Con-Ass is a hot topic nowadays. (Wheew, tnx Con-Ass and that whole Katrina-Hayden scandal is now over). It is a way of revising the Constitution and the form of government to a Parliamentary system. It all started when the House of Representative decided to pass the HR 1109 last week wthout the consent of the Senate. One thing leads to another. There are mass demonstration all over Metro Manila and other parts of the country, more media attention for possible presidential candidates who are joining the Anti Con-Ass wave, Prayer Vigils, Hunger Strike, TV advertisement and a FACEBOOK acct created to unite those who are against CON-ASS. Of course, last but not the least, BENEFIT CONCERTS of your favorite ROCK BANDS along AYALA AVENUE. Yeah Boii, everything ends up in a culminating activity held in MAKATI.
We Filipinos are really creative. I'm not against those concepts but if you're one of the people who have attended one the gatherings they have organized, I have few questions for you.
First, have you ever tried to read what is exactly written in the 1987 Constitution about revisions and ammendments?
2nd, do you know what a Constitution looks like?
Third, what is the difference between the 1987 Constitution from an ordinary book of Stephanie Meyer?
Ok, here's my point. We all have a right to freedom of expression - even if it means wasting millions of money to organize an event, paralyzing a business district in the metro, waste of energy, time and effort but lets try to dissect and foresee what might happen with HR 1109.
Okay, after the lower house passed the bill, SENATE would now dispute that their majority votes should be separated from the majority votes of the House Of Representatives which would lead to another heated exchange of arguments, benefit concerts and more prayer rally, hunger strike and FACEBOOK accts. Since the senate would question the process, the house resolution would now be discussed by who else? The Supreme Court. Actually, whether there is senate inclusion or not but since this is a hot topic, the House Of Representatives would always love to have the Supreme Court meddle in the issue. Reason? for the sake of Formality of course. If the Supreme Court found out that the process of ratifying the constitution is illegal then the case is dismissed and we will all end up doing the same routine we are doing every morning. But, here's the big BUT. Assuming that majority of JUSTICES in the SUPREME COURT are bunch of ARROYO allies, then this would all end up to a LATIN process we call as PLEBISCITE.
What the hell is PLEBISCITE? I'm not trying to be a geek or something but here's what I have found out.
According to the 1987 constitution ARTICLE XVII and section 4
Any amendment to, or revision of, this Constitution under Section 1 hereof shall be valid when ratified by a majority of the votes cast in a plebiscite which shall be held not earlier than sixty days nor later than ninety days after the approval of such amendment or revision.
Then what the hell really is a PLEBISCITE?
GOOGLE it. Kidding. But I did use WIKIPEDIA and here's the meaning of the damn word. PLEBISCITE is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal.
It means that even if those congressmen already signed the bill, whatever tactics the ARROYO government have right now to ratify the constitution, whether this leads to a Supreme Court decision or not, why bother at this point in time when the whole damn issue would all be decided with our own THUMBMARK?
We Filipinos are really creative. I'm not against those concepts but if you're one of the people who have attended one the gatherings they have organized, I have few questions for you.
First, have you ever tried to read what is exactly written in the 1987 Constitution about revisions and ammendments?
2nd, do you know what a Constitution looks like?
Third, what is the difference between the 1987 Constitution from an ordinary book of Stephanie Meyer?
Ok, here's my point. We all have a right to freedom of expression - even if it means wasting millions of money to organize an event, paralyzing a business district in the metro, waste of energy, time and effort but lets try to dissect and foresee what might happen with HR 1109.
Okay, after the lower house passed the bill, SENATE would now dispute that their majority votes should be separated from the majority votes of the House Of Representatives which would lead to another heated exchange of arguments, benefit concerts and more prayer rally, hunger strike and FACEBOOK accts. Since the senate would question the process, the house resolution would now be discussed by who else? The Supreme Court. Actually, whether there is senate inclusion or not but since this is a hot topic, the House Of Representatives would always love to have the Supreme Court meddle in the issue. Reason? for the sake of Formality of course. If the Supreme Court found out that the process of ratifying the constitution is illegal then the case is dismissed and we will all end up doing the same routine we are doing every morning. But, here's the big BUT. Assuming that majority of JUSTICES in the SUPREME COURT are bunch of ARROYO allies, then this would all end up to a LATIN process we call as PLEBISCITE.
What the hell is PLEBISCITE? I'm not trying to be a geek or something but here's what I have found out.
According to the 1987 constitution ARTICLE XVII and section 4
Any amendment to, or revision of, this Constitution under Section 1 hereof shall be valid when ratified by a majority of the votes cast in a plebiscite which shall be held not earlier than sixty days nor later than ninety days after the approval of such amendment or revision.
Then what the hell really is a PLEBISCITE?
GOOGLE it. Kidding. But I did use WIKIPEDIA and here's the meaning of the damn word. PLEBISCITE is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal.
It means that even if those congressmen already signed the bill, whatever tactics the ARROYO government have right now to ratify the constitution, whether this leads to a Supreme Court decision or not, why bother at this point in time when the whole damn issue would all be decided with our own THUMBMARK?
LET THE PEOPLE DECIDE.
The best thing to do right now is READ and UNDERSTAND the whole process in ammending the constitution, WEIGH the ISSUE correctly and maybe we could really end up being a better country by CHANGING the Government system, and exercise your RIGHT as a CITIZEN correctly and decently. WE have a voice in this whole ISSUE. We also have our rights to voice out our opinions so don't let those people you often see in the media fool you because of their own PROPAGANDA.
Watching the rally last night in my TV and watching all those POLITICOS like Mar Roxas who even brought with him his PEDICAB, BINAY with all the GOONS in yellow shirts, Loren Legarda, JV Ejercito, Ping Lacson, JDV, made me think that it's not a rally against a house bill but mainly a Miting de Avance for the 2010 elections. I can't blame them if they would oppose CHA-CHA since they already spent millions with their TV ads. The only bad thing is that the Filipino people are the one suffering from all these media circus. We tend to rely on Ted Failon's TV and RADIO programs or Conrado De Quiros articles instead of reading the real news and understanding the issue based on our own wisdow.
I don't know where this issue would all end up but with or without Cha-Cha, I know to myself that I would still end up doing the same thing I ve been doing every now and then. I never asked for food from the governement, never asked for water when I'm thirsty. I have worked hard for every penny I have in my pocket and this is my way of survival, being INDEPENDENT and self-reliant.
