The Senate (Senate committee on public order) is set to resume hearings on the Mamasapano encounter. They can do so, go ahead.  But if you’re here on planet Earth and you have ears and eyes, the more urgent matter to investigate (under the Senate committee on electoral reforms) is the serious, public exchange of accusations between the Commission on Elections (Comelec) commissioner Rowena Guanzon and Comelec chair Andres Bautista –—

    1.Commissioner Guanzon having filed a Comment in the SC case on her own without, according to Comelec Chair Andy, having shown the draft to any of the Comelec commissioners or to the Comelec Chair whose name appears on the pleading;

2.the Comelec Chair having called the act of Commissioner Guanzon irregular. Note that in law “irregular” has a technical meaning — it means a violation of the rules.

3.Commissioner Guanzon replying thru media interviews that the Comelec Chair is partisan to Grace Poe; and taking to task the Grace Poe camp for its statement urging the Comelec Chair to “put its house in order”, interpreting it as an “order” from the Grace Poe camp to the Comelec Chair;

4.Commissioner Guanzon being perceived by the news media as supposedly partisan to Mar Roxas…

(5.earlier than this, the Solicitor General refusing to defend the Comelec in the Supreme Court).

      Among themselves, one has called the acts of the other as irregular, who in turn retaliated by saying the other is partisan to a candidate.

   Irregular means “against the rules, out of order, improper, illegitimate, unscrupulous, unethical, unprofessional, unacceptable; shady”, while partisan means biased – —

 and you’re telling me these are the people who will count our votes for the highest position of the land?

     The election period has started. The ballots will be printed in the next few days. The disqualification cases are pending litigation. Elections are in a few months. Do you not see this as the more urgent problem of national importance?

    Hindi ba kayo natatakot o nababahala.  

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Now playing: Justine Bieber makes amends thru his “purposive” album: (“My mama don’t like you and she likes everyone…’Cause if you like the way you look that much – then maybe you should go and love yourself” – Bieber and Sheeran)

(pls click the music pod below if the clip is no longer on autoplay)

“For all the times that you rained on my parade

And all the clubs you get in, using my name

You think you broke my heart, oh girl for goodness sake

You think I’m crying on my own, well I ain’t

And I didn’t wanna write a song

Cause I didn’t want anyone thinking I still care

xxx

I don’t wanna hold back, maybe you should know that

My mama don’t like you and she likes everyone

And I never like to admit that I was wrong

And I’ve been so caught up in my job, didn’t see what’s going on

But now I know, I’m better sleeping on my own

Cause if you like the way you look that much

Oh, baby, you should go and love yourself

And if you think that I’m still holdin’ on to somethin’

You should go and love yourself

And when you told me that you hated my friends

The only problem was with you and not them

And every time you told me my opinion was wrong

And tried to make me forget where I came from

For all the times that you made me feel small

I fell in love, now I feel nothin’ at all

And never felt so low when I was vulnerable

Was I a fool to let you break down my walls?

Cause if you like the way you look that much

Oh, baby, you should go and love yourself

And if you think that I’m still holdin’ on to somethin’

You should go and love yourself

Cause if you like the way you look that much

Oh, baby, you should go and love yourself

And if you think that I’m still holdin’ on to somethin’

You should go and love yourself”