Inquirer columnist John Nery today described the response of Comelec commissioner Rowena Guanzon to Comelec Chair Andy Bautista’s memo as: “bizarre”, adding: “I do not know Guanzon; all I know is she used to write a column for the Inquirer xxx.” Ikaw naman. Read carefully, John, or listen carefully, to her statements and you will see the hallmark of an intellectual giant – here they are:
(DZBB radio interview quotes from Comelec commissioner Guanzon):
From Rappler (translation by Rappler)
Comm. Guanzon: “Ako ayoko matalo kasi ayoko na talo ako. Nanalo na ako dati sa Supreme Court. Ayokong matalo ako.” (I don’t want to lose because I’ve never wanted to lose. I already won in the past before the Supreme Court. I don’t want to lose.)
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Comm. Guanzon: “Ano ba ‘to? Hindi ba dapat ang Commission on Elections ay hindi biased? Hindi dapat tayo kumakampi kahit kanino. E bakit ang chair ko yata ay nakakalimot, at ipinapangalandakan pa niya sa mundo na mali ako, tanga ako na commissioner?” (What’s this? Isn’t it that the Commission on Elections shouldn’t be biased? We shouldn’t be siding with anyone. Why is it that my chair seems to forget this, and he is announcing to the whole world that I am wrong, that I am a stupid commissioner?)
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Comm. Guanzon, referring to the Comelec chair: “Isang boto lang siya e. Lima kami, nanalo kami e. Talo siya e. Panig siya kay Grace Poe e,” Guanzon said. (He only had one vote. There were 5 of us, and we won. He lost. He is siding with Grace Poe.)
“Itong ginagawa niya, e ‘yung mga tao, nagsasabi na, ‘Aba, panig na panig siya kay Grace Poe o. Grace Poe na Grace Poe siya o.’ E masama po ‘yon para sa aming lahat,” she said. (With what he’s doing, people are saying, “Oh, he’s siding with Grace Poe. He’s really for Grace Poe.” That’s bad for all of us.)
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Comm. Guanzon: “Pagod na pagod na kaming mga commissioners kakatrabaho. Bakit hindi na lang si Chairman Bautista ang magtrabaho? Anong ginawa niya? Nagbakasyon. Nagbakasyon siya sa New Zealand.” (We commissioners have been so tired working. Why not have Chairman Bautista do all the work? What did he do? He took a vacation. He took a vacation in New Zealand.)
“Ako, I come out of my vacation to work on January 2. I don’t mind, kasi sanay po talaga ako sa trabaho. Ganyan po talaga ang work ethic ko,” the Comelec commissioner added. (As for me, I come out of my vacation to work on January 2. I don’t mind, because I’m really used to work. That’s really my work ethic.)
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Comm. Guanzon: “If I really work fast, that’s not my fault, because I really work hard, I really work fast. I’m very studious. I read, I write fast, I think fast, I work fast. You know, I’ve written maybe about 10 books and articles. I really write fast. I’ve published around 10 books and articles, including a paper in the United Nations. It’s normal for me to be fast in writing decisions.”
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Comm. Guanzon: “It is Chair Bautista who is showing partisanship, not me. He voted in favor of Grace Poe; now he wants to shoot down our comment. And Grace Poe urged Bautista to probe the commissioners. Wow.” xxx “(I)n a live radio interview with dzBB’s Nimfa Ravelo, Guanzon said, “E ano bang gusto niyang mangyari, matalo kami sa Supreme Court (SC)?” (And what does he want to happen, for us to lose in the Supreme Court?)
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
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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’
