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Flashback to January 2001. The opposition walks out of the Senate
impeachment trial of then-President Joseph Estrada. Filipinos,
first, by the hundreds, then by the thousands and finally by the
hundreds of thousands, gather in protest and indignation at the EDSA
Shrine.
Then-Ambassador Ernesto Maceda pooh-poohs the
significance of the daily demonstrations at EDSA. Give those people
four or five days and they will get tired and go home, he says—or
words to that effect.
We all know what happened.
Fast-forward to June 4, 2009. Malacañang is
reported to have “shrugged off the threat by civil society and
militant groups to mount street protests” against House Resolution
1109.
“That’s nothing new,” chortles Malacañang
mouthpiece Anthony Golez. “Anytime and anything that would raise
the issue of [Charter change], the same people would go down the
streets.”
Shorn of its grammatical lapses, Golez’s
scornful remarks rang eerily similar to the dismissive statements of
Maceda on the eve of what was to become the second people power
uprising that toppled Estrada.
Will Golez’s words return to haunt him in the
not too distant future?
HR 1109 signatories
According to the blogsite Filipino Voices, the
representatives who signed House Resolution 1109 are:
Bienvenido Abante, Manila; Roque Ablan Jr.,
Ilocos Norte; Victor Aguedo Agbayani, Pangasinan; Manuel Ayago,
Kalinga; Rodolfo Albano 3rd, Isabela; Felix Alfelor Jr., Camarines
Sur; Thelma Almario, Davao Oriental; Antonio Alvarez, Palawan;
Genaro Rafael Alvarez Jr., Negros Occidental; Edelmiro Amante,
Agusan del Norte;
Rommel Amatong, Compostela Valley; Ma. Zenaida
Angping, Manila; Rodolfo Antonino, Nueva Ecija; Trinidad Apostol,
Leyte; Jose Aquino, Agusan del Norte; Ma. Evita Arago, Laguna; A.
Munir Arbison, Sulu; Ma. Rachel Arenas, Pangasinan; Diosdado Arroyo,
Camarines Sur; Ignacio Arroyo, Negros Occidental; Juan Miguel
Arroyo, Pampanga;
Amado Bagatsing, Manila; Pangalian M. Balindong,
Lanao del Sur; Elpidio Barzaga Jr., Cavite; Franklin Bautista, Davao
del Sur; Vicente Belmonte Jr., Lanao del Norte; Al Francis Bichara,
Albay; Ferjenel Biron, Iloilo; Anna York Bondoc, Pampanga; Ma.
Theresa Bonoan-David, Manila; Narciso Bravo Jr., Masbate;
Nicanor Briones, Agap party list; Eileen Ermita
Buhain, Batangas; Elias Bulut Jr., Apayao; Marc Douglas Cagas 4th,
Davao del Sur; Mary Mitzi Cajayon, Caloocan; Roberto Cajes, Bohol;
Carmen Cari, Leyte; Fredenil Castro, Capiz; Arthur Celeste,
Pangasinan; Antonio Cerilles, Zamboanga del Sur; Edgardo Chatto,
Bohol;
Glenn Chong, Biliran; Solomon Chunga-Lao, Ifugao;
Marina Clarete, Misamis Occidental; Eufrocino Codilla, Leyte; Mark
Cojuangco, Pangasinan; Teodulo Coquilla, Eastern Samar; Vincent
Crisologo, Quezon City; Junie Cue, Quirino; Antonio Cuenco, Cebu
City; Samuel Dangwa, Benguet; Simeon Datumanong, Maguindanao;
Nelson Dayanghirang, Davao Oriental; Nanette
Daza, Quezon City; Paul Daza, Northern Samar; Del de Guzman,
Marikina; Arthur Defensor Sr., Iloilo; Matias Defensor Jr., Quezon
City; Raul del Mar, Cebu City; Carlo Oliver Diasnes, Batanes;
Abdullah Dimaporo, Lanao del Norte; Mauricio Domogan, Baguio;
Michael John Duavit, Rizal;
Henry Dueñas Jr., Taguig; Faysah MRP Dumarpa,
Lanao del Sur; Thomas Dumpit Jr., La Union; Ramon Durano IV, Cebu;
Glenda Ecleo, Dinagat Islands; Yevgeny Vicente Emano, Misamis
Oriental; Wilfrifo Mark Enverga, Quezon; Conrado Estrella III,
Pangasinan; Robert Raymund Estrella, Abono party list;
Jeffrey Ferrer, Negros Occidental; Florencio
Garay, Surigao del Sur; Albert Garcia, Bataan; Pablo John Garcia,
Cebu; Pablo Garcia, Cebu; Vincent Garcia, Davao City; Janette Garin,
Iloilo; Rexlon Gatchalian, Valenzuela; Angelito Gatlabayan, Antipolo;
Arnulfo Go, Sultan Kudarat; Aurelio Gonzales Jr., Pampanga;
Raul Gonzales Jr., Iloilo City; Eduardo Gullas,
Cebu; Magtanggol Gunigundo, Valenzuela; Dulce Ann Hofer, Zamboanga
Sibugay; Nur Jaafar, Tawi-Tawi; Adam Relson Jala, Bohol; Cesar
Jalosjos, Zamboanga del Nrote; Cecilia Jalosjos-Carreon, Zamboanga
del Nrote; Yusop Jikiri, Sulu;
Antonio Kho, Masbate; Rosen-do Labadlabad,
Zamboanga del Nrote; Jose Carlos Lacson, Negros Occidental; Antonio
Lagdameo, Davao del Norte; Jeci Lapus, Tarlac; Carmelo Lazatin, Pam-panga;
Reno Lim, Albay; Jaime Lopez, Manila; Eleanora Jesus Madrona,
Romblon; Ma. Milagros Magsaysay, Zambales; Oscar Malapitan, Caloocan;
Manuel Mamba, Cagayan; Datu Pakung Mangudadatu,
Sultan Kudarat; Alfredo Marano III, Negros Occidental; Francisco
Matugas, Surigao del Norte; Mark Leandro Mendoza, Batangas; Roger
Mercado, Southern Leyte; Florencio Miraflores, Aklan; Joaquin C. R.
Navas, Guimaras; Reylina Nicolas, Bulacan;
Prospero Nograles, Davao City; Arrel Olaños,
Davao del Nrote; Emil Ong, Northern Samar; Victor Francisco Ortega,
La Union; Ernesto Pablo, APEC party list; Pedro Pancho, Bulacan;
Candido Pancrudo, Bukidnon; Philip Pichay, Surigao del Sur; Bernado
Piñol Jr., North Cotabato; Roberto Puno, Antipolo;
Herminia Ramiro, Misamis Occidental; Jesus
Crispin Remulla, Cavite; Carmelita Reyes, Marinduque; Victoria
Reyes, Batangas; Arturo Robes, San Jose del Monte; Adelina
Rodriguez-Zaldarriaga, Rizal; Herminia Roman, Bataan; Guillermo
Romarate Jr., Surigao del Norte; Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, Leyte;
Pedro Romualdo, Camiguin; Roman Romulo, Pasig;
Jose Antonio Roxas, Pasay; Benhur Salimbangon, Cebu; Andres
Salvacion Jr., Leyte; Edgar San Luis, Laguna; Alvin Sandoval,
Malabon-Navotas; Joseph Santiago, Catanduanes; Narciso Santiago III,
ARC party list; Rizalina Seachon-Lanete, Masbate; Cecilia Seares-Luna,
Abra;
Lorna Silverio, Bulacan; Eric Singson, Ilocos
Sur; Ronald Singson, Ilocos Sur; Jose Solis, Sorsogon; Nerissa
Corazon Soon-Ruiz, Cebu; Danilo Suarez, Quezon; Mary Ann Susano,
Quezon City; Ma. Victoria Sy-Alvarado, Bulacan; Judy Syjuco, Iloilo;
Emmylou Talino-Mendoza; Sharee Ann Tan, Samar;
Marcelino Teodoro, Marikina; Monica Louise
Teodoro, Tarlac; Pryde Henry Teves, Negros Oriental; Neil Tupas,
Iloilo; Isidro Ungab, Davao City; Edwin Uy, Isabela; Reynaldo Uy,
Samar; Rolando Uy, Cagayan de Oro; Edgar Valdez, APEC party list;
Rodolfo Valencia, Oriental Mindoro; Florencio Vargas, Oriental
Mindoro;
Florencio Vargas, Cagayan; Luis Villafuerte,
Camarines Sur; Ma. Amelita Villarosa, Occidental Mindoro; Joseph
Gilbert Violago, Nueva Ecija; Jose Yap, Tarlac; Victor Yu, Zamboanga
del Sur; Manuel Zamora, Compostela Valley; and Eduardo Zialcita,
Parañaque.
The list of HR 1109 signatories continues to be
replicated as if it were a roster of rogues in numerous blogspots,
websites and social networks, as opposition to the congressmen’s
self-serving bid to rewrite the 1987 Constitution mounts.
Could this be—as Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay
asked at the Kapihan sa Sulo media forum Saturday—the tipping
point?
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