There is no way Pnoy will be impeached!

In our highly centralized unitary system of government, the President rides herd and the process of impeachment is long, traumatic and polarizing involving corrupting Congress and a senate that must eventually sit in judgment (three of these Judges are now themselves detained).This buttresses the case for shifting to a Parliamentary Form of Government, that has been the cry of Centrist Democrats for so long (Please refer to my item on “ Trainors Training for Constitutional Reforms ” on “The Parliamentary Form of Government”).

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But I want us to take a glimpse on the angle of Pnoy’s allies on his acts in relation to the Supreme Court’s declaring DAP unconstitutional. Perhaps the young readers will get a sampling of the very people we elected to power as the epitome of our ‘political morals’ and the champions of the rule of law.

Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. said the SC decision is not retroactive and only explains that it only becomes effective from the time it was ruled.

Well and good...and now from the other Presidential sycophants:

Marikina Representative Miro Quimbo claims“...that any impeachment filed on the basis of the SC decision has no basis in law or in jurisprudence.” Further speaking in contrast to the Supreme Courts said:

“As stated in the Constitution, an offense may only be considered impeachable if the violation of the Constitution is culpable. It is culpable according to jurisprudence if the violation is so blatant and clear that it smacks of an intentional violation of clear and unequivocal laws. There is nothing clear as far as the rules on how savings are to be used or allocated under our tripartite system. On the contrary, DAP was simply an attempt by the administration to formalize the practice being done by previous administrations. Prior to the decision, it was in fact legal. These circumstances clearly will not make DAP of such a character as to make it a culpable violation of the Constitution.”

Remember Jingoy has admitted that DAP funds were distributed to the senators after the Impeachment of Corona.

Caloocan City Rep. Edgardo “Egay” Erice (2nd District), also LP member, reckoned that aside from PNOY’s impeachment being pointless, “...it will also exhaust government resources and legislative time.”

Western Samar Congressman Mel Senen Sarmiento, the LP secretary general, simply ridiculed the complaints by saying that “...those who are mulling over the filing of an impeachment case against Mr. Aquino should even thank him for giving ‘a name for the purpose of transparency’ the practice of using the un-programmed funds that were generated from savings.”

What ...? Come again!

Add to this political pathology is Palace Spokesman Edwin Lacierda, who defended the Budget chief and the DAP in a briefing aired over state-run Radyong Bayan on Wednesday. With all the genius he can muster from out of nowhere, he asserted:

"Winaldas ba? Hindi .Ninakaw ba? Hindi (Was it wasted? No. Was it stolen? No). Did (Abad) personally gain from it? Hindi,"

All these even before formal complaints go through the first few steps.

PNOY is of course the titular head of the ruling Liberal Party (LP). Thus, it is no wonder why his co-party members branded the possible impeachment complaints as “an exercise in futility” and “a waste of time.”Without much hesitation, they passed the judgment that the Supreme Court’s ruling cannot be used to oust the Chief Executive.

Me thinks naughtily!

The President allies are now stumbling over each other not so much as to pre-empt the impeachment process itself but for each to stake their positions as the upside to impeaching a President is indeed lucrative for thebootlickers. I suspect that deep inside, they want the impeachment process to move on just a little bit to put Pnoy is a more vulnerable position.

Apparently, here in the Philippines, impeachment cases mean flowing cash bags. Will PNOYalso buy his way out of the impeachment process?Will he deem that the greedy bunch be happy? (Gloria spent billions too during her time, if our memory serves us right). Indeed, an impeachment proceeding willbe “...happy days are here again!”

A small quandary though. Now that the PDAF has been stricken out as a source of corruption (has it?) and the DAP deemed illegal - where will the Pnoy source the scraps to keep his dogs happy?

The reader is invited to contribute their 2 cents worth on where and how the funds can be stolen from us – we the people – to fuel this circus?