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WORKERS URGED TO PURSUE KA POPOY'S LABOR AGENDA Print
Press Statements
Sunday, 05 February 2012 09:38

Press Statement on the 11th Death Anniversary
of Ka Popoy Lagman on 06 February 2012
Rep. Edcel C. Lagman
Independent, 1st District of Albay
0916-6406737 / 0918-9120137
05 February 2012
WORKERS URGED TO PURSUE
KA POPOY’S LABOR AGENDA

              The chronology of time tends to blur memories; the passage of time tends to diminish recollections; the marching on of time makes the occurrence of past events appear irremediable.
             This must not be so. Time must not be a balm to injustice. Time must not silence protest. Time must not stop or temporize a good fight, a laudable crusade. Time must not shield impunity.
             11 years after the assassination of Ka Popoy, his assassins and their mastermind have not been apprehended.
             11 years after the death of Ka Popoy, no major labor legislation has been enacted.
   
             11 years after the murder of Ka Popoy, contractualization continues to bedevil the workforce.
             11 years after the demise of Ka Popoy, joblessness has worsened and the number of hungry Filipinos has escalated.
             11 years after the death of Ka Popoy, his progressive labor agenda remains a challenging draft.
             11 years after the death of Ka Popoy, his vision for a just society for the poor and underprivileged remains illusory.
             This is the reason why time and time again we must shout: “Ka Popoy, tuloy ang laban!”
  
             The reason why we celebrate the death anniversary of Ka Popoy is to continue reminding and chastising ourselves that we have failed in numerous instances to effectively pursue his unfinished advocacy and interrupted militancy for the marginalized masses, particularly the disadvantaged workers.
            Another reason is to realize that the fragmentation of his allies and supporters into warring groups is counter-productive and self-defeating. There is need to unite to regain strength and efficacy.
            And a more overriding reason is to resolve to continue resolutely and steadfastly the progressive labor agenda of Ka Popoy for the Filipino workingmen.
 
LAGMAN: DO NOT SACRIFICE GOVERNMENT TO IMPEACHMENT Print
Press Statements
Wednesday, 01 February 2012 13:52
  • Rep. Edcel C. Lagman
  • Independent, 1st District, Albay
  • 0916-6406731 / 0918-9120137
  • 01 February 2012

 

  • LAGMAN: DO NOT SACRIFICE
  • GOVERNANCE TO IMPEACHMENT

         

          The Aquino administration’s inordinate focus on the impeachment and replacement of Chief Justice Renato Corona takes its toll on the economy and legislative work.

           The collateral damage of the impeachment proceedings on governance and legislation is becoming inevitable.

           While the national growth has plunged to 3.7% last year, which is much slower than the 7.6% gross domestic product (GDP) expansion in 2010, and the number of hungry Filipinos has escalated to 4.5-M from 4.1-M last September, the Aquino administration has marshaled its time and resources to an agenda of ousting the Chief Justice.

           The implementation of national polices to address poverty and hunger may be stalled and the bailout of the fledging economy may fall at the roadside as all guns of the Aquino administration are aimed at the Chief Justice’s head.

           Meanwhile, major legislations stagnate as congressional prosecutors and senator-judges have assumed new roles outside of their traditionally mandated legislative functions.

           Since the start of the impeachment trial, attendance in the House of Representatives has dwindled to less than the requisite quorum and committee hearings are sparsely attended.

           The marginalized and disadvantaged citizens are not concerned with alleged high profile transgressions of the elite officialdom except as a television extravaganza to forget their own woes.

           They care most about lack of jobs, the very real possibility of missing their next meal, absence of adequate and immediate medical care and the petty graft of kotong cops, market collectors and small-time bureaucrats who bedevil their daily lives.

           The Aquino administration must meaningfully and immediately address these small concerns of small Filipinos rather than divert its time, passion and resources to an agenda of prosecution which will not uplift and empower the greater number.

           Let the impeachment trial proceed and end as warranted without excessive fanfare and biased publicity.

 

 
 
LAGMAN: PROSECUTION PANEL WRECKING THE SUPREME COURT Print
Press Statements
Saturday, 28 January 2012 16:16

Office of Rep. Edcel C. Lagman
Independent, 1st District of Albay
28 January 2012
0916-6406737 / 0918-9120137
LAGMAN: PROSECUTION PANEL
WRECKING THE SUPREME COURT

             The House of Representatives prosecution panel’s expanded fishing expedition to include Justices of the Supreme Court as witnesses in the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona will inordinately wreck the High Court.
             Calling the Justices as witnesses will make them testify not only for or against the Chief Justice but also against each other.
             It would also pierce and violate the time-honored confidentiality of the deliberation of the Justices in the disposition  of cases.
              Moreover, the collective decisions of the Supreme Court will be shredded to pieces as the fishing expedition navigates in to the high seas of the Supreme Court.
              The best evidence of the adjudication and voting of the Justices are the decisions themselves and the dissents, if any, wherein individual Justices voted for or against the collective ruling of the majority.
             No parol or testimonial evidence is admissible and competent against the best evidence rule on the disquisitions and rulings as contained in the sole written documents, which are the ponencia or decisions and the dissenting opinions.
             Now, truly, it is not only the Chief Justice who is on trial but the entire Supreme Court even as the testimonies of the Justices can be used against them in the threatened impeachment cases involving other Justices.
 
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