Need to fix democratic system of the Philippines

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   pianposted 16 years ago

   The main problem is that we have a very illegitimate democratic system.  Our voters elect only those people who are popular and not if they are capable.  The big dilemma if GMA is ousted, the VP will take over who was elected PURELY because he’s popular with the masses, and not because he’s capable to lead the nation.  Our economy has never grown this much, I don’t want to take the chance by entrusting it to someone solely popular with the masses.
   To prevent this transfer, no matter how believable Lozada initially is, his credibility is now being questioned.  He admitted that a certain level of corruption is acceptable to him.  Questions have arisen  whether he was kidnapped, because his celphone was not confiscated, he dined in Outback restaurant, and he was able to go to the place he wanted to go all along, that is, La Salle Greenhills.  I even read he committed a sin of omission regarding his consultation with the wife of Sen. Joker Arroyo.  He didn’t correct the impression in which it appeared the wife invited him to her house to urge him not to testify, when the fact of the matter is (based on what I read) Lozada was the one who contacted the wife around September before Joey de Venecia testified, and he was crying and that he doesn’t want to testify.  So the wife invited him to her house, and told him she couldn’t lawyer for him due to conflict of interest since her husband is a Senator, while he was then president of Philforest.  She advised him then, since he was so distressed, that he doesn’t have to testify if he didn’t want to.  Since this was one of those ordinary free consultations, she didn’t bother to tell Joker about it.  So Joker was surprised when his wife was mentioned.
   Jun Lozada is no Clarissa Ocampo at all.

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   pianposted 16 years ago

   Below is a transcript of a supposedly wiretapped conversation between Joey and Jun I got from a website. Judge for yourself if Jun Lozada is indeed deserving to be treated a hero, but of course after ascertaining if this is genuine.
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   TRACK 3...
   
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   Joey (allegedly, Joey de Venecia): Hey Jun.
   Jun (allegedly, Jun Lozada): Hey Joey.
   Joey: Jun, can you hear me?
   Jun: Yeah. Go ahead.
   Joey: Yeah, where are you to put Chair (Abalos)?
   Jun: Ang formula ko doon is kuha ako ng points dun sa 130.
   Joey: Uh-huh…
   Jun: Di ba? Kasi saan ko pa kukunin di ba? (laughs) Itong mga …
   Joey: Kaya lang pare, we need to get some… at least from… something from them, di ba?
   Jun: Yeah.. from both sides. P*t@ng!na…
   Joey: Pare.. start from the thing.. Because he’s the gatekeeper of the votes. P*ta. I can understand, but not that amount.
   Jun: Oh yeah. that’s too big, right. That’s too big.
   Joey: Pare, let’s develop a plan to talk to him.
   Jun: Yeah, yeah, yeah. So…
   Joey: And you know what he told me, between you and I. When we were in Hong Kong… in Shenzen. Don’t quote me ha. Sabi niya kasi, marami akong…... Tinanong ko bakit ba ang laki-laki? Singkwenta.. Sabi niya marami ako kelangan bigyan. Pati yung NEDA. He said the word NEDA ha. P*t@ngina. For your information pare.
   Jun: Information? I would understand that… He’d like to look at…
   Joey: Maybe, wait, you can quote me and say, sabi ni Joey meron daw… sabi mo sa kanya may NEDA dun. (laughs) Di ba? He told me pare. (laughs)
   Jun: Sige, sige…
   Joey: P*t@ng!na, baka magwala na naman yung… (laughs)
   Jun: For some reason, I have this chemistry with him. Sabi ko Chair… In fact, sabi niya, Jun, ikaw na mag-referee bukas ha. Sabi niya, I want you to be there. Ikaw na mag-referee, ikaw na magsabi kung papaano. Sige po Sir, ako na ang mag-aano sa ano… (laughs)
   Joey: Well anyway, so that’s where I’m looking at right now. .. ought to get you.. And then, uh, think of a strategy for Ben (Abalos?), and if you need me to back you up, I’ll be there.
   Jun: Hey Joey, regarding this Chinese embassy thing. I think I struck a motherload no? I’ll put them in Roxas Boulevard. P*t@ng!na, di ba?
   Joey: In the Reformation? (Reclamation)
   Jun: No, p*t@ng!na, that’s not prime. We’ll put them in the CCP complex.
   Joey: Yup, got it.
   Jun: P*t@ng!na. Yeah, that’s, wala.. I can ??? that ??? agreement. (I can swing that gddam deal pare)
   Joey: You mean, owned by the Central Bank?
   Jun: Yeah! Can you imagine? P*t@ng!na, same stature as the American embassy, better pa, di ba? The Japanese Embassy is in Roxas Boulevard. The American embassy is there. So p*ta, I just arrived that we put the Chinese embassy right in the midst of it all, di ba? Joey: Yes, yes, of course. That’s ??? to hear. That’s foresight. (That’s perfect)
   Jun: … don’t mention my name. I think he knows me well.
   Joey: Gaano kalaki, pare?
   Jun: P*t@ng!na, as much as 15 hectares. (laughs)
   Joey: P*t@ng!na. Tapos siguro kumuha rin tayo dun. Pero we need 10 finances. (10 financers)
   Jun: No, no, no, no. P*t@ng!na. I cannot just tell you all the things that I’ve been asked to do. But that one I think, I can ??? for ourselves.
   Joey: I’ll talk to the…
   Jun: Talk to him right away.

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