Uso ang peke

KAHIT noong buwan ng Enero, nagbabala kami na bahagi sa estratehiya ng administrasyon na pinamumunuan ng Grupong Davao na magpalaot ng mga kandidato na magpapanggap na oposisyon sa halalan sa 2022. Sapagkat hindi nailabas ng tunay na oposisyon ang kanilang intensyon dahil sa iba’t-ibang dahilan kasama ang pagsugpo sa pandemya, nagkukunwari ang ilang pulitiko na oposisyon.

Bumabaligtad ang aming tiyan kapag nababasa namin na pumoposturang oposisyon sina Ping Lacson, Tito Sotto, Dick Gordon, Isko Moreno, at Alan Peter Cayetano. Nasaan sila sa nakalipas na limang taon? Mas malamig sa ilong ng pusa ang kanilang paninindigan at pinayagan si Rodrigo Duterte na gawin ang kanyang gusto.

Ngayon, sila ang oposisyon? Uso naman ang peke. May pekeng balita at may pekeng oposisyon. Walang maniniwalang oposisyon sila. Ang tunay na oposisyon na kumakatawan sa maka-demokrasyang simulain at paninindigan at sina Leni Robredo, Sonny Trillanes, Leila de Lima. Huwag kalimutan isana sina Frank Drilon at Risa Hontiveros. Ang iba ay nagpapanggap lang.

Hindi oposisyon ang grupo ni Ping Lacson. Pumoposisyon lang. Maituturing sila ang pangatlong puwersa, o “third force.” Ngunit dapat natin maintindihan na hindi nananalo ang pangatlong puwersa sa kasaysayan ng pulitika ng Filipinas. Natalo ang tiket ni Claro Recto at Lorenzo Tanada noong 1957 nang labanan nila ang tambalan ni Carlos Garcia at Jose Laurel Jr. ng Nacionalista Party at Jose Yulo at Diosdado Macapagal ng Liberal Party.

Natalo noong 1965 ang tambalan ni Raul Manglapus at Manuel Manahan laban sa nanalong tiket ni Ferdinand Marcos at Fernando Lopez ng Nacionalista at Diosdado Macapagal at Gerardo Roxas ng Liberal. Pawang pangatlo sa datingan ang mga kandidato ng Third Force. Hindi sila nakaungos kahit bahagya sa una at pangalawang puwersa.

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MGA PILING SALITA: “No point in arguing with people who are immune to facts and the truth. Just block them.” – Dan Mariano, mamamahayag, netizen

“Who knows September or October could be the magic month when formal investigation of the bloody but failed anti-drug war starts? Rodrigo Duterte et. al. face crimes against humanity charges before the ICC. Other groups including the NUPL have joined the charges initiated by Sonny Trillanes and Gary Alejano … What started to be an initiative of two Magdalo stalwarts has turned out to be a major offensive of those adversely affected by the EJKs. The ICC has listened to the charges, which have prospered beyond the belief of pro-administration and opposition stalwarts, who belittled the efforts of Trillanes and Alejano.” – PL, netizen

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BUHAY na buhay ang sakdal na crimes against humanity na iniharap ni Sonny Trillanes at Gary Alejano sa International Criminal Court (ICC). Huwag maniwala sa pinagsasabi ni Herminio Roque Jr. (iyan ng tunay na pangalan ni Harry Roque). Pilit niyang ipinawawalang saysay ang sakdal at ipinalalabas na makakalusot si Duterte. Hari ng fake news si Herminio Roque. Totoo na kahit ang Palasyo ay naglalabas ng fake news.

Nakakakaawa si Roque. Maikli ang kanyang unawa sa isyu. Dahil hindi na kasapi ang Filipinas sa ICC (kumalas ang bansa noong 2019) at hindi pinapasok ang mga tagasiyasat ng ICC sa bansa, makakalusot na ang kanyang amo na si Duterte at mga kasakapakat. Hindi alam ni Roque na maraming hawak na ebidensiya ang ICC laban kay Duterte. Isinumite ng lingid sa kanilang kaalaman ang mga dokumento tungkol sa laganap na patayan sa bansa kaugnay ng madugo pero bigo na digmaan kontra droga.

Hindi alam ni Herminio Roque na isinumite nina Trillanes at Alejano at mga kaanak ng mga biktika ng mga EJK ang mga dokumento at ebidensiya tungkol sa walang habas ng patayan. Hindi naman dapat ipaalam pa kay Rque at Duterte ang kanilang ginagawa. Hindi alam ni Roque na ginawa ang kanilang kinakatakutan.

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MAY pahayag ang Akbayan Party List tungkol sa kaso ng diktador Omar al-Bashir na ibinigay ng gobyerno ng Sudan upang harapin ang mga kaso sa ICC. Narito:

DUTERTE, YOU’RE NEXT IN LINE

Akbayan Spokesperson Dr. RJ Naguit on Sudan handing over Omar al-Bashir to the ICC

The decision of the Sudanese government to hand over dictator Omar al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to face charges of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity sends a powerful message against modern authoritarianism that will ripple around the world.

The message is clear: All tyrants face a day of reckoning. They will eventually be arrested, held to account and prosecuted for their crimes against the people.

This is the same fate that awaits Mr. Rodrigo Duterte. After Omar al-Bashir, the world will come after Duterte. Today, it is al-Bashir. Tomorrow, it is Duterte.

And Duterte knows this. It is this fear of eventual accountability that propels him to scramble and continue his inept and violent rule. He and his enablers know that eventually, the full force of the international community and the rule of law will bear down on them, hard.

But the clock is ticking, and time is running out. Duterte is already front and center in the ICC’s sights, and the tide is turning. The Filipino people are finding their voices, pushing back and rejecting Duterte’s attempt to continue his tyrannical rule beyond 2022.

Duterte’s days are drawing to a close. The long arm of the law will eventually catch him. Justice will find its way and in the end, prevail

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MAY post si Ba Ipe tungkol kay Slobodan Milosevic, ang diktador ng Serbia:

“Slobodan Milosevic faced trial by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, which the United Nations Security Council formed in the 1990s. The tribunal tried Milosevic who was accused of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity against the people of Bosnia Herzogovina and Kosova, two former republics of the old Yugoslav federation. Milosevic uttered exactly the same words as Duterte’s. He refused to face trial. But his successor, promised by developed countries of $1-B official development assistance (ODA) for the war-ravaged Serbia and Serbia’s membership in the European Union, surrendered him without much ado to the Tribunal based in The Hague, Netherlands. The Tribunal is the forerunner of the International Criminal Court. An international criminal system has evolved after the 1945 Nuremberg Trials that tried the Nazi German war criminals. Criminal law has fused with international law to come out with an international criminal law culture, which is most helpful to run after tyrants and murderers of their own people.”