Philippine Chief Justice Impeached

An impeachment for a Chief Justice is the first time that happened in Philippines.Many are talking about impeachment but do we know what is the meaning of impeachment? The people and the society when in a democratic country, has all the rights to let a high ranking official to have a fair trial for a case filed against him or her. The impeachment trial is to decide if the defendant will be removed from his or her position and/or other punishments. 

Pictures of the Akbayan Partylist looked like this 

A Chief Justice is the highest official in the judicial branch. Judicial branch is one of the three branches of the government which supreme court is included.The Senators are to vote if CJ Corona is guilty for betrayal to the country by not declaring a 2.4 million and other bank accounts in his SALN. SALN is a form wherein, each officials and staffs of the government should declare their liabilities and assets. This is to provide transparency for all their account, to avoid any unexplained increase in accounts.  Today, the 28th of May, is the day the 23 Senators will give their verdict to the defendant Renato Corona. The event is open to the public, wherein the media will show a live coverage of what are happening to the Senate(the place where impeachment trial occurred). 

Each Senators are to vote if the defendant is guilty or not guilty and explain why they choose that verdict. Each of the Senators have different statements. There are some who are obviously inserting self campaign which was I think is inappropriate the trial is not about them it is about CJ Corona. I only watched the trial because I want to hear what each Senator has to say. Mostly, the speeches are boring and often redundant however; there are speeches that made me alive during the whole process. 

Here are some of the lines of the Senators that I think is interesting:

• Alan Cayetano of Nacionalista party- "Pati ba naman pera may diskriminasyon? Nangingibabaw ba ang USD kaysa Peso dito sa ating sariling bansa? (Even with money we still have discrimination? Dollars is dominant with Peso even in our own country?)

                                                                - "If your client can't explain, I can't abstain." (This is to answer his friend that to avoid dilemma he will just choose to abstain.)

• Miriam Defensor-Santiago- "Huwag kayong magmamalinis. Mga artista kayo, kung lahat tayo honest why is Philippines still one of the top corrupt countries in the world?" (Do not act that you are prim. You are all artists. If we are all honest why is the Philippines still one of the top corrupt countries in the world?")

• Chiz Escudero- "Let us move on and move forward. Let us all work for the betterment. After this, hindi naman lahat ng mahihirap biglang yayaman. Hindi naman biglang gagaling ang may sakit." (Let us move on and move forward. Let us all work for the betterment. After this trial, not all poor will suddenly become rich. Not all sick will be healed.)

•  Lito Lapid- "Hindi ako pwedeng mag-sabi sabi ng Republic Act sa mga rason ko dahil high school graduate lang ako, ayaw kung mag mamarunong, conscience ko ang pina-iral ko dito." (I do not want to mention Republic Acts in my reason because I am only a high school graduate. I do not want to act as if I know about the Constitution. My vote is based on my conscience.)

•  Ralph Recto- "After this, let's all pull the plug of the telenovela. Let us work again away from the cameras. If you think what we have done here is Herculean, you are innocent. It is easy to impeach one man but we cant work to impeach hunger and impeach joblessness. As we have our trial today 1 out 3 are hungry, 1 out 3 have all the time to watch because they do not have a job, 5 of 10 are poor and 80% do not have a bank account." 

• Antonio Trillanes- "From now on no one is untouchable."

•  Manny Villar- "Dahan-dahan kayo sa pagwasak ng pangalan ng tao." (Go slow, in destroying a man's name.)

    With a 19 to 3 votes, CJ Corona is guilty of Article 2, wherein it talks about the failure of declaring true assets and liabilities. The defendant is guilty, so what now? Who's next? Will there be change? Will corruption vanish? These questions can only be answered in the future however; I doubt if corruption will be healed.

Drug Abuse: Definitely a FOE

Number of drug abuse are now increasing in number. I know friends that are using illegal drugs. Statistics for drug abuse is not accurate because nobody wants to expose that they are using an illegal drug. Using illegal drugs have many consequences in the future. The drug was announced as regulated drugs because of their side effects.

I can not understand why many are still using even if they know that this can destroy their future and their lives. What is it with the people and our society today? Here, in our country even women are using illegal drugs. In the news report, even a pregnant woman was caught using an illegal drug. What were they thinking? Is this the situation we want for our future generation to inherit? To hallucinate that they have luxurious life yet they are living in a dump?

We are responsible for our world, our next generation. We should not play around and things up for them. We do not need illegal drugs to feel that can fly, we can fly when we want to. We do not to hallucinate things, we need to make it come true. Fight temptation, stop curiosity, do not try illegal drugs. Let us all be PRODUCTIVE!

My View on Afghanistan Schoolgirls Scare

All over the world, women are still not as free as men. Patriarchy is still at large.Women are not yet accepted by the people and society as equal to men. Women are still viewed as weaker version of men.

Recently, in Afghanistan 125 school girls,aging from 15-18 are poisoned. Allegedly, perpetrators are the protesters who do not want women to be educated. This is to scare women to go to school. Afghanistan is not the only country wherein women are not permitted to go to school and be educated.

I wonder, why is it an insult when women will be educated? For me, it is an insult when women are not allowed to learn. Women are not slaves wherein they only do household chores only while men are surrounded by knowledge everyday.

I know that wisdom is better than knowledge but knowledge is something that everybody must possess. It is something that MUST be shared. The more knowledgeable women are, the less the number of the dependency ratio and the independent ratio. It means the more productive our community will become. 

In conclusion, I am a 101% sure that the world will be a better place to live if men and women are all educated. For you, what will be your say on this matter? Just comment below. :)