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[mike2011]

Ghost of Dictator Marcos Hangs Over Philippines' Duterte

Rodrigo Duterte won the Philippine presidency in a blaze of hard-line rhetoric -- an outsider who will stamp out crime and corruption. But his power base is tied to the nation’s oldest political camps, including that of ex-dictator Ferdinand Marcos.

Duterte’s PDP-Laban party won only three of the 297 seats in the House of Representatives while party president Koko Pimentel is its lone member in the 24-seat Senate. That made PDP-Laban what Filipinos call a “motorcycle party.” Yet within days of Duterte’s May 9 win, politicians from all sides rushed to join him.

That’s how it goes in Philippine politics. Lawmakers did the same in 2010, abandoning Gloria Arroyo’s party in favor of then newly-elected president Benigno Aquino’s Liberal Party.

“Real political parties don’t exist because what we have are caricatures,” said Ramon Casiple, executive director at the Institute for Political and Electoral Reform in Manila. “Parties don’t get to decide anything. Personalities and political families make the decisions, in the same way that it was Duterte himself, not any party, who chose that he should run for president.”

For an overview of the election, click here.

While family dynasties have been the foundation of politics across much of post-colonial Asia, the recent victories of outsiders in India, Indonesia and the Philippines may be shifting the political spectrum. Nowhere is that more apparent than the Philippines, where the mass defections mean there is little restraining influence in congress from the opposition.

That makes it easier for Duterte to carry out his ambitious plans, including reinstating the death penalty, cracking down on smuggling, easing foreign ownership limits and shifting to a federal government system. It could also mean he has enough support in Congress to avoid the kinds of pitfalls some predecessors faced, including impeachment attempts for graft or violating the constitution.

‘Radical Proposals’

“The president has some radical proposals, some out-of-the-box solutions so it’s very important that the leadership in both houses can convince the majority to support these measures,” said Pimentel, who’s gunning for the Senate leadership.

Those who aren’t aligned with the new leader can be shut out. In a separate election in May for vice president, Aquino-backed Leni Robredo won by a hair against Marcos’ only son, Bongbong Marcos. Yet Duterte has not offered Robredo a cabinet post, saying he doesn’t want to offend his friend Marcos.

Part of the reason for the country’s revolving politics is the constitution adopted after the 1986 revolt that ousted Ferdinand Marcos. The charter encouraged numerous parties and limited the presidency to one six-year term in an effort to prevent another dictator.

Minority Report

Every president since Corazon Aquino three decades ago has been elected with less than 50 percent of the vote. Duterte got 39 percent, even less than Aquino’s 42 percent in 2010.

The effect of the constitution has been to encourage politicians to switch allegiance to whoever wins and holds the purse strings. Those who don’t risk being marginalized both in the new government and in Congress, and that means losing money for projects in their hometown.

“If you’re with the president’s party, you get more funds for your constituents,” said Congressman Teddy Baguilat, who’s been with the Liberal Party since 2001. “If you fail, your district will suffer and so will your political mileage.”

Baguilat said he’d like to support the minority opposition but he needs to ask party chiefs if that would be OK because they all agreed last month, including Aquino, to allow members to align themselves with 71-year-old Duterte in a bid to stem an exodus from the party.

Super Majority

Aquino’s party won more than a third of lower house seats. Yet Duterte already has enough backing to give him a super majority, or two thirds of the lower house, weeks before he takes office on June 30, House Speaker in-waiting Pantaleon Alvarez said.

Behind the parliamentary merry-go-round are the powerful oligarchs and political dynasties that have dominated the nation since independence.

Benigno Aquino is the son of Corazon, the wife of Liberal leader Benigno Aquino Jr., who was assassinated in Manila airport during the Marcos dictatorship. Their party was founded in 1946 by former President Manuel Roxas, grandfather of Mar Roxas who was defeated by Duterte in the election.

Connected Families

Traditional supporters of dynastic politicians include tycoons Eduardo Cojuangco Jr. and Manuel Villar, who have lined up to back Duterte.

Almost 40 percent of lawmakers have links to politically connected families, compared with about 6 percent in the U.S. and 10 percent in Argentina, according to a 2012 study in the Philippine Political Science Journal.

Cojuangco, chairman of San Miguel Corp., the nation’s largest company, ran for president in 1992 and lost to Fidel Ramos, who was backed by Corazon Aquino. A former associate of Marcos and the uncle of outgoing president Aquino, Cojuangco founded the Nationalist People’s Coalition.

Villar is head of the Nacionalista Party, which allied itself with Bongbong Marcos’ party in 2009. Bongbong backed Villar’s presidential bid in 2010, when he lost to Aquino. The former Senate president is owner of property company Vista Land & Lifescapes Inc.

On the day Villar signed a pact to back Duterte, his son Mark Villar agreed to head the Department of Public Works and Highways in the new government.

‘Extremely Machiavellian’

“Villar was an extremely Machiavellian choice for Duterte who may need to have maximum support in Congress if he faces impeachment,” said Richard Javad Heydarian, an assistant political science professor at the De La Salle University in Manila.

At least seven former Philippine presidents have faced impeachment attempts, including the last three in office.

Duterte told reporters last month he chose Mark Villar for his organizational skills. Villar told Bloomberg TV Philippines on May 25 his family will not benefit from his cabinet post. Duterte has also said he will not be influenced by big business interests.

“There are two things that catapulted him to the presidency: The frustration toward the current administration and the hope that he will deliver on his promise of change,” said outgoing lawmaker Neri Colmenares. “We hope that he will be independent and work for the people. Otherwise, we have a big problem.”

[mike2011]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-06-20/philippine-church-alarmed-by-police-killings-after-election/7527850

Rodrigo Duterte: Philippine Catholic Church alarmed by rise in police killings after election

Posted yesterday at 8:57pm

Photo: The Church's statement comes after Mr Duterte's call to police to kill drug criminals. (AFP: Manman Dejeto)

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Catholic Church leaders in the Philippines have expressed alarm at a sharp rise in police killings of suspected criminals since the election of firebrand President Rodrigo Duterte, who has vowed a bloody war on crime.

The influential Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines also denounced signs of vigilantism and the offering of bounties for criminals, following the election on May 9 of Mr Duterte, who ran on an anti-crime campaign.

"We are disturbed by an increasing number of reports that suspected drug-peddlers, pushers and others ... have been shot, supposedly because they resist arrest," Archbishop Socrates Villegas, the head of the conference, said in a statement.

He was responding to national police figures showing that 29 drug suspects were shot dead between May 9 and June 15, compared to 39 killed in the previous four months of this year.

The most recent figure does not include eight drug suspects shot dead by police over the past weekend in different parts of the country.

"It is equally disturbing that vigilantism seems to be on the rise," the statement said, citing cases where bodies have been found with signs labelling them as criminals.

Church condemns offer of payments for killings

The bishops also condemned the practice of at least one city mayor who has offered large payments to policemen who kill drug suspects.

"It is never morally permissible to receive reward money to kill another," the statement added.

Their condemnation flies in the face of Mr Duterte's call to police and even civilians to kill drug criminals.

Mr Duterte has previously been linked to vigilante death squads who killed about 1,000 people when he was longtime mayor of the southern city of Davao.

He has vowed to kill tens of thousands of criminals after he takes office on June 30.

The President-elect has often attacked the Catholic Church, which counts over 80 per cent of Filipinos as followers and was instrumental in the toppling of dictator Ferdinand Marcos in 1986.

Mr Duterte has previously labelled Pope Francis as "a son of a whore" and branded the church as a hypocritical institution.

Although he has not yet taken office, a police spokesman previously said that Mr Duterte's remarks were a possible "motivation" for law-enforcers to crack down on illegal drugs.

AFP

[Travel2003]

Smells like central American death squads.

Oh well, you deserve the dictator you choose.

[tuky]

Most of the people who voted for him, and are so enthusiastic for him never lived, or do not remember living under the Marcos dictatorship.

The peoples power revolution was 30 years ago after all.

I cant blame them for voting for him, he really hit a chord with the gen x and below.

However, I only see bad things happening.

I live in Davao, thinhs here arent what they seem.

[JHolmesJr]

Other rules he has set in place are:

1. Teens under 18 cannot be on the streets after 10pm

2. Going shirtless in public attracts a 500 peso fine and/or imprisonment.

[hagler]

Duterte is the best thing to happen to the Philippines in the past 30 years.

There is a good reason he had over 80% of the OFW vote.

Tapang at Malasakit !

[tuky]

Hagler, thats just what the people of Thailand thought when Thaksin was elected in 03. Look at the trouble that peoples decision is still causing.

Think ahead, who is the newly elected mayor of Davao?

Does she have a family name of Duterte? First name Sara?

The son?

What is he doing now?

Paolo Duterte, vice Mayor of Davao.

This family are setting themselves up for a dynasty in the Philippines.

The feeling here amongst free thinkers (locals) is that the Philippines is headed for another Edsa event.

The Duterte loyal are saying that is you do nothing wrong you have nothing to fear.

Well, that apathetic attitude is what allows people like Duterte to take away all freedoms of the people that have nothing to fear with their own consent.

It is common knowlegde here in Davao that the current vice mayor of Davao is a former drug addict himself, the vice mayor's father is a womaniser and a the subject of many other rumours that I will not say here.

I fear there will be many deaths before the Philippino people rise ip again and depose another murderous dictator.

[tifino]

the way he's sweeping the place clean of the trash, it appears to me that he may next put in a bid for the next Olympics after...

China and Brazil did their cleanups by sweeping all under the mat

[bendejo]

[...]

2. Going shirtless in public attracts a 500 peso fine and/or imprisonment.

This would be a great one for Pattaya, 500 baht or 24 hours in the cage.

[Rhys]

... and the people.. voted for him... so be it..

[HooHaa]

The Philippines deserve him.

Worse, they embrace him.

[bendejo]

Another case of where the snake will get rid of the rats. But afterward, they have to contend with the snake.

[mike2011]

I still dont get it. On what grounds do some make a distinction between the criminal Duterte and other criminals. The myth that Davao is a safe city is false. Be on the wrong side of any of Duterte's business interests and you will be feeding the worms.

Underage prostitutes are frequent as are other not so nice aspects of his model city.

Some confused under- or non-reporting with safety from crime. This kind of silence is/was the trademark of dictators.

[dabhand]

Reported that Duterte has named and shamed five top cops.

http://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2016/07/05/duterte-names-and-shames-top-filipino-cops-for-helping-drug-gangs/

But Vicente Loot, one of the generals Duterte accused of colluding with drugs gangs, denied any involvement and said he deserved a fair hearing.

[JHolmesJr]

Asia needs a firm hand or the natives will run amok.

Its good duterte has the druglords penned in....would be a shame if a giant fire were to sweep through BILIBID ANY DAY NOW.

[Travel2003]

I still dont get it. On what grounds do some make a distinction between the criminal Duterte and other criminals. The myth that Davao is a safe city is false. Be on the wrong side of any of Duterte's business interests and you will be feeding the worms.

Underage prostitutes are frequent as are other not so nice aspects of his model city.

Some confused under- or non-reporting with safety from crime. This kind of silence is/was the trademark of dictators.

Awwwwww, now you ruined many of the members illusions here.

Not fair for them and their posterboy.

[tuky]

http://www.rappler.com/nation/139125-duterte-abu-sayyaf-not-criminals

I wonder what Duterte really thinks. Rumours here are that he supports them, Duterte lovers that I have spoken to dont really have an opinion.

[mike2011]

it is a fact that Duterte did and still does business with the Ampatuan clan. He has no problems to promote their legal representative. This criminals committed the largest massacres against journalists in modern Asia history.

The divisions between Muslim and Christian crime clans are organized along business lines in Mindanao. Religion plays little role. It is also wrong to assume that the kidnapping business is left entirely to criminals without uniforms.

The problem for these business interests right now is that they need to re-negotiate the fees the president's family/associates are to receive. Smaller exponents are encouraged to pool their donations so that a sizable sum accumulates worthy of presidential consideration.

In other words, he is going through the entire administration making sure that he gets his cut. I spoke to some friends, D. voters, who are already disillusioned.

[mike2011]

News from a criminal organization:

Duterte to pardon cops in drug killings

By Christina Mendez (The Philippine Star) | Updated July 19, 2016 - 12:00am

MANILA, Philippines - Law enforcers who may be convicted of criminal offenses in the discharge of their anti-drug related duties are assured of presidential pardon.

“(The) President can grant pardon, conditional or absolute; or grant amnesty with the concurrence of Congress. Gagamitin ko ’yan. Maniwala kayo (I’ll use it, believe me),” Duterte said at a fellowship dinner with his batchmates at the San Beda College of Law Sunday.

He said such assurance would encourage policemen to perform their tasks without having to worry about getting prosecuted for killing suspected drug traffickers and pushers.

Human rights groups have expressed alarm over the spate of killings of suspected drug peddlers in what authorities called anti-drug operations. Bodies of alleged drug dealers have been turning up across the country, especially in Metro Manila, in the past weeks – or from the time Duterte’s election victory was certain.

The Chief Executive, who did not mince words about his readiness to kill drug pushers and hardened criminals, said he is prepared to pardon 10 to 15 policemen convicted for criminal offense in the performance of their duties.

Duterte, who was a provincial prosecutor before he became a politician, said he would produce “pre-signed” copies of pardon papers so they could readily be made available if needed. An individual granted absolute pardon regains his civil rights in full, he said.

He said critics of his tough approach to fighting the drug menace should realize that if pushed against the wall, he would not hesitate to use his power to pardon policemen involved in the war against drugs. He said he would also grant pardon to himself after his term.

“After I leave Malacañang, I will have this signed: Pardon is hereby granted to Rodrigo Duterte. Signed Rodrigo Duterte,” he said, adding he cannot even be made to serve time in prison because of his age.

Duterte reiterated that he has long asked drug lords and suspects to stop their illegal activities or face the consequences. He stressed it is his duty to protect the nation from the ill effects of drugs.

Amid calls for him to heed due process, Duterte said the individuals he had publicly shamed can always go to the courts and seek redress.

“Why will I give you (due) process? I’m the President, hindi ako nagpo-proseso. I just name you publicly because it is my sworn duty to protect the nation and tell you what the problem is and who are the people behind it,” he said.

Duterte reiterated he is prepared to “stake the presidency, the honor that goes with it and my life.”

“Hindi ako aatras dito. Hindi ako matatakot n’yang mga human rights (I will not back down. I’m not afraid of human rights),” he said. “I will not allow the country to be thrown to the dogs. I will not allow my country to be destroyed.”

As if taking a cue from the President, incoming speaker Pantaleon Alvarez cautioned his colleagues against pushing for an inquiry into the spate of drug-related killings.

He said lawmakers should attend to their task of lawmaking instead of launching investigations.

He said he does not see that an inquiry would produce any positive result in terms of remedial legislation being recommended.

“For if in the course of an investigation, the evidence should point to extrajudicial killing – that’s already illegal. So, what new law may be passed in relation to that?” he asked.

At most, Alvarez said lawmakers could only recommend the filing of charges before the appropriate government entities like the Department of Justice (DOJ), which would have to determine probable cause.

“Congress will be better off leaving these matters to the DOJ and attending to important priority measures like the 2017 national budget,” he said.

He warned his colleagues that they might be suspected of protecting drug lords if they inquire into drug-relating killings or slow down the Duterte administration’s anti-illegal drugs drive.

“I don’t want any insinuation that the drug lords are using members of Congress to investigate the police so the latter would go slow on their campaign against illegal drugs,” he said.

Peter Lim to NBI

After being confronted by Duterte himself for his alleged drug links, Cebu-based businessman Peter Lim has been summoned by the National Bureau of Investigation.

NBI director Dante Gierran revealed this yesterday after a meeting at the DOJ with Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II.

In an ambush interview, the NBI chief revealed to reporters that Lim was actually set to appear at their headquarters in Manila yesterday but failed to do so because he was not feeling well. Gierran said Lim is expected to appear before the NBI probably this week.

In a separate interview, Aguirre said the NBI’s parallel probe on Lim stemmed from the businessman’s meeting with President Duterte, who recently announced that a certain “Peter Lim” was among the biggest illegal drug operators in the country.

He said the bureau has been specifically tasked to “verify” if the businessman and the person tagged as head of the drug triad in the country – and who is being protected by the so-called “narco-generals” – are one and the same person.

“Since Peter Lim came forward to talk to the President and clear himself, then the order there is really for Peter Lim – together with the agencies – to prove that he has nothing to do with drugs. But if there is involvement, then the police agencies and the NBI will file the necessary case against Peter Lim for preliminary investigation,” he explained.

“The police agencies and the NBI are doing what needs to be done – to establish identity, to establish culpability. If evidence for culpability is established, then we are going to investigate after they file the case before the DOJ,” Aguirre said.

The DOJ chief revealed that Duterte has tapped him “to use all the resources of the department to go after drug lords, and file cases of graft and corruption and heinous crimes.”

Asked if he would issue an immigration lookout bulletin order against the businessman to monitor his possible flight, Aguirre said there is a need first for “preliminary findings on his alleged involvement in drugs.”

“As of now, we have not received any negative finding yet,” he clarified. Aguirre also pointed out that the name Peter Lim, as shown by Bureau of Immigration records, is so common that there are 4,000 people in the country with the same name.

Aside from Lim, Duterte has named two other drug traffickers in the country, Peter Co and Herbert Colangco, both serving sentence at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP).

In their meeting last Friday night at the regional office of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Davao City, the President threatened to kill Lim if it would be proven that he is among the country’s top drug lords.

Lim told Duterte, whom he supported in the presidential election, that he had nothing to do with illegal drugs.

Unfazed

Sen. Leila de Lima, for her part, said she is unfazed by the vicious attacks against her in social media that she believes were triggered by her push to have the Senate investigate the rising incidents of summary executions of drug suspects.

The senator described the posts on the Internet as the “black or dark side of social media.”

“And I’m practically defenseless against these rabid attacks. My only defense is a clear conscience and my fidelity to the Constitution and the law,” De Lima said in a text message.

“But if they think I will be cowed or intimidated, they’re grossly mistaken,” she said.

Various videos of her have gone viral in social media sites, including a blurry one purportedly of her in a compromising position.

De Lima, a former justice secretary and chairperson of the Commission on Human Rights, said she does not intend to waste time and dignify the posts by finding out who are behind them.

“I’m just leaving those up to God,” she said.

De Lima earlier filed a resolution calling for an investigation into the rising incidents of unexplained killings of suspected criminals but was told that it would have to be discussed in a caucus before the measure could be acted upon by the Senate leadership.

Her resolution met stiff opposition from Sens. Panfilo Lacson and Vicente Sotto III, who both said such an inquiry would be premature.

Lacson said there are complaints that would warrant a Senate probe, which could just be used as a fishing expedition. – With Paolo Romero, Evelyn Macairan, Edu Punay, Jess Diaz

http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2016/07/19/1604381/duterte-pardon-cops-drug-killings

[JHolmesJr]

Cops do the same in brazil and no one outside the country cares.

[mike2011]

I think there is a different quality. Here is an elected president publicly inciting murder and making a mockery out of the legal process. Corrupt cops, cops dealing drugs, cops working as contract killers - no need to go as far as Brazil. Almost a standard set of services offered in any city in [....]. I leave that last part free for local residents in the metropolitan area or the provinces.

What I mean is that thoroughly rotten systems usually try to maintain a semblance of legality and legitimacy. Duterte is a porn star of violence and he officiates over dismantling the little legal process that the Phils have. It is turning ever more into a cut down jungle with tribal groups fighting while somehow holding up a flag.

[tuky]

Duterte, the saviour of the Philippines...

But I wonder, who will save the Philippines from Duterte?

[mike2011]

THE KILL LIST

 

The Inquirer keeps a kill list which is updated. Cutting and pasting the blog makes no sense as due to the high number of victims the list grows almost by the hour or is updated for earlier killings.

 

Here is the link:

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/794598/kill-list-drugs-duterte

[mike2011]

 

Interestingly, the list does not include anyone from Davao del Sur, South Cotabato etc. it seems that the officials in Duterte's backyard are all exempt as they are allied with him. He goes after some of the Ampatuan clan, indicating an end to his old alliance with this killer clan. In general, he targets in the Muslim areas of Mindanao.

 

I have no time to match the municipalities indicated with election results. This might be an interesting effort. From personal observation I can confirm that drug dealing is doing well in the Duterte area of eastern Mindanao.

 

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/803636/duterte-names-politicians-judges-law-enforcers-involved-in-illegal-drugs

Rody names politicians, judges, cops allegedly into illegal drugs

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Updated @ 1:20 p.m. to include names of policemen, other officials

Originally posted @ Aug 7, 2016 @ 02:51

 

President Rodrigo Duterte early Sunday named politicians, members of the judiciary and law enforcers who he said were involved in illegal drugs.

Duterte’s list includes mayors, congressmen, judges, police and the military.

LUZON

Incumbent Luzon mayors

Reynaldo Flores, Naquilian, La Union

Dante Garcia, Tubao, La Union

Martin de Guzman, Bauang, La Union

Marjorie April Salazar, Lasam, Cagayan

Goto Violago, San Rafael, Bulacan

Marino Morales, Mabalacat, Pampanga

Felix Castillo, Langiden, Abra

Former mayors

Eufronio Derigel, Agoo, La Union

Jesus Celeste, Bolinao, Pangasinan

Jose “Pepe” Miranda, Santiago City, Isabela

Vicente Amante, San Pablo City, Laguna

Ryan Dolor, Bauan, Batangas

Former vice mayor

Edgardo Trinidad, El Nido, Palawan

VISAYAS

Mayors

Alex Sentina, Calinog, Iloilo

Julius Ronald Pacificador, Hamtic, Antique

Jed Mabilog, Iloilo City

Wilfredo Bietbeta, Carles, Iloilo

Marcelo Malones, Maasin, Iloilo

Hector Ong, Laoang, Northern Samar

Rolando Espinosa, Albuera, Leyte

Beda Cañamaque, Basay, Negros Oriental

Former mayors

Michael Rama, Cebu City

Madeleine Ong, Laoang, Northern Samar

Francis Ansing Amboy, Maasin Iloilo

Fralz Sabalones, San Fernando, Cebu,

Antonio Pesina of Iloilo City

Erwin Tongtong Plagata, Iloilo City

Congressmen

Ex-congressman JC Rahman Nava, Guimaras

Congressman Party-list Jeffrey Celis

MINDANAO

Abubakar Abdul Karim Afdal, Labangan, Zamboanga del Sur

Gamar Ahay Janihim, Sirawai, Zamboanga del Norte

David Navarro, Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur

Bobby Alingan, Kolambugan, Davao del Norte

Yusufa Munder Bobong Ramin, Iligan City Lanao del Norte

Jessie Aguilera, Alegria Surigao del Norte

Fahad Salik, Marawi City

Muhammad Ali Abinal

Jamal Dadayan, Buadipuso-Buntong, Lanao del Sur

Sabdullah Macabago; Saguiaran, Lanao del Sur

Muslim Aline Macadatu, Lumbatan, Lanao del Sur

Rasul Sangki, Datu Saudi-Ampatuan, Maguindanao

Montaser Sabal, Talitay, Maguindanao

Vicman Montawal, Datu Montawal, Maguindanao

Samsudin Dimaukom, Datu-Saudi Ampatuan, Maguindanao

Norodin Salasal, Datu Salibo, Maguindanao

Ex-mayor Benahar Tulawie, Talipao Sulu

Reynaldo Parojinog alias Andong

Nova Princess Parojinog Chavez

Omar Solitario Ali, Marawi City

Vice Mayor Abdul Wahab Sabal, Talitay, Maguindanao

Otto Montawal, Datu Montawal, Maguindanao

Nida Dimagkon, Datu-Saudi Ampatuan, Maguindanao

Arafat Salic, Marawi City

Rasmiyah Macabago, Saguiaran, Lanao del Sur

Congressman Guillermo Romarate Jr., second district, Surigao del Norte

Ex-board member Ricardo “Ardot” Parojinog

Active and retired law enforcement officers:

Ret. Police Inspector Rolando Batulayan

Police Superintendent Maristelo Manalo, PNP-CIDG

PCI Roberto Palisoc, Station 7 MPD

Ret. Superintendent Ciceron Ada

PCI Eric Buenaventura, Navotas

PO2 Geraldine Bautista Manuel, PNP PRO2 Health Service

SPO3 Ronald Calap, Isabela PPO

POC Rodel Samoledo; Lalio Police Station

PO3 Cecilio Domingo, Nueva Ecija CIDT

PO2 Ryan Mendoza, Tarlac Police Station

Jeffrey Serafica, Butuan PPO

PO1 Normal Adarlo, Puerto Galera NPS

Mark Canete, RSRPSB MIMAROPA

PO1 Mark Christian Catalina, PNP Camarines Norte

PO2 Alan Carpio, PCP-8 Pasay City

PO3 Eric Lazo, QCPD Station 6

PO3 Alexander Macabeo, PCP 3 Paranaque City

PO3 Johnny Mahilum, QCPD Station 6 Batasan

PO2 Celito Melendrez, Binangonan Police Station

Ret. Gen. Vicente Loot; Ret. General Valerio, Santa Barbara Iloilo

General Bernardo Diaz, Region 6

General Idio, RTC of Calbayog City

Ret. Police Superintendent Floro, Antique PNP and city director

Police Superintendent Kashmir Disomangcop, former COP of Iloilo Base Commander

Police Superintendent Delia Paz, Chief RDIDM

Police Superintendent Genepa, RIU-6 Intelligence

Police Superintendent Ipil Duenas

Superintendent Condag; Police Superintendent Eugenio Malic, PNP Maritime Group

PNP Lamsis, former chief Antique anti-drug

Police Superintendent Gomboc

Police Superintendent Lebin

PCI Rio Maymay

PSI Kenneth Militar

PSI Donasco

Police Inspector De Jose, CSOG PNP Region 6

Police Inspector Duarte, former PCOP of Arevalo, Iloilo

PIC Vicente Vicente, chief of police-Banate

P/Insp. Romeo Santander – Former chief intel Cebu

PO2 Michael Cortez – Barile Police Station

SPO1 Jen dela Victoria – PS5 Cebu CPO

SPO1 Onel Nabua – Barile Police Station

PO2 Jomar Ibanez – Lapu-Lapu Police Station

PO3 Ryan Martus Kiamco – Cebu Provincial Office

PCI Ibrahim Jabiran – Zamboanga CPO

PCI Perfecto Abrasaldo Awi Jr. – Misamis Oriental

P/Insp. Roy Montes – Iligan PRO

P/Supt. Ricardo Gando Pulot – COP Quezon Bukidnon

P/Insp. Martin Plaza – former Panabo chief intel

PO1 Pierre Dizo – Zamboanga del Sur

PO3 Omar Juani – Zamboanga City Public Safety

Rommel Mansul – PRO9

PO3 Daryl Page – Tabasan Municipal Station

SPO1 Totong Joe Valdez – 9th RNG

SPO4 Rodrigo Ramos – Bukidnon PRO

SPO1 Reynaldo dela Victoria – CDO

SPO3 Emilio Mendoza – Lozaria PP5 Iligan City

Marlo Espinosa – Bukidnon

SPO3 Richie Mat – CIDG Mati Davao Oriental

SPO3 Rosell Iliviera – CIDG Tagum Davao del Norte

PO3 Jessie Balabag – Region 11

PO3 Filomeno Soronia – Digos Police Station

PO1 Glean Alicarte – PRO 12

PO1 Philip Pantarolia – Tacurong City Police Office

SPO1 Gerry dela Rosa – South Cotabato PPO

PO3 Bebot Ruiz – General Santos City PO

PO3 Estelito Solanio – Malongon, MPS Sarangani

PO1 Jerebel Ocsio – PRO RMN

SPO1 Ernesto Billones – NCR

JS1 Lito Montemayor – Roxas District Jail Aparri

PO1 Vicente Reynaldo Celis – NCR

PG Drexel Saet – MIMAROPA

SPO1 Felix Tubil – Region 3

SPO3 Nicolas Ponce Angeles – Region 3

SPO2 Rod Erseni – Marinduque BFP

FO1 Reynaldo Valencia – Claveria Police Station

SSgt. Vic dela Cruz – MIMAROPA

B/Gen. Leoncio Daniega – NCR

SPO3 Gerry Mendoza – NCR

Reymante Dayto – Region 5

Reymar Dayto – Region 5

Renato Zamora – Region 6

J1 Alan Manatad – Region 7

SPO3 Christie Cielo Tingad – Region 7

RSAD Casimiro Castro – CAFGU 38IB 6ID ARMM

RSAD Pfc. Philip Miro – 40IB 6ID ARMM

Cpl. Cusinan Lopez – 52IB ARMM

Pfc. Mamadali Ipad – 64IB 6ID

Yasin Abolgalib

JO1 Alfredo Ogacho

FO1 Nicolas Ponce Ablaca

FO1 Ricardo Ibanez

Marine Cpl. Alfrenz Gurias Abedin

Jimmy Manlangit – Region 12

Judges:

Judge Mupas of Dasmariñas, Cavite
Judge Reyes, Baguio City
Judge Savilo, RTC Branch 13, Iloilo City
Judge Casiple, Kalibo, Aklan
Judge Rene Gonzales, MTC, (unknown province)
Judge Natividad, RTC Calbayog City
Judge Ezekiel Dagala, MTC, Dapa Siargao

During his speech in Davao City, the President ordered policemen and soldiers assigned to the alleged narco-politicians to report back to their superiors within 24 hours.

He also ordered the policemen he identified as involved in the drug trade to report to the Philippine National Police headquarters in Camp Crame within 24 hours.

For the judges allegedly involved in illegal drugs, he ordered them to report to the Supreme Court within 24 hours as well. TVJ/rga

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[mike2011]

This is an important piece. It shows how Duterte is encroaching further on the division of power. He has already warned that he would sack Parliament if the deputies would not pass a new constitution to his liking. Now he is actively undermining the legal branch of the state.

 

It fits the overall picture that he wants to rehabilitate dictator Marcos, the father of his running mate. see: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/803889/duterte-gives-go-ahead-for-marcos-burial-at-libingan

 

Sereno questions Duterte list

President told: SC has sole power to discipline judges

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WARNING of a potential constitutional crisis, Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno on Monday questioned allegations that seven judges had been involved in illegal drugs.

In a letter to President Duterte, Sereno said only the Supreme Court was authorized to discipline members of the judiciary.

She cautioned judges named by Mr. Duterte in a rambling speech televised nationwide shortly after midnight on Sunday, against submitting themselves to investigation by the Philippine National Police, as he had directed.

 

She said the judges could become vulnerable to extrajudicial executions as “collateral damage.”

Apart from reminding Mr. Duterte of the separation of powers in the Constitution, the letter also sought to cast doubt on the integrity of the intelligence report on the alleged involvement of the judges named, pointing out that one was already dead, another dismissed for incompetence, and the rest had either retired or had little to do with drug cases.

In his usual expletive-laced remarks, the President ticked off names from a list of 159 officials purportedly linked to illegal drugs, including the seven judges, and said they should present themselves to the police investigators or be “hunted down.”

“It would matter greatly to our sense of constitutional order if we were given the chance to administer the appropriate preventive measures without the complications of a premature public announcement,” Sereno said in the four-page letter that likewise stressed support for  Mr. Duterte’s campaign to rid the country of illegal drugs and a “common desire to see a country that is governed by the rule of law.”

Discipline of judges

“As the sole entity charged with the discipline of judges, the Supreme Court decides when judges are excused from bench duty and report to it,” she said.

“Moreover, because of the extrajudicial killings, which you had spoken out against, perpetrated by persons and groups that remain unidentified, our judges may have been rendered vulnerable and veritable targets for any of those persons and groups who may consider judges as acceptable collateral damage in the war on drugs.”

She said because of this threat and the court’s lack of capability, it had asked the PNP to authorize judges to carry firearms to protect themselves.

Safeguarding judges

She urged the President to allow the judges he had named to continue bearing arms until formal criminal charges had been brought against them.

Sereno said 26 judges had been assassinated since 1999, many of them victims of crime lords.

“To safeguard the role of the judges as the protector of constitutional rights, I would caution them very strongly against ‘surrendering’ or making themselves physically accountable to any police officer in the absence of any duly issued warrant of arrest that is pending.”

Sereno raised questions about the judges named on the list: Lorenda Mupas of Dasmariñas, Cavite province, was dismissed in 2007 for gross ignorance of the law and misconduct; Roberto Navidad of Calbayog, Samar province, was killed on Jan. 14 at the age of 69; Rene Gonzales of Iloilo City retired on  June 20; Exequil Dagala of Dapa-Socorro, Surigao province, Adriano Savillo of Iloilo City, Domingo Casiple of Kalibo, Aklan province, and Domingo Casiple have no jurisdiction over drug cases, just like Gonzales; and Antonio Reyes of Baguio City presides over designated cases in a multisala court.

“It would be helpful to know the specifics on how judges without jurisdiction over drug cases influence the drug trade in their localities,” Sereno said in her letter coursed through Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II.

Judge probed

Sereno disclosed the court was quietly investigating a judge for possible illegal drug activity, but she said he  was not on the Duterte list.

“The court is aware that a good reputation is the primary badge of credibility and the only legacy that many of our judges can leave behind,” she said.

Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo defended the President’s move.

“The announcement is to the judges’ advantage as it will give them the opportunity to clear their names through the media rather than when cases are formally filed against them which will give them a short time to file their counteraffidavits, and preclude from discussing their defense in public because it will become subjudice,” Panelo said. With a report from Leila B. Salaverria

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[mike2011]

 

The mask is coming down. Last week he threatened the parliament in case the deputies would not approve a constitution he wants, now he wants to undone the remnants of legal process.

 

Duterte warns Sereno: Get out of my way or it’s martial law

Update

MANILA — In what could be a showdown between the two co-equal branches of government, President Duterte slammed Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno, on Tuesday, for insinuating that his decision to name “narco-judges” could lead to a constitutional crisis.

 

Speaking before the military in Cagayan de Oro City, the sharp-tongued Chief Executive also raised the possibility of him declaring martial law to pursue his administration’s violent drug war.

“I’m giving you a warning. Don’t create a crisis because I will order everybody in the executive department not to honor you,” the President said in a firm voice, referring to Sereno.

“Please do not, you say, create a constitutional issue. There will be. Don’t order me, I’m telling you. I hope you are listening,” he said. “You want me to be frank? You’re interfering (with my job).”

“Please, don’t order me. I’m not a fool. If this continues, (that) you’re tying to stop me, I might lose my cool. Or would you rather I declare martial law?” the President warned.

Mr. Duterte scoffed at the Chief Justice’s order to the judges mentioned in the President’s “narco list” not to yield to authorities until the issuance of a warrant of arrest against them.

Hinting that he would rather circumvent the tedious judicial process than allow drug suspects to go scot-free, he said the Chief Justice “must be joking” when she said that arrest warrants should first be issued against the judges.

The President also appeared to mix up the issue regarding the circumstances of some 600,000 drug suspects who had recently turned themselves in to the police.

Mr. Duterte was in Cagayan de Oro City to visit the Philippine Army’s 4th Infantry Division troops, especially those who were injured and killed during encounters with the New People’s Army (NPA) recently.

The President was reacting to Sereno’s statement that law enforcers must first secure warrants of arrest from judges before judges allow themselves to be “physically accountable to any police officer” as she warned of a constitutional crisis.

“You order me? I will not follow you,” the President said.

Mr. Duterte clarified that he did not order the police to arrest those judges on the list but had called on magistrates to show up at the Supreme Court, just as he enjoined police officers allegedly involved in the illegal drugs business to report to PNP Director General Ronald dela Rosa.

CHIEF Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno warns of judges becoming collateral damage. RAFFY LERMA

“What did I say? Judges (who are on the list) should report to the Supreme Court. I did not order them to be arrested,” he said, adding “I never accused anybody except to read their names.”

What he did when he read out the names of judges, police officers and local government officials who have connections with the illegal drug trade was “not an accusatorial utterance but rather it was in consonance with my duty as the President of the Philippines…”

He said securing a warrant of arrest against every Filipino involved in illegal drugs would take time even as crimes would surely be committed in the streets.

The President’s statements was a complete turnaround of his announcement on Monday night, when he said he would write back to Sereno to explain why he had to include the names of seven judges in the list of suspected drug lords or their coddlers.

“Susulatan ko rin. Out of respect also to the Supreme Court, I will answer (I will write back…),” Mr. Duterte said in a press conference in Davao City on Monday night.

The President had planned to tell the Chief Justice that his words were not “accusatorial.”

“It is not a criminal information. It’s just my word against the others because I have a duty to tell the public,” Mr. Duterte said.

The President said his intention in naming the judges, public officials and police officers involved in illegal drugs, was for people to know who were behind the problem.  SFM

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[JHolmesJr]

Good they need a prez who kicks ass.

[mike2011]

You do not measure up to your board name. Eliminating legal process, proposing/threatening a coup, trying to tailor a constitution to one's own sick mind wont solve the problems of the Phils.

On the other hand, the area attracts a lot of the West's scum. So it serves a purpose as a social cesspool. Be it virtual or in real live.

[mike2011]

Duterte rehabilitating dictator Marcos. He is a friend of that clan anyhow.

 

Reds assail Duterte on Marcos burial plan

 

DAVAO DIE-IN Sprawling herself on the pavement, a woman dramatizes her protest against the planned burial of President FerdinandMarcos at Libingan ng mga Bayani during a rally in Davao City on Sunday. GERMELINA LACORTE/INQUIRER MINDANAO

LUCENA CITY—The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) has assailed President Duterte for his “bullheadedness” in allowing the burial of the dictator Ferdinand Marcos at Libingan ng mga Bayani.

“[Mr. Duterte] is determined to squander the historical lessons treasured by the Filipino people. They are being politically disarmed from preventing the rise to power of future dictators,” the CPP said in a statement issued on Saturday.

Mr. Duterte’s decision to allow the burial of Marcos at the heroes’ cemetery and the killings of hundreds of poor drug users and dealers have soured initially friendly relations between the President and the CPP.

 

The President, a former student of CPP founder Jose Maria Sison, has appointed leftists to his Cabinet.

Peace talks

He has also ordered a resumption of peace talks with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines to end one of the world’s longest-running communist insurgencies and bring peace to the countryside.

But Mr. Duterte, a friend of the Marcos family, has said he will allow the burial of the dictator at Libingan ng mga Bayani, sparking protests from thousands of survivors of martial law abuses, human rights advocates, current and former legislators and ordinary people linked to the opposition to the strongman.

He argues that Marcos deserves to be buried at Libingan because he was a soldier and a President, regardless of any misdeeds.

Plan condemned

The CPP condemned the plan of the Duterte administration to give Marcos a hero’s burial.

“By claiming Marcos deserves to be buried with other former soldiers, [Mr.] Duterte is helping perpetuate the historical lies surrounding Marcos’ bogus medals and phony Maharlika guerrilla unit,” it said.

By ordering that Marcos be accorded military honors befitting a former head of state, Mr. Duterte is “virtually deleting Marcos’ bloody record as a military despot and the fascist violence, human rights violation, corruption and economic hardships he made the Filipino people suffer through 14 years of dictatorship,” the CPP said.

Giving Marcos a hero’s burial “will complete the Marcoses’ political restoration and will complete the whitewash of all the crimes they perpetrated against the people,” it said.

Revising history

Mr. Duterte, by “flaunting” his alliance with the Marcos family, is helping the “Marcosian scheme to revise history and make the younger generations overlook the colossal plunder and sale of the country’s patrimony, his debt-borrowing spree, his legacy of gross cronyism, his family’s ostentatious lifestyle built upon the poverty of the people, and his martial law’s massacre of freedom and democracy,” the CPP said.

The President’s decision to allow Marcos’ burial at Libingan “displays extreme insensitivity to the sensibilities of thousands of victims, families and survivors of martial law,” it said.

“He insults the memory of thousands of patriotic Filipinos from all walks of life who gave up their lives at [their prime] to fight for the dictatorship’s overthrow,” the CPP said.

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[mike2011]

Duterte and the Supreme Court

 

Duterte out to ‘destroy’ female exec

 

 

President Rodrigo Duterte. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO

DAVAO CITY—While it appears that he wants peace with Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, President Rodrigo Duterte said he would soon discredit a government official for overly criticizing him.

READ: Duterte apologizes to Sereno: ‘Harsh words never intended’

“You know I was the whipping boy of the NGOs (nongovernment organizations) and the human rights stalwarts. But you know I have a special ano kay ano, she is a government official. One day soon, I’ll have to let her go in public and I will have to destroy her in public,” he said.

 

When asked whom he was referring to, Duterte said: “That’s the riddle there.”

“Just wait. They might have thought that I never listened to them. So, while all the time they were also listening to what I’ve done. I’ve also been busy with the help of another country listening to them,” he said.

Duterte did not elaborate anymore./rga

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