. The Prince of Darkness, having no means of demolishing innocent, law-abiding, God-fearing people like me, has recycled rumors against me that were aired, and which I answered, more than 20 years ago, when I ran for president. That is why these two men are so close that it can only be called a relationship with feelings. or the efforts of Australia to regulate certain speech. - Rappler.com. 2. Parliamentary rules strictly forbid arguments ad hominem, but my attacker delivered an entire speech by appealing to personal prejudices rather than to reason; and by attacking my character rather than my assertion that he is the mastermind of the plunder. Pangalawa, palusot o pangalawang ginagawa nila na loopholes sa SALN lahat ngpag-aari nilareal estate, bank accounts, iba pang pag-aariilalagay sa ibang pangalan. But he chooses to stay away and keep silent, because he is immobilized by fear and humiliation. Do not use obscenity. Brocka v. Enrile, at p. 189. Assuming for the sake of argument that there is a preponderance of evidence for the Prosecution, the preponderance is not overwhelming. Iyan ay very, very widespread. Contribute to chinapedia/wikipedia.en development by creating an account on GitHub. Mastermind of the biggest plunder case in Philippine history. Wala nang limitasyon iyon. Hindi lang sila ma-impeach. Pati sarili ko imbestigahin ko. Because he is over 70 years old, he can plead the mitigating circumstance of age, in order to lower the sentence. My husband already owned and drove a Ford Mustang sportscar as a senior in law school. Wala na akong kinabukasan sa pulitika sa Pilipinas. His credential is that he has been given an administrative job in disaster relief efforts in the Visayas. Ngayon Tagalog naman at hihingi na ako ng paumanhin abanse pa lamang, dahil kulang na kulang ang Tagalog ko. Sa masa na nakararami sa ating bansa and we follow the rule of the majority, sa kabataan sa pamantasan dahil they are educated constituency, sa kasaysayan ng ating bansa, this will go down in history. MIRIAM DEFENSOR SANTIAGO (Speech at the Far Eastern University Central Student Organization lecture series on 22 November 2012) It is always my pleasure to return to this campus, recipient of the UNESCO Asia Pacific Award for Cultural Heritage for "the outstanding preservation of its Art Deco structure." I take particular pleasure that this . And yet Enrile zeroed in only on my husband. According to the official citation, the Award recognizes her bold and moral leadership in cleaning up a graft-ridden government agency. Media has noted that I am reportedly the most awarded Filipino public official, because I won such awards as TOYM, TOWNS, and U.P.s most outstanding law alumnus. Theodore Sorensen wrote for [Robert Kennedy's 1968] announcement speech: "At stake is not simply the leadership of our party, and even our own country, it is our right to the moral leadership of this planet." The sentence absolutely appalled all the younger Robert Kennedy advisers, who felt it smacked of just the kind of attitude which had gotten us into Vietnam. Miriam Defensor Santiago Graduation Speech. Nagpapanggap-panggapan pa tayo na korte tayong quasi-judicial, lyonpala, sinabi pa natin na if there is any need, we shall use as a supplemental authority the Rules of Court. The burden of proof is on the Prosecution. Magsilbi ka sa sarili mong kababayan. Nagsilbi na nga ako. As PNP chief, he coveted the post of DILG secretary, which at that time was occupied by Ronaldo Puno. Accordingly, I respectfully urge the justice secretary to order an immediate and exhaustive investigation into the following crimes under the Penal Code committed by Enrile: 1. Accordingly, I respectfully urge the justice secretary to order an immediate and exhaustive investigation into the following crimes under the Penal Code committed by Enrile: 1. Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago makes her speech during the grand rally of her supporters in West Avenue, Quezon City. So far, it appears that it has awarded licenses to seven foreign corporations, but it claims that it can issue as many licenses as it wants. On his side, he has the corrupt journalists in his payroll, corrupt military officials who constitute his private army, his minions in the customs bureau and the internal revenue bureau, both of which he used to head and consider to be his fiefdoms, as well as key appointive officials in local government and the diplomatic service, who serve as his sycophantic spies. At that time, the policy of the Bureau of Customs was to forfeit smuggled cars, and to use them as official vehicles for authorized senior staff. There are no details. I prepared a two-minute paper but I will obey the injunction. Kayo, nag-practice kayo isang taon, dalawang taon? It is a violation of every canon of civility and decency in public discourse. According to Enrile himself, his "representative" in the port is his son-in-law, James Kocher, an American who, according to former US Ambassador Kristie Kenney, "runs an auto import operation in the port, and is suspected of involvement in smuggling." Justice should be done, though the heavens fall. Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen of the Senate: It comes rarely in the life of the nation that a people, under the travails of developing country status, aided by providence, find it in themselves to rise above the morass of political corruption, and to build the architecture for a fresh and shining territory where people live free of the forces of darkness. (Emphasis added). Your credit card will be billed as Writingserv 938-777-7752 / Devellux Inc, 1012 E Osceola PKWY SUITE 23, KISSIMMEE, FL, 34744 Then under President Benigno Aquino III, he retracted again and he now claims in his memoirs that the ambush was genuine after all. tourism-related activities, including games, amusements, recreational and sports facilities such as horse-racing, dog racing, gambling casinos, golf courses, and others, under priorities and standards set by CEZA." In U.P., at that time, many of our professors taught us to devote ourselves to the Socratic method, and pay no attention to the bar, which they belittled. Then under President Benigno Aquino III, he retracted again and he now claims in his memoirs that the ambush was genuine after all. Command responsibility for death and disappearance during martial law. In 1985, he built a huge beach house in his prime beachfront property in Natipuan, Nasugbu, Batangas. I will be the first Filipino there. Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago: Para hindi na mangyari uli iyon, ito ang gagawin natin: una, palakasin natin ang CCT program - Conditional Cash Transfer Program - sa pamamagitan ng budget.
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