IN THE MATTER OF PLANTING OF EVIDENCE, RUMOR-MONGERING AND CONSPIRACY THEORIES

By Bayawanon

From the extrajudicial killings to the imprisonment of Senator Leila de Lima, to the impeachment case of Chief Justice Lourdes Sereno and to the sacking of General Dionisio Santiago, the president has proven one thing ... PLANTING OF Pieces of evidence work. Because of this, the president is now the living example of many criminals and undesirable men in uniform plant pieces of evidence just to tag their enemies and eliminate them.

As far as the circumstances are the concerned planting of evidence, legal rumor-mongering and conspiracy theories are being used by the current national leadership just to accomplish their evil plans.

In many cases, the president has spoken on national televisions how to combat drugs by way of planting evidence like guns for the police to justify killing drug addicts and drug users.

In the case of Senator Leila de Lima, the current supreme national leader had tapped the services of many convicted drug lords and felons who are inhabiting in the National Penitentiary who are under the law are being disqualified to be witnesses in cases as provided by the Rules of Court of the judicial system of the country.

As to the matter of the impeachment case of Chief Justice Lourdes Sereno, a leading dissenter against the current national leadership at the highest tribunal of the land, the complaint filed against her is simply based on clippings of national news coming from national newspapers and tabloids and not based on personal knowledge by the complainant.

In the special incident involving the sacking of the very honorable gentleman, General Dionisio Santiago as the Dangerous Drugs Board Chairman, the former decorated Army Officer and Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, was just a victim of rumor mongering. The people of the Dangerous Drugs Board under his tutelage have attested to the fact that all the claims against Santiago were not true.

Now, if the current national leadership capitalizes on the planting of evidence, rumor-mongering and conspiracy theories in downing their enemies and former allies, the same can also be done in pushing their personal ambitions and interests and many innocent people's heads would fall because of this.

What would be more saddening is this ... because of fabricated evidence, conspiracy theories and rumor-mongering, the country would be destroyed by the politicians who are trying to do these things just for them to accomplish their selfish ends. What is alarming also nowadays is this, people easily believe in invented stories without personal investigations, and this fact would probably pull as down to the pits of national sabotage.

THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE IS ALREADY ENOUGH

By Bayawanon

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte is espousing Federalism for the sake of decentralization, devolution, and autonomy of the future or the soon to be created the Philippine States, that is good for the said steps would make the newly created states more self-supporting and can exist without too much aid from the national or central government.

The BIG PROBLEM is this, decentralization, devolution and autonomy can already be found in the Local Government Code of the Philippines which was exhaustively passed by the Philippine Congress through the very brilliant former Senator Aquilino "Nene" Pimentel Jr. So why still insist that FEDERALISM be adopted as the new system of government when the Philippines is actually and technically FEDERALIZED unitary-presidential system of government of the Philippines?

Decentralization is the act of the central government to diffuse its powers and give it to the local government units, happily it is happening now in the countryside by way of the Local Government Code of the Philippines.

Devolution is the act of the national government to delegate its powers to the local government units like its police powers, the power of taxation and its power of eminent domain. Luckily, this is happening too via the Local Government Code again.

Autonomy is the act of the government to give the semblance of self-rule to some groups of ethnic minorities, by giving them a government outside independence which would fit to their cultures, heritage, and traditions. This is also happening now in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao or ARRM since it is mandated by the 1987 Constitution that the same be established and that the same was properly consummated by way of the Local Government of Code.

Another semblance of federalism in our present unitary-presidential system of government is the existence of the ADMINISTRATIVE REGIONS of the Philippines wherein the country is divided administratively into seventeen parts for purposes of economic development and purposes of a swift allocation of basic goods and services to the administrative regions and the provinces, cities, municipalities, and barangays under them.

So why federalize the Philippines when the same is actually federalized because of the Local Government Code? Will we federalize our own country just for us to spend money and actually divide the same?

To me federalism is good but it is very costly, hence it is only good for rich countries. Imagine our country to be divided into different states, with each state having its own executive officer in the person of the state president or governor, having its own senate and house of representatives, having its own cabinet, having its own judiciary and having its own tax system, that would tantamount into bloating the bureaucracy. Bloating the bureaucracy means big government and big government means BIG NATIONAL SPENDING.

Another point is this, if FEDERALISM would push through, this can be a big step or even a gargantuan leap for the autonomous regions to successfully grab independence because they, in a process could have their own government, territory, sovereignty, and people, hence it is a big threat for the Philippines in losing the Muslim Mindanao.

By virtue of the following premises and arguments, I hope and pray that every one of us shall forget FEDERALISM and instead be contented for the present set-up of governance in our country which is the unitary-presidential form of government which is actually federalized by way of the Local Government Code of 1991. So be it.

WINDMILLS THE DUTCH WAY SHALL BE INTRODUCED IN THE PHILIPPINES

By Bayawanon

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I propose that we have to establish windmills the Dutch way. The windmills were established by the Dutch to ease the big waters during the floodings, eventually the same was converted into many forms like sawmills, paper machines etc. The same can be used also in producing electricity.

The windmills can also be good tourist destinations for both local and international tourists. We have some pumping stations in Manila to take out waters during floodings but the same is not used for electrification or industrialization. We have windmills in Ilocos but the same is only used for electrification and tourism purposes only but cannot be used in managing the floods. All we need is to build a uni-usage kind of windmills meant for electrification, industrialization, tourism and flood control, and that's the windmills the Dutch had invented.

If the Dutch were able to solve the problems of flooding by way of the windmills and eventually such invention helped their tourism, electrification, and industries, then there is no way for us Filipinos to do the same.

The Dutch were able to establish nine thousand windmills to date whereas the Filipinos have only established some in Ilocos Norte. Take note of the disparity, this difference between the Dutch and the Filipinos in the matter of windmill building shall be equated for the future of the Philippines and for the beginning of the so-called FILIPINO GOLDEN AGE.

In connection to this, our compatriot Filipino engineers, urban planners, architects, and industrialists shall be sent to Netherlands to study their windmills for the Philippines to adopt the same and adapt its system for the sake of Philippine national development. So be it.

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