Romania – One country and two presidents

According to the exit polls,  Mircea Geoana, the Social Democratic Party candidate is the winner of presidential elections in Romania. It is far from a decisive victory, the score is pretty close (Mircea Geoana – 51.2%, Traian Basescu – 48.8%). So both candidates have declared victory in front of television cameras.

UPDATE:  7 December, at 16,00 (Bucharest time)

Central Electoral Bureau has released the final results.
Traian Basescu – 50.33%
Mircea Geoana – 49, 66%

Social Democratic Party will contest the election result.

Klaus Johannis, Mayor of  Sibiu, said for mass media that: “The outcome of a vote to be accepted. My nomination as a possible prime minister ends here”.  According to the results of this time, Traian Basescu won with a difference of 0.67%. I know that journalism, like politics should be done with warm heart and cool mind. As for that I shall refrain from other comment. Because I respect decision of the nearly 50% of Romanian that Traian Basescu considers it “a trifle that has riddled with them” (according to “common sense ” statement made by the old and the new president of Romania). A statement  and mentality that can be considered non-democratic and senselessly ! So more care, if your want to be president of all Romanians, Mr. Basescu.

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I watched ANC’s presidential forum yesterday or two days ago whichever fits the time zone you’re at. It was quite disappointing really. Of course, we thank the media for hosting such an event. Forums and debates help political awareness and do strengthen our democracy. However, I do find even our forums and debates as immature (for lack of better word) as our democracy. It’s definitely hard to compare our debates with the US since they have a party system, but then again we can model ours the same way as they do it when choosing party standard bearers wherein there are around eight candidates as well. I digress. What I’m trying to point out though is that the level of discussion present during the forum was very shallow. They were all as some candidates admitted motherhood statements and some weren’t because the candidates intended them to be as such but because some questions simply weren’t good.

I write this post based all on what I remember to make this more of what stood out the most in that debate. Hopefully that would be enough to give you an idea of how it transpired. After all, only those that stand out really matter when it comes to public opinion. Before I go to the candidates themselves I’d like to delve on the questions and the setup of the whole thing. There were a few good questions, no scratch that I can’t really think of any stand out good question. They were all typical obvious questions which were enough to give us an idea of the candidates, but there were also questions that, for me, were simply not at par with such a serious talk. The question I felt was wasted the most was the one about lying. It went something like: “Was there an instance you ever lied or cheated?” I don’t know why anyone would ask a political candidate this because we all know none of them would admit to lying or cheating even if they did. If there’s one thing this question can do is give them a leeway to come up with a small talk about white lies which Senator Noynoy cleverly did. More so, when the candidates were given the opportunities to rebut and reply, the question was simply undebatable. They should have picked a topic that is very controversial but also very important, something like Charter Change or RH bill. Instead they talk about the first three steps to solve the Ampatuan Massacre. (I find it interesting how this massacre has been recognized as such, making it a very loaded and biased term against the Ampatuans. Not that I am defending them or anything.) There really are no pro and con sides to such a topic. Add to this the fact that this set up and change of dynamics was far too complicated for our  ex-president Estrada who seemed very lost when he used his rebuttal time for his main “argument”. I also felt that it would have been better had they screened the questions of the audiences before they got to ask their questions just to make sure they made sense. I would like to believe those weren’t screened in advance because if they were, then ANC has problems determining sensible questions and that scares me.

On to the presidential candidates. Most disappointing was the absence of Villar who had very important business to attend to. I wonder how important is important that it makes you cancel out on a debate for the presidency of the Philippines. Many critics have accused him of intentionally ditching such events to keep him away from the public’s critical view. They say less talk less mistakes. And so far his critics seem to be right. Villar has indeed been awfully quiet except when he’s too busy bashing the other candidates via his “smart” and sneaky blind item punches. The other 7 candidates on the other hand namely: Teodoro, Aquino, Estrada, Delos Reyes, Villanueva, Gordon and Perlas (if i’m not mistaken, he’s literally an unknown to me.) The ones who stood out for me were Teodoro and Erap, for very different reasons. Allow me to go through each candidate my thoughts on them and my judgement of their performances.

Perlas:

I have no idea who he is, what he’s done. All I know is that he studied in Xavier University, Cagayan de Oro City. That’s all I know. Never really heard of him prior to last night and quite frankly his performance proved why. He seems to be very lost with all the issues and he’s not as eloquent as the other candidates. He’s simply not charismatic. More than that however is that his ideas simply don’t make sense. I could barely understand what he was trying to say most of the time. He might as well have joined Senator Villar with his “business”.

JC Delos Reyes:

Again one of the not so well-known ones on the stage. But at least I’ve heard of him before and I was very well aware he was Ang Kapatiran’s candidate. What struck me most listening to him talk was how awkward he was on stage. He’s a bit too young and definitely not too experienced. We want change, but I think we want a capable man to do it. Simplicity just doesn’t do the trick. He seems to be an honorable man and has his heart in the right place but I don’t think he’s ready yet. When asked what he’ll do the first 100 days in office, he answers he’ll seclude himself from the public and reflect on how to solve the problems of our country. One does not run for public office, more so the office of President, and not know how to deal with the problems of the country. It’s simply unheard of and his reply just proved how unequipped he is. Also, I couldn’t help but notice all he kept on saying was morals, values, moral revolution and all the synonyms and euphemisms. My main issue with JC and his party, aside from their lack of experience is their lack of policies. They scream moral revolution but they don’t have strong policies to back them up. So maybe, 6 years from now JC and his party will be ready.

Bro. Ed Villanueva:

He was definitely more charismatic than the previous two. He has his own talk show after all. Again, he was one who did more preaching than forwarding solutions. What I mean by this is that he too was too busy rambling about moral change and all of that. His answer to the first 100 days question was something like unite all political parties and make the very first united party, among other very ideal, very impossible dreams. The reason there has never been a united party is that it’s simply impossible to do in a democracy. More so, a single party is very dangerous and would cancel out our democratic ways. I might have misinterpreted or forgotten his exact words but that’s what I remember. And that’s all I really remember from him.

Sen. Gordon:

While listening to him and reading the comments on the online forum it seemed like he was saying one thing and the people understanding it as another. To me, he did okay. In fact, I think he did quite well however when reading the online comments it seemed like a lot of people were offended by his tone and demeanor. Some were saying he was degrading the Filipino people or talking small of his constituents. It didn’t really come across that way to me, he seemed quite knowledgeable and experienced but I guess there really is this weird vibe going with Sen. Gordon. He seems to be quite polarizing. He had good answers to the questions, quite detailed. He enjoyed bragging about Subic. That’s for sure. And he talked about his failing marks when he was in secondary school, and how that inspired him to be a leader. Talk about non sequiturs.

Sen. Noynoy Aquino:

He was strong with his message of change. He was answering the questions and he cleverly talked about white lies when asked if he had ever lied before. I am still not convinced he’s as enthusiastic as the other candidates are, nor am I convinced he’s as ready as some of them may be. When asked about political dynasties he was very smart to try not to answer it directly and try to smudge the definition. He was talking about differentiating appointed officials and those that are voted on by the people saying that the people should have the chance to choose. However this misses the point that dynasties have a very big advantage when it comes to such, especially if they control the region (say the Ampatuans). They don’t need to appoint people, they can clearly win elections. Some may argue they cheated, some might say they simply have the advantage, nonetheless, it’s hard to argue there is no unfair advantage. But of course we’d expect Sen. Aquino to talk light on the subject, he comes from one such family. He has a lot of relatives serving in public office as we speak. And that’s not really change I want to believe in.

Ex-President Estrada

Of all the candidates out there he was the one I always looked forward to hearing. Erap was very much lost with some of the mechanics, it seemed like he wasn’t able to understand what rebut meant. I have to admit, he truly is charismatic. He’s also very witty and he can come up with very good answers (especially if he’s answering questions he can’t understand.) When asked about what vice he can’t live without he couldn’t comprehend the question. It had to be asked twice or thrice then translated to Filipino before he could answer. And his answer was that his vice is helping the Filipino masses. Asked if there were any more, he simply replied. No, that’s all. He also argued that he was the most experienced among all those present, and in his defense it does appear to be true. Having been part of the legislative and even being Vice President and President for 2.5 years as he states. He was definitely one of those who truly stood out, not only because of the funny moments caused by his confusion but also because he was very charismatic. And quite good on stage, he was an actor after all.

Gibo Teodoro

Lastly, Sec. Teodoro was for me the most knowledgeable and most prepared of them all. He had good detailed solutions, solid policies on most questions especially with his first 100 days and his solution to the Ampatuan massacre. I found it disappointing though how he contracted himself with the government’s role in population control and how he seemed to try not to answer the question. In his defense, most of the replies given to that question were non-answers. He was also very smart with his answer on his loyalties to PGMA and his integrity. He, after all, is the only one with that baggage and I believe he handled it well. He has the most policies out of all of the candidates (at least based on their answers last night.) And he was just as charismatic as Erap and Gordon less the humor and the derogatory nature of speaking.

Overall, if you’d ask me who I’d vote for based solely on that debate I’d go with Teodoro. The biases are clear with my summaries, but the biases were only results of the forum. Of course I will admit I had previous biases for and against certain candidates but they could’ve redeemed themselves which Erap definitely did. I was neither for nor against Reyes and Villanueva but after last night I think it’s safe to say I’m not voting for either of them. However, I don’t want to write that on stone yet because the race is still wide open. It has only begun and we can only hope for more venues for them to discuss and talk about their policies. Hopefully next time we’ll have more candidates, with Sen. Madrigal invited. And maybe, Sen. Villar will grace us with his presence.

Obama is proving to be quite a weasel and servant of the powers that be (secret combinations).  Of course he has totally reversed himself on insisting that Israeli settlement expansion on Palestinian land be stopped.  Now, he has also reversed himself on his promise to not recognize the Honduran elections if Zelaya was not reinstated to the presidency.  He was not reinstated before the vote on Sunday and the Honduran Congress just voted to not reinstate him at all.  The US is fully recognizing the elections and calling them a step forward in the democratic process.  This is of course a big bag of horse doodoo.  See what Lisa Sullivan, Latin American coordinator for the School of the Americas Watch observed:

The first person I thought of as I awoke on election day was Wilmer Rivero, a fisherman in a small town with the big name of Puerto Grande.  I kept thinking of the fear in his eyes as he relayed how the police have been visiting his house and asking for him, ever since he trekked 6 days on foot to greet a returning President Zelaya. Each local mayor has been asked to put together a list of resistance leaders, and his name was one of 22 from his town. We suggested to Wilmer that he not sleep at home during the electoral days. He called the next day to thank us for our advise. The police had ransacked his  home, and that of many of his neighbors, the night before elections, threatening his life. But, he wondered, what will he do now?

I also thought of Merly Eguigure who I had visited 2 days earlier in a cold and crumbling jail cell, reeking of human waste. She had been captured for having a can of spray paint in her car. Though she was released shortly before elections, she will face trial and probably prison for defacing government property. Merly claims that the spray paint was to be used  in an activity to raise awareness of violence towards women. Perhaps authorities worried that the paint was destined to add a new message to the city walls. Every square inch of blank wall space in the city is covered with powerful graffiti against the coup. In spite of government efforts to whitewash over it, the blank spaces are filled in again within hours.

Her and her teamates also witnessed quite a different picture than what the coup usurpers are claiming as far as voter turnout numbers go:

Today the headlines in most of the U.S. media reiterate the official Honduran statistics that 60% of Hondurans went to the polls yesterday. Our delegates visited dozens of polling stations, finding them almost empty, in most places counting more electoral monitors and caretakers than voters. The resistance movement puts abstention at 65-70%.  Which statistic do we prefer to believe?

Read the rest of her good article here:

http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/4975

The support given to powerful actors in Latin America who act to decrease freedom and to oppress the poor… support given by the US government, is going to come back and rain down on our heads hard some day.  The scriptures speak of a time when:

But if they will not turn unto me, and hearken unto my voice, I will suffer them, yea, I will suffer my people, O house of Israel, that they shall go through among them, and shall tread them down, and they shall be as salt that hath lost its savor, which is thenceforth good for nothing but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of my people, O house of Israel.

3 Nephi 16:15

or:

And I say unto you, that if the Gentiles do not repent after the blessing which they shall receive, after they have scattered my people— Then shall ye, who are a remnant of the house of Jacob, go forth among them; and ye shall be in the midst of them who shall be many; and ye shall be among them as a lion among the beasts of the forest, and as a young lion among the flocks of sheep, who, if he goeth through both treadeth down and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.  Thy hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off.

3 Nephi 20:15-17

or:

Therefore it shall come to pass that whosoever will not believe in my words, who am Jesus Christ, which the Father shall cause him to bring forth unto the Gentiles, and shall give unto him power that he shall bring them forth unto the Gentiles, (it shall be done even as Moses said) they shall be cut off from among my people who are of the covenant.   And my people who are a remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles, yea, in the midst of them as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep, who, if he go through both treadeth down and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.  Their hand shall be lifted up upon their adversaries, and all their enemies shall be cut off.  Yea, wo be unto the Gentiles except they repent; for it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Father, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots;  And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strongholds;  And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thy land, and thou shalt have no more soothsayers;  Thy graven images I will also cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of thee, and thou shalt no more worship the works of thy hands;  And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee; so will I destroy thy cities.  And it shall come to pass that all lyings, and deceivings, and envyings, and strifes, and priestcrafts, and whoredoms, shall be done away.  For it shall come to pass, saith the Father, that at that day whosoever will not repent and come unto my Beloved Son, them will I cut off from among my people, O house of Israel;  And I will execute vengeance and fury upon them, even as upon the heathen, such as they have not heard.

3 Nephi 21:11-21

or:

And then, O ye Gentiles, how can ye stand before the power of God, except ye shall repent and turn from your evil ways?   Know ye not that ye are in the hands of God? Know ye not that he hath all power, and at his great command the earth shall be rolled together as a scroll?  Therefore, repent ye, and humble yourselves before him, lest he shall come out in justice against you—lest a remnant of the seed of Jacob shall go forth among you as a lion, and tear you in pieces, and there is none to deliver.

Mormon 5:22-24

or finally:

And it shall come to pass also that the remnants who are left of the land will marshal themselves, and shall become exceedingly angry, and shall vex the Gentiles with a sore vexation.  And thus, with the sword and by bloodshed the inhabitants of the earth shall mourn; and with famine, and plague, and earthquake, and the thunder of heaven, and the fierce and vivid lightning also, shall the inhabitants of the earth be made to feel the wrath, and indignation, and chastening hand of an Almighty God, until the consumption decreed hath made a full end of all nations;

D&C 87:5-6

See also Micah 5:8-15.  We are looking at a world of hurt here.

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මේ අවස්ථාවේදී බොහෝ දෙනකුගේ මාතෘකාව වී ඇත්තේ ජනාධිපතිවරණයයි. ලේඛකයා ඉන් අඩියක් ඔබ්බට ගොස් 2010 ජනවාරි මාසයෙන් පසු උද්ගත විය හැකි තත්ත්වය ගැන සංවාදයක් ඇරැඹීමට අදහස් කරයි. ඒ ලාංකිකයන් බොහොමයකට සේම ඔහුටද වඩා වැදගත් වන්නේ ගෝත්‍රික සටනක් බවට පත්ව ඇති මෙවර ජනාධිපතිවරණය නොව ඉන් පසුව සිදුවන ක්‍රියාවලිය නිසාය. (ජනාධිපතිවරණය වැදගත් වනු ඇත්තේ එහි එක් පාර්ශවයක් නියෝජනය කරමින් පුද්ගලික වාසි ලබා ගැනීමට අපේක්ෂාවෙන් ඉන්නා අජිත් පී. පෙරේරා බඳු පොලිතීසියන් හා දෙපසට බෙදී තම පාර්ශවය වෙනුවෙන් කඩේ යාමට සැදී පැහැදී ඉන්නා බ්ලොග්කරුවන් කිහිප දෙනකුට පමණකි.)

ජනාධිපතිවරණයෙන් වර්තමාන පාලකයාම සමහරවිට සුළු වැඩි ඡන්ද ගණනකින් හෝ යළි බලයට පත්වීම මේ වන විට නිශ්චයකි. එසේ වන්නේ රාජපක්ෂ, ෆොන්සේකාට වඩා ‘හොඳ’ නිසාවත්, පළපුරුදු නිසාවත්, ජනතාව රාජපක්ෂ වඩා ප්‍රියකරන නිසාවත් නොවේ. පවත්නා ක්‍රමය තුළ විධායක ජනාධිපතිවරයකු, ඔහු හෝ ඇය කොයිතරම් දුර්වල වුවද, දෙවන ධුර කාලය සඳහා බලයට පත්වීම සියයට සියයක්ම පාහේ නිශ්චයක් වන නිසාය. තමාද එක තරගකරුවකු සේ සලකා, තමන්ගේ බලතල අතහැර සාධාරණව තරගයක නියැලීමේ සම්ප්‍රදායක් අපේ නායකයන්ට නැත. ජනාධිපති රාජපක්ෂ තරග කරන්නේ ජනාධිපති රාජපක්ෂ ලෙසිනි. තමාගේ පාලනය යටතේ පවත්නා සමස්ත රාජ්‍යතන්ත්‍රයම ඔහු තමන්ගේ මැතිවරණ ව්‍යාපාරය වෙනුවෙන් යොදාගනු ඇති බවට කිසිම සැකයක් නැත. මෙය හුදෙක් රාජ්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අසදාචාරාත්මක ලෙස තමාගේ ප්‍රචාරක ව්‍යාපාරයට යොදා ගැනීමට සීමා නොවේ. හැම රජයේ ආයතනයක්ම ස්වකීය සම්පත් (වාහන, පුද්ගල, මුදල්) විශාල ප්‍රමාණයක් පාලක පක්ෂයේ මැතිවරණ ව්‍යාපාරයට යොමු කරයි. (දකුණු පළාත් සභා මැතිවරණයේදී ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂයේ මැතිවරණ වේදිකා තැනීමට සිරකරුවන් පවා යොදා ගැනුණේය.) පොලීසිය ආණ්ඩු පක්ෂයට කීකරුවන අතරම විරුද්ධ පක්ෂයට කෙනෙහිළි කරයි. වෙනෙකක් තියා නිදහස්ය අප සිතා සිටින දයානන්ද දිශානායක නම් වූ මැතිවරණ කොමසාරිස්වරයාද බලයේ සිටින පාලකයාට ‘යර්ස් සර්’ කියන බයාදු රජයේ නිලධරයෙකි. ත්සුනාමියක් බඳු මේ දැවැන්ත රාජ්‍ය යාන්ත්‍රණයට එරෙහිව සටන් වැද ජය ගැනීමට කිසිම විරුද්ධ පාක්ෂික අපේක්ෂකයකුට පුළුවන්කමක් නැත. සරත් ෆොන්සේකා සම්බන්ධයෙන් වුව මෙහි වෙනසක් වෙතැයි සිතිය නොහැකිය. එක්තරා මට්ටමක නිදහසක් අත්විඳි සිරස වැනි මාධ්‍ය පවා පසුගිය සමයේ නිහඬ කොට තිබීම රාජපක්ෂගේ ජය තව දුරටත් තහවුරු කරයි.

ජයග්‍රහණයෙන් පසු රාජපක්ෂ කෙසේ හැසිරේද යන්න නිශ්චය කර ගත හැක්කේ ජනාධිපතිවරණය තුළ මතුවන කාරණා (issues) සලකා බැලීමෙනි. 2005 ජනාධිපතිවරණයේදී මතුවූ ප්‍රධාන කාරණාව ජනවාර්ගික ගැටළුව හා යුද්ධයයි. ඊට විසඳුමක් ලබා දීම රාජපක්ෂ හමුවේ වූ ප්‍රධානතම අභියෝගය විය. ඔහු මේ ඇජෙන්ඩාවට අනුව ක්‍රියා කොට මේ වන විට යුද්ධය මුළුමනින්ම නවතා ජනවාර්ගික ගැටළුව තව ටික කලකට හෝ බලයෙන් යටපත් කර ඇත. 2010 ජනාධිපතිවරණය මෙබඳු ජනතාවට වැදගත් විය හැකි තනි ප්‍රධාන ගැටළුවක් වටා සංකේන්ද්‍රීය වනු ඇතැයි සිතනු උගහටය. එනිසා ජනාධිපතිවරණයේ ජයග්‍රහණය තනිකරම රාජපක්ෂගේ ජනප්‍රියතාව මත තීරණය වනු ඇත. මෙය “අප ඔබට කැමති නිසා ඔබ පත් කර ගන්නවා. ඔබට හොඳයි කියා සිතෙන දෙයක් දෙයක් කරන්න” යි සමස්ත ජනතාව රාජපක්ෂට කීමකි. වෙනත් වචන වලින් කිව්වොත් “බ්ලෑන්ක් චෙක්” එකක් ප්‍රදානය කිරීමකි. මේ “බ්ලෑන්ක් චෙක්” එක රාජපක්ෂ කිසිම පැකිලීමකින් තොරව ස්වාර්ථය පිණිස භාවිතා කරනු ඇතැයි සිතිය හැකිය.

පසුගිය වසර කිහිපය තුළ ඔහුගේ හැසිරීමෙන් රාජපක්ෂගේ දීර්ඝ කාලීන අරමුණු පැහැදිළිය. ඔහුගේ අවශ්‍යතාවය තමන්ගේ රාජ්‍යයේ මහ රජතුමා බවට පත්වීමය. වැඩවසම් රාජ්‍යයක රාජ්‍යත්වයට පත්වීම ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී රාජ්‍යයක මහජන ඡන්දයෙන් තෝරා ගැනෙන පාලකයා (විධායක බලය ඇතිව හෝ නැතිව) වීමට වඩා ආස්වාදනීය අත්දැකීමකි. මහජන ඡන්දයෙන් පත්වන පාලකයකු යම් නියත කාලයකින් පසු පරාජයට පත්වී හෝ විශ්‍රාම ලබා ඉවත යයි. රටක රජුට එසේ නොව ජීවිතාන්තය දක්වා රට ආණ්ඩු කළ හැකිය. විධායකය පමණක් නොව ව්‍යවස්ථාදායකයද, අධිකරණයද තම සිතැඟි පරිදි පාලනය කළ හැකිය. රජයෙන් තම පවුල සඳහා නියමිත යැපීම් දීමනා ප්‍රමාණවත් නොවේ නම් සිතැඟි පරිදි ඒවා වෙනස් කර ගත හැකිය. රාජ්‍ය භාණ්ඩාගාරය තමන්ගේ පුද්ගලික ධනයේ සේ සලකා ක්‍රියා කළ හැකිය. (අගමැති කොතලාවලට වරක් ප්‍රශ්නයක් මතුවූයේ ලංකාවේ අගමැති නමට ලැබුණු සුදු හංසයින් දෙදනකු තම පුද්ගලික නිවස වන කඳවල වලව්වට ගෙනයාම ගැනය. රජවරුන්ට මෙබඳු ගැටළු නැත. රජයට ලැබෙන ඕනෑම දෙයක් රජතුමාගේය.) එපමණක් නොව තමා සිහසුන හැර යද්දී, කිසිම අපහසුවකින් තොරව පුතනුවන්ට එය උරුම කොට දිය හැකිය. රටක රජුට තමන්ට සිතෙන සිතෙන ආකාරයෙන් බදු පැණවීමටද ඒ මුදල් සියල්ල තම භාණ්ඩාගාරයට යොමු කර ගැනීමටද හැකිය. රටේ සියළුම ව්‍යාපාරික කටයුතු පාලනය කළ හැකිය. වැඩවසම් රාජ්‍යයක ධනවත්ම පුද්ගලයා රජතුමාය. කොයිතරම් ධනවත් වුව යම් සිටුවරයකුගේ ධනය රජුගේ ධනයට වඩා වැඩි වී යැයි බෞද්ධ සාහිත්‍යයේවත් කිසි තැනෙක සඳහනක් නොවේ.

මේ නිසා තම දෙවන ධූර කාලය තුළ රාජපක්ෂ මේ අරමුණු ඉටුකර ගැනීම උදෙසා ක්‍රියා කරනු ඇතැයි සිතිය හැකිය.

1. රාජපක්ෂ ‘රජ’ පවුල ලංකාවේ බලවත්ම පවුල බවට පත් කිරීම
2. රාජපක්ෂ ‘රජ’ පවුල ලංකාවේ ධනවත්ම පවුල බවට පත් කිරීම
3. තම රාජ්‍ය කාලය ජීවිතාන්තය දක්වා බැරිනම්, හැකි උපරිම කාලසීමාව දක්වා දීර්ඝ කර ගැනීම. (මෙය ප්‍රායෝගිකව වසර විස්සක් විය හැකිය.)
4. තමා බලයෙන් ඉවත්ව යද්දී තම වැඩිමහළු පුතු ඒ තනතුරට පත් කිරීම සඳහා පදනම සකස් කිරීම
5. ප්‍රාදේශීය මට්ටමින් තමන්ගේ බලය තහවුරු කර ගැනීම පිණිස රූකඩ පළාත් සභා ආණ්ඩු බිහි කිරීම හා පවත්වාගෙන යාම
6. තමන්ට අවශ්‍ය තීරණ පහසුවෙන් ගැනීමට හැකිවන සේ ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී ආයතන හැකි උපරිම මට්ටමට නිහඬ කිරීම
7. විරුද්ධ දේශපාලන මතවාද පාලනය කිරීම හා විරුද්ධ පක්ෂය හැකි උපරිම ලෙස මර්ධනය කිරීම (රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ නම් දේශපාලන නපුංසකයා සිටින තුරු මෙයට ලොකු අමතර වෙහෙසක් දැරිය යුතු නොවේ.)
8. තමන්ට විවේචනාත්මක අභියෝගයක් එල්ල විය හැකි මාධ්‍ය නිහඬ කිරීම
9. සුළු ජාතීන් මර්ධනය කොට සියළු රාජ්‍ය හා වෙළෙඳ බලතල තමා අයත්වන සිංහල බෞද්ධ ගෝත්‍රික සමාජය අත කේන්ද්‍රගත කිරීම
10. දියවී යන තම ප්‍රතිරූපය පවත්වා ගැනීම සඳහා මහජන මුදලින් දැවැන්ත ආයෝජන සිදු කිරීම (දැයට කිරුළ වැනි ප්‍රදර්ශන, යෝධ කටවුට් හා ප්‍රතිමා, මුද්දර, නෝට්ටු යනාදියට රුව යොදා ගැනීම, පෝස්ටර් ව්‍යාපාර )

මේ සියල්ල රාජපක්ෂට සාක්ෂාත්කර ගත හැක්කේ එකම ආකාරයකින් පමණකි. ඒ ඉඩි අමීන් සේ දුර්දාන්ත ඒකාධිපතියකු බවට පත්වීමෙනි. එසේ හෙයින් ඔහු ඉදිරි වසර හය තුළ එතැනට ගමන් කරතැයි සිතීම තර්කානුකූලය. ඉඩි අමීන්ට සේම මෙහිදී ඔහුටද විරුද්ධතා (විශේෂයෙන්ම බටහිර රටවලින්) මතුවීමට ඉඩ ඇතද දැනටමත් රාජපක්ෂ රටේ මානසිකත්වය සකසා ඇත්තේ බටහිර රටවල්, අන්තර්ජාතික ආයතන වලින් එල්ල වන කවර හෝ විරෝධතාවයක්, එහි ඇත්ත නැත්ත සොයා නොබලාම ප්‍රතික්ෂේප කිරීමටය. (උදා: චැනල් 4 වීඩියෝව ඉදිරිපත්කරන ලද අවස්ථාවේ එය ප්‍රතික්ෂේප කරන ලද්දේ කිසිම පරීක්ෂණයක් පැවැත්වීමට කලිනි.) එහෙයින් ඔහුට එතැනට ගමන් කිරීමට කිසිම බාධාවක් නොවේ.

රට වැඩවසම් සමාජයක් කරා ගමන් කිරීමත්, ඒ වැඩවසම් සමාජය තුළ පූර්ණ බලැති රජ පවුලක් ඇති වීමත්, ඒ රජ පවුල විසින් තමන්ගේ ඕනෑ එපා කම්වලට අනුව රටේ ආර්ථිකය මෙහෙයවීමත් කවර හෝ දේශයකට අන්තරාදායක බව අමුතුවෙන් කිවමනා නොවේ. අවාසනාවකට මේ අන්තරාය එතැනින් කෙළවර නොවන්නේය. ඉදිරි වසර හය තුළ මීට අමතරව සිදුවිය හැකි තවත් භයානක ව්‍යසනයක් නම් ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ ලංකා ඉතිහාසයේ තෙවන වතාවට ආයුධ අතට ගැනීමය. මෙය එක්තරා අන්දමකට අසූව දශකයේ සිදුවූ ක්‍රියාවලියම පුනරාවර්තනය වීමක් විය හැකිය. අසූව දශකයේ ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ ආයුධ අතට ගන්නේද නිශ්චිත අරමුණක් ඇතිව නොව දැඩි ඉච්ඡා භංගත්වයේ (extreme frustration) ප්‍රතිඵලයක් ලෙසය. අද රාජපක්ෂ විසින් සකසනු ලබන වටපිටාව තුළ මෙය නැවත සිදුවීමේ දැඩි අවදානමක් පවතී. (ජවිපෙ නිර්දෝෂී බව මින් අදහස් නොවේ.) කාගේ හෝ වරදකින් ඇතිවන මේ ‘කැරැල්ල’ 1971 හෝ 1989 සිදුවූවාටද වඩා දරුණු ක්‍රම භාවිතා කොට මර්ධනය කෙරෙනු ඇත්තේය.

මේ දකුණය. මීට සමාන්තර ක්‍රියාවලි උතුරේ හා නැඟෙනහිර සිදුවිය හැකිය. මිලිටරි බලයෙන් LTTEය අතුගා දැමුවාට LTTEය බිහිවීමට තුඩුදුන් හේතු සාධක කිසිවක් ඉවත් කිරීමට රාජපක්ෂට තවමත් නොහැකි වී ඇති නිසාය. රටේ සම්පත් හා අවස්ථා වර්ගවාදී පදනම මත තෝරාගත් සුළු ජනකොටසක් අතර අසමමිතිකව බෙදී යාම අපේ රටේ ජනතාව තව දුරටත් නිහඬව ඉවසා සිටිනු ඇතැයි සිතිය නොහැකිය.

මේ සටහනෙහි අරමුණ රාජපක්ෂ වෙනුවට සරත් ෆොන්සේකා පත් කොට ගැනීමෙන් මේ ව්‍යසනයෙන් මිදිය හැකිය කීම නොවේ. ෆොන්සේකාද රාජපක්ෂගේ නිවුන් සොහොයුරා බඳු ගෝත්‍රික නායකයෙකි. බලයට පත්වූ පසු ඔහු විසින්ද සමාන ක්‍රියාදාමයක් නොගෙන යනු ඇති බවට කිසිම සහතිකයක් නොවේ. (පෙර ලියා ඇති නිසා ෆොන්සේකා ගැන අළුතින් ලිවීම අර්ථ විරහිතය.) ඊට අමතරව, කලින් පැහැදිළි කළ ආකාරයට පවත්නා සන්දර්භය තුළ ෆොන්සේකා බලයට පත්විය හැකි ඉඩ අතිශයින් අල්පය. බිත්තර බිඳෙන්නට පළමු කුකුළු පැටවුන් ගණන් කළ යුතු නොවේ.

මෙරට නුදුරු අනාගතයෙහි අන්තනෝමතික වැඩවසම් ඒකාධිපති පාලනයක් බිහිවීම නතර කළ හැකි එකම ප්‍රායෝගික මාර්ගය සේ ලේඛකයාට පෙනෙන්නේ සමතුලිත පාර්ලිමේන්තුවක් ඇති කිරීමය. ප්‍රබල විපක්ෂයක් ගොඩ නැගීම තුළින් ජනධිපතිවරයාගේ හිතුවක්කාර ක්‍රියා යම් මට්ටමකට පාලනය වේ. එහෙත් මේ රටේ ඡන්දදායකයා නැමැති මෝඩයාගේ චින්තනය හොඳින් දන්නා නිසා ඒ ගැනද වැඩි බලපොරොත්තු තබා ගැනීමට ඔහු පැකිළෙන්නේය.

Hello everyone,

Below you will find the Romanian version of the Pact for the Reformation of Romania – a document formulated by the Romanian civil society, in the context of only four days before the second round of the Presidential election (6th of December), the recent protests in Timisoara and around the country (1st of December), the overall state of the Romanian politics, and the condamnation of communism, neocommunism, and post-communism.

Unfortunately, I do not have an English version of this document yet.

Other relevant documents, in English, can be found at: http://www.libertates.com/en/docs/appeal.pdf and http://www.libertates.com/en/docs/report.pdf

Fw: Condamnăm trista parodie de la Timişoara

Wed, December 2, 2009 7:38:49 AM

> From: Sorin ILIESIU
> Subject: Condamnăm trista parodie de la Timişoara
> Date: Wednesday, 2 December, 2009, 3:15
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> Condamnăm trista parodie de la Timişoara
> 1 Decembrie 2009
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> Dezavuăm balul mascat în care, de 20 de ani încoace, România a fost târâtă deliberat de criptocomuniştii profesionişti – dirijaţi de Ion Iliescu – care au deturnat revoluţia prin genocidul neocomunist comis între 22 şi 27 decembrie 1989.
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> Dezavuăm parodia reconcilierii naţionale care a avut loc astăzi 1 Decembrie 2009, în cadrul acestui bal mascat, chiar în metropola martiriului anticomunist, Timişoara, într-un ocean de steaguri roşii comuniste asumate fără sfială de PSD, tot acolo unde a fost lansată acum aproape 20 de ani celebra proclamaţie, adevărata cartă a revoluţiei anticomuniste.
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> Astăzi, cu câteva zile înainte de alegerile prezidenţiale, să nu uităm că România a îndurat cel mai cumplit regim comunist din Europa anilor 1950-1980: teroare, spaimă, frig, foamete, întuneric şi totodată cele mai multe victime faţă de numărul unei populaţii supravegheate de cea mai înfricoşătoare poliţie politică.
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> Să nu uităm că România a fost singura ţară în care s-au înregistrat victime la căderea comunismului: nu au fost câteva victime, a fost un genocid deliberat cu 1600 de oameni masacraţi la întâmplare (peste 1400 fiind sacrificaţi de neocomunişti după 22 Decembrie 1989).
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> În preajma alegerilor prezidenţiale, la 20 de ani de la căderea acestui cumplit regim comunist, asistăm la climaxul farsei criptocomuniste, un spectacol abject al amneziei, al cinismului, al sfidării memoriei eroilor masacraţi, al amoralităţii, al iresponsabilităţii, al lipsei totale de patriotism şi de demnitate, spectacol al complicităţii în diferite grade la crime neocomuniste, spectacol al dezonoarei absolute.
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> Să nu uităm că scamatorul şef al ultimilor 20 de ani, paleo-neo-comunistul Ion Iliescu, a fost implicat în crimele comuniste ale reprimării studenţilor protestatari din 1956-57 şi a celor din 1968, precum şi – Doamne Dumnezeule! – în masacrul neocomunist din 22-27 decembrie 1989 şi în fratricidul din 13-15 iunie 1990.
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> Cum a fost posibil ca poporul român să aleagă de trei ori un asemenea preşedinte?
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> Răspunsul poate fi aflat citind manualele diversiunii fără Dumnezeu studiate în tinereţe la Moscova de cel care va deveni “blestemul şi nenorocirea României postcomuniste”. Aceste diversiuni cu efect de genocid la propriu şi la figurat, au fost puse în aplicare începând din seara zilei de 22 Decembrie 1989 când a început o terifiantă tragedie naţională care ar trebui încheiată definitiv acum, după 20 de ani de dezonoare în care un act miraculos de onoare a fost condamnarea comunismului prăbuşit prin masacru şi salvat prin genocid de Ion Iliescu, scenaristul, regizorul şi actorul principal al acestui însângerat “bal mascat” în care poporul nostru a fost jertfit fără vreo remuşcare.
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> IN V I T A Ţ I E
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> către Dl Traian Băsescu şi Dl Mircea Geoană – candidaţi la Preşedinţia României
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> Vă invităm Joi 3 decembrie, la orele 12, la sediul Asociaţiei “21 Decembrie 1989″ din Bucureşti str.Batiştei nr.24A, pentru a semna Pactul pentru reformarea României propus de societatea civilă.
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> Refuzul semnării acestui pact ar însemna dispreţul faţă de idealurile revoluţiei anticomuniste, faţă de memoria celor peste 1600 de oameni ucişi în genocidul din decembrie 1989 de la care se împlinesc 20 de ani.
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> PACTUL PENTRU  REFORMAREA  ROMÂNIEI
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> între societatea civilă şi candidaţii la Preşedinţia României
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> Dl Traian Băsescu  şi  Dl Mircea Geoană
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> Semnând acest pact, fiecare candidat la Preşedinţia României se angajeaza că dacă va câştiga alegerile prezidenţiale va acţiona pentru reformarea morală a României, reconciliere naţională şi decomunizare, conform dezideratelor exprimate în următoarele documente ale societăţii civile: Proclamaţia de la Timişoara din 1990, Proclamaţia pentru România din 2005, Apelul pentru România din 2005 lansat de GDS, Proclamaţia pentru decomunizarera României din 2008.
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> Având în vedere îndatoririle şi prerogativele constituţionale, viitorul Preşedinte al României va acţiona astfel:
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> 1.
> Va solicita autorităţilor judiciare să respecte Articolul 21 alineatul 3 din Constituţie, care garantează dreptul la “un proces echitabil şi la soluţionarea cauzelor într-un termen rezonabil” în soluţionarea şi finalizarea cauzelor privind crimele şi actele de violenţă din decembrie 1989 şi iunie 1990.
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> 2.
> Va solicita Parlamentului şi Guvernului să acţioneze pentru reformarea morală prin adoptarea legilor şi măsurilor pentru decomunizarea României, prezentate în anexă, recomandate de Raportul Final al Comisiei Prezidenţiale pentru Analiza Dictaturii Comuniste din România.
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> 3.
> Va acţiona pentru condamnarea naţională şi internaţională a Pactului Stalin-Hitler (Molotov-Ribbentrop) şi a consecinţelor lui, ca ilegitime şi criminale.
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> 4.
> Va solicita autorităţilor judiciare să intensifice lupta împotriva corupţiei, să cerceteze modul în care s-a reconsolidat oligarhia securisto-comunistă în România şi să verifice corectitudinea privatizărilor făcute de această oligarhie care a acaparat fraudulos puterea economică în România.
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> 5.
> Va solicita SRI şi SIE să reexamineze cele cca 97.000 dosare din arhivele fostei Securităţi considerate de “siguranţă naţională” şi să predea către CNSAS pe cele care nu se încadrează în această categorie. De asemenea, va solicita CNSAS să verifice într-un ritm susţinut colaborarea cu fosta Securitate a persoanelor aflate în funcţii publice.
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> Menţionăm că prevederile acestui pact sunt conforme cu articolele 80 şi 82 din Constituţia României. Potrivit art.80: “Preşedintele României veghează la respectarea Constituţiei şi la buna funcţionare a autorităţilor publice. În acest scop, Preşedintele exercită funcţia de mediere între puterile statului, precum şi între stat şi societate”.
> Potrivit art.82, Preşedintele se obligă prin jurământ să acţioneze cu prioritate pentru “propăşirea spirituală a poporului român”, pentru “apărarea democraţiei, a drepturilor şi libertăţilor fundamentale ale cetăţenilor”.
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> Anexăm legile şi măsurile pentru decomunizarea României.
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> 28 octombrie 2008
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> Sorin Ilieşiu – vicepreşedintele Alianţei Civice, autorul apelurilor pentru condamnarea naţională şi internaţională a comunismului http://www.gds.ong.ro/apel.htm
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> http://www.libertates.com/en/articles/40-appeal-for-the-condemnation-of-the-criminality-and-illegittimacy-of-communism.html
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> Asociaţia 21 Decembrie 1989, Teodor Mărieş – Preşedinte

> Societatea Timişoara, Florian Mihalcea – Preşedinte

> Blocul Naţional al Revoluţionarilor 1989, George Costin – Preşedinte executiv

> Memorialul Revoluţiei 16-22 Decembrie 1989 Timişoara, dr.Traian Orban – Preşedinte

> Fundaţia Memoria, prof.univ.dr Ilie Popa – Preşedinte

> Fundaţia Corneliu Coposu, Rodica Coposu şi Flavia Bălescu

> Seniorii Ligii Studenţilor din Universitatea Bucureşti 1990, avocat Antonie Popescu – Senior

> Fundaţia Culturală Timpul, Iaşi, Liviu Antonesei – Preşedinte

> Fundaţia Icar, Dr. Camelia Doru – Preşedinte

> Romanian-American Network Inc. NGO – Chicago, SUA – Steven V. Bonica – Preşedinte

> Asociaţia Cives, Ioan Roşca – Preşedinte

> Grupul de acţiune Noii Golani

> Consiliul Mondial Român, Ştefana Bianu – Vicepreşedinte

> Fundatia Naţională pentru Românii de Pretutindeni, Daniela Soros – Vicepreşedinte

> Asociaţia Românilor din Australia, Mihai Maghiaru – Preşedinte

> Organizaţia luptătorilor pentru apărarea drepturilor omului, I.Leşu – Preşedinte

> Sindicatul Naţional al Ţăranilor şi al Proprietarilor Români, Dan Drăghici – Preşedinte

> Asociaţia Europeană a Cadrelor Didactice – Secţiunea Naţională România, prof.univ.dr. Florin-Cristian Gheorghe – Preşedinte

> Asociaţia Scriitorilor Români şi Germani din Bavaria, Radu Bărbulescu – Preşedinte

> Association Culturelle et Amicale Roumaine, Gabriel Penciu – Preşedinte

> L’Alliance Belgo-Roumaine, Bruxelles, Ecaterina Evanghelescu – Preşedinte

> Organizaţia Neguvernamentală Ecomondia, prof.dr.Alexandru Ionescu – Preşedinte

> Consiliul Român American, Neculai Popa – Preşedinte

> Asociaţia Copiilor Revoluţiei, Cătălin Giurcanu – Preşedinte

> Asociaţia Adevăr şi Dreptate, Nicolae Bănuţoiu – Preşedinte

> Asociaţia Apolitică “Societatea Târgovişte”, Ilie Petre Ştirbescu – Preşedinte

> Fundaţia Redarea Istoriei, jurist Păun Gabriel Virgil – Preşedinte

> Fundaţia Ioan Bărbuş, Anca Maria Cernea – Preşedinte

> Federaţia naţională Omenia a Pensionarilor (peste 1.000.000 de membri), dr.ing.Gheorghe Chioaru – Preşedinte

> Grupul văduvelor de eroi martiri

> Federaţia sindicală “Solidaritatea – Virgil Săhleanu” a siderurgiştilor din România

> Fundaţia Naţională a Revoluţiei din Decembrie 1989 – Timişoara, Pompiliu Alămorean – Preşedinte

> Sindicatul Solidaritatea al siderurgiştilor Galaţi, Ilinca Diaconu – Preşedinte

> Sindicatul Solidaritatea Hunedoara

> Sindicatul ALRO Slatina, Ion Ioan – Preşedinte
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> AN E X Ă
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>  LEGILE ŞI MĂSURILE PENTRU DECOMUNIZAREA ROMÂNIEI*
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> preluate din Proclamaţia pentru decomunizarea României (din 23 august 2008)
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>
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> 4.1.
> Cercetarea prin Justiţie a crimelor istoriei recente a României. Finalizarea urgentă a cercetărilor justiţiei referitoare la masacrul din decembrie 1989 şi fratricidul din iunie 1990 comis împotriva manifestanţilor anticomunişti, a societăţii civile, a partidelor istorice şi a presei independente. Cercetarea prin justiţie a următoarelor evenimente: reprimarea revoltei muncitoreşti din Valea Jiului, 1977, reprimarea revoltei anticomuniste din Braşov, 1987; diversiunea etnică din Târgu-Mureş, 1990; mineradele din 1990, 1991, 1999. Desecretizarea imediată a arhivelor lămuritoare faţă de aceste evenimente.
> 4.2.
> Recunoaşterea caracterului anticomunist al revoluţiei începute în decembrie 1989; recunoaşterea Proclamaţiei de la Timişoara (martie 1990) şi a manifestaţiei din Piaţa Universităţii din Bucureşti (aprilie-iunie 1990) ca momente reprezentative ale revoluţiei.
> 4.3.
> Legea lustraţiei anticomuniste.
> 4.4.
> Legea declarării crimelor şi abuzurilor regimului comunist ca fiind crime împotriva umanităţii şi imprescriptibile juridic.
> 4.5.
> Legea interzicerii şi pedepsirii actelor de apologie a comunismului, precum şi a actelor de negare a crimelor şi fărădelegilor regimului comunist (extremismul de stânga trebuie respins cu aceeaşi hotărâre precum cel de dreapta). Interzicerea comercializării, difuzării, publicării şi afişării simbolurilor grafice comuniste şi a materialelor de propagandă comuniste cu excepţia contextului cultural/educativ antitotalitar. Eliminarea numelor de foşti comunişti pentru denumiri publice: străzi, localitaţi, instituţii etc..
> 4.6.
> Legea anulării sentinţelor de condamnare politică emise de justiţia comunistă după principiile luptei de clasă între anii 1945-1989; anularea condamnărilor la moarte a celor care au dat pe faţă criminalitatea comunismului; abrogarea prevederilor decretului lui N.Ceauşescu din 1988 referitor la crimele politice.
> 4.7.
> Reînhumarea victimelor comunismului îngropate în gropi comune.
> 4.8.
> Legea recunoştinţei faţă de luptătorii anticomunişti, faţă de foştii deţinuţi politici; majorarea semnificativă a pensiilor acestora şi acordarea de gratuităţi.
> 4.9.
> Legea reducerii la minimum a pensiilor responsabililor pentru crimele comuniste: foşti activişti comunişti din nomenclatura PCR, foşti conducători şi torţionari ai Securităţii, foşti conducători ai Miliţiei, ai Ministerului de Interne şi ai “Justiţiei” comuniste.
> 4.10.
> Legea desecretizării şi deschiderii arhivelor comuniste şi postcomuniste; garantarea accesului liber şi neîngrădit la aceste arhive; transferul urgent al acestora la CNSAS sau la Arhivele Naţionale; publicarea pe internet a arhivelor; trecerea Arhivelor Naţionale în subordinea Ministerului Culturii şi Cultelor.
> 4.11.
> Legea împotriva distrugerii, manipulării, falsificării, ascunderii sau sustragerii de documente din arhivele comuniste şi postcomuniste; urmărirea penală a făptuitorilor.
> 4.12.
> Legea restituirii arhivelor confiscate abuziv (arhivele cultelor religioase, arhivele sioniste ş.a.).
> 4.13.
> Legea reparaţiilor faţă de foşti cetăţeni români exilaţi, autoexilaţi sau “vânduţi” în perioada comunistă.
> 4.14.
> Legea prezentării adevărului referitor la perioada precomunistă, comunistă şi neocomunistă în manualele şcolare de istorie naţională şi universală. Studierea în şcoli a istoriei comunismului şi a Holocaustului să fie obligatorie, nu opţională.
> 4.15.
> Legea pentru instituirea Zilei Memoriei Victimelor Comunismului, pentru înfiinţarea în Bucureşti a Muzeului Dictaturii Comuniste, pentru construirea în centrul capitalei a Monumentului Victimelor Comunismului.
> 4.16.
> Legea cercetării prin Justiţie a reconsolidării oligarhiei securisto-comuniste în România postcomunistă. Confiscarea de către stat a averilor dobândite prin fraudă.
> 4.17.
> Legea cercetării prin Justiţie a privatizărilor făcute de oligarhia securisto-comunistă care a acaparat puterea economică în România. Confiscarea de către stat a fostelor bunuri ale statului privatizate fraudulos şi reprivatizarea acestora în beneficiul exclusiv al poporului român.
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> *
> Majoritatea măsurilor şi legilor pentru decomunizare sunt propuse inclusiv de Raportul final al Comisiei Prezidenţiale pentru Analiza Dictaturii Comuniste din România (decembrie 2006).
> Legile decomunizării sunt, de asemenea, în spiritul următoarelor documente: Proclamaţia de la Timişoara (martie 1990), Proclamaţia pentru România (aprilie 2005), Apelul pentru România (iunie 2005), Rezoluţia nr. 1481 a Adunării Parlamentare a Consiliului Europei (ianuarie 2006), Apelul pentru condamnarea comunismului (martie 2006), Discursul din 18 Decembrie 2006 al Preşedintelui României în faţa Camerelor reunite ale Parlamentului pentru condamnarea regimului comunist din România ca ilegitim şi criminal în baza Raportului final al Comisiei Prezidenţiale pentru Analiza Dictaturii Comuniste din România (decembrie 2006), Apelul către Parlamentul României şi Parlamentul European (martie 2007), Apelul pentru Adevăr (ianuarie 2008), Rapoartele Comisiei Europene privind România (2007, 2008), Declaraţia de la Praga privind conştiinţa morală europeană şi comunismul (iunie 2008).

Tens of thousands of Tamil refugees are free to leave the region where they have been held since the civil war providing they register with authorities so their movements can be monitored,” Sri Lanka govt said.

United Nations issued a cautious welcome to the Sri Lankan government’s move.

“We see it as a form of release … which is not ideal but is a step forward from having people encased in barbed wire. We do expect everyone to be allowed home by the deadline set by the government of 31 January.” said Gordon Weiss, a spokesman for the UN in Colombo.

Most of the analysts are watching this new move with great interests as Sri Lankan govt’s past human rights record is pretty abysmal. Many are of opinion that the government move is to appease the Tamil voters for the coming Presidential elections in the country.

Hindi ako radikal na tao. Para sa akin:

(ang) pelikula’t politika’y tila’y iisa.

Matira ang matibay.

Karnabal na sistema.

–Jay contreras, Kamikazee

pasikot sikot ang mundo nilang nasa itaas, kung pwede wag nalang mangielam.

Dumating si Obama. Marami ang nahumaling sa salitang “change”. Kesyo fashion statement man yan o kung anumang “trend”, nauso sya at naghakot ng malaking boto mula sa kabataan.

Nagkaroon ng ideya ang mga Pilipino. Baka nga naman pwede pa ang pagbabago sa lupang sinilangan. Baka naman pwede pa nating ayusin ang sistemang namamatay na sa cancer, tumor, at kung ano mang-nagnanana na sakit na kumakain dito.

Namayagpag nanaman sa ere ang si bunsong si Juan. Ginigising ang kamalayan. Ang pagbabago hawak ng kinabukasan ng bayan.

Certified Botante

Bente-uno anyos na ako ng magparehistro. hindi pa huli ang lahat ika nga. Sumabay man ako sa agos, o sadyang natauhan lang ako, kayo na ang humusga. Nilagdaan ko ang application form at official voter na ako.

Hayan, nadagdagan na ang bilang ng bagong botante para sa kontrobersyal na 2010 election. Matutupad na kaya ung pangarap ng ilang pulitiko na “sapilitang” (kasi hindi naman talaga) ihinantutulad kay Obama?

Nakakatawa nga e. Ang aga-aga pa, may mga commercial na sa telebisyon. Ang aga-aga pa, may mga facebook fan page, friendster, multiply, twitter, YM, blog, pay-per-click ad na agad ang mga naghahangad sa trono. At mayroon pang madramang MTV na paulit-ulit na pinapalabas. Napaiyak ako nun ah, si marian at dingdong kasama ni mariel rodriguez at boy abunda?

Noong una, kaintri-intriga ang mga nababalitang tatakbo. dahan-dahan kasi, yan daming nadapa. Sa sobrang daming awesome na candidates, hindi na makapili.

Pero sabi nga nila, pag nagbilang ka ng maaga, nawawala ang grasya. Unti-unting nawala ang mga bet ko. Kesyo hindi nya panahon, yung nag-asawa ng wala sa oras nadaganan ng namatayan, at yung isa, kahit tatakbo pa naman siya, ay iniendorso ng isang artistang kinakainsan ko kasi medyo mayabang siya. (at least medyo lang sinabi ko ha)

Kaninang umaga, nakapagfile na yata lahat ng mga may trip tumakbo, iniannounce na ng media yung mga official presidential candidates. Napatigil ako’t napaisip, bakit wala na atang amor sakin ang bumoto?

Boboto kapaba?

Ginulantang tayo ng makademonyong pagpaslang sa media at supporters sa Maguindanao. 22 na babae ang pinaputukan sa ari. 50+ ang nakitang nakalibing. Yung iba, sabi sa otopsi, buhay pa ng tinabunan ng lupa. All for the sake of winning the goddamn governatiorial race.

Kasabay ng balitang ito ang pagkapanalo ni Efren Penaflorida bilang CNN hero of the year.

Kawawa naman si Penaflorida, dapat siya ang sikat sa araw na yun e pero dahil may mga hayok sa kapangyarihan, natabunan ang mapagkawang gawang puso niya.

Buti pa si Pacquiao nabigyan ng tamang recognition.

At sa gitna ng pilit na paglimot, saka naman ginunita si Penaflorida. Pero nak ng tukneneng naman. Ang daming namantala.

Nataon kasi na maghahain na pasahan na ng CoCs. May isang artistang nag-interview kay Penaflorida sa kanyang tanyag na palabas. Akalain mo bang tanungin sya kung “gusto mo ilakad kita sa kanila kulang pa sila?“

Hindi ko nagustuhan ang tono nya. WAG dungisan ang totoong puro ang kabaitan. Porke changed image kana sa tingin mo forgotten na ung mga harrassment cases mo?

Kasabay nito, naalala kong muli ang rason kung bakit ayaw kong bumoto dati.

Madaming makabayan ang nagpapanggap na makabayan para makuha ang simpatya at suporta ng nakararami, ng makapangyarihan at ng maimpluwensya.

Sa ngayon, hindi mahihirap ang malakas. Hindi masa. Kaya sir, wag ka sa kanila makiusap.

At sa isa pang sir, wag mo narin daanin sa Rock Concert. Kahit yayain mo pa ang banda ko para tumugtog, mag-iisip parin ako kung sino iboboto ko.

May isa kong kaibigan. May koneksyon sya sa isa sa empleyado sa senado. At naikwento nya ang mga personalidad na kung magproject sa camera ay sobrang ‘humble’. Pero hindi.

Aristocrata raw at mayabang ung isa. Tae di paba obvious yun sa kapatid nya? AHAHAHA kung tumawa.

Si rakstar naman raw, isnabero. Karisma lang daw nya talaga nagdadala sa kanya pati na rin yung malupet nyang kantang Hoy Pinoy Ako.

Nakakawindang ng makita ko yung popularity sarbey. Talaga nga naman si Juan, ang EMO.

History don’t repeat itself, people repeat history.–Analisa Yanga

At the end of the day, boboto parin ako. Kasi karapatan ko yon. Kasama ng blog na ito. Hindi naman sa wala akong choice. At hindi rin ako pessimistic. May pag-asa pa at dadarating din ang pagbabago sa lupang sinilangan.

Sana lang wag madala ang mga tao kesyo iniendorso ni ganito o kasi anak siya ni ganyan o kasi nanalo nanaman sya sa ring o kasi siya ang lider ng religion ko.

WAG EMO. Wag naman magbase sa kung ano gusto ng majority. Pag-isipan naman mabuti. At kahit latak ang tingin sa mga kandidato, just pray and wish na tama yung magiging desisyon mo.

Sa iboboto ko, sana kung manalo ka man, sana sa ilalim ng iyong liderato, matigil na ang pagpaslang sa aming mga peryodista. Karapatan ng lahat na malaman ang totoo. Tulay lamang kami ng balita, at hindi kami gumagawa ng balita kundi kayo. Kung ayaw nyo magkaroon ng masamang balita ukol sa inyo, edi wag ka manamantala. tsss….

Tragic Rapid Demise of Presidential Candidate

 

Greeley portrayed reaching across graves of Andersonville

On This Date in History:  In the presidential election of 1872,  New York Tribune founder and editor Horace Greeley faced off against incumbent, Ulysses S. Grant.  Greeley never saw a social reform that he didn’t like and he actually was nominated by a group known as the Liberal Republicans who split from the main party that nominated President Grant.  In somewhat of a surprise, the Democrats nominated Greeley, who once said that “All Democrats may not be rascals, but all rascals are Democrats.”  But Greeley was in favor of amnesty for all ex-Confederates and for withdrawl of all federal troops from the southern states.  And at that point, the Democrats were in a favor of anyone who held such views. 

Greeley Kneeling to the Democrat Devil

But, Greeley was hammered as a candidate.  Editors and cartoonists lampooned his rumpled clothes, chin whiskers and baby face.  They piled on him for his support of prohibition, vegetarianism and visions of communes.  Greeley openly wondered if he was running for the penitentiary or the presidency.  On top of his sensitivity to savage public criticism and ridicule, he was dealing with an ailing wife.  In September 1872 he remained in New York at his wife bedside and slept little until her death on October 30, 1872 which was the week before the election.

Greeley and his running mate depicted as Doomed

Grant won 30 out of 36 states.  Grant received 286 electoral votes and Greeley just 66.  Officially though, Greeley only received 3 electoral votes.  That is because on this date in 1872, Horace Greeley died which was prior to the official voting by the electoral college.  Following Greeley’s death, 63 of the electors scattered their votes among four other candidates.  Perhaps this is symbolic of the tragic end to Horace Greeley. Following the devastating loss of his wife, the public flogging by his detractors during the campaign and his overwhelming defeat at the polls, Greeley was a broken man; and things got worse.  He tried to resume control of the Tribune but was pushed aside by acting editor Whitelaw Reid.  Instead of welcoming Greeley back, Reid put a box on the front page of the paper that mocked Republican office seekers who had sought Greeley’s assistance.  When Greeley offered a response, Reid refused to publish it in the paper.  And get this…Whitelaw Reid not only had been invited to join the Tribune by Greeley, but he also had been Greeley’s campaign manager!   Just three weeks after the election that may have elevated him to the top office in the land, Horace Greeley died; his mind so broken that his condition was described as “insane.”

Today, we say that politics is “rough and tumble” but I don’t think we’ve seen anything like the 1872 election which one might say, cost Horace Greeley his life.

Sunday Evening

Weather Bottom Line:   Well, phooey on me.  Not only did we warm up after a chilly start on Saturday, we got to the low 60’s which I had said would be tough to do.  Oh well, better to miss when its a few degrees warmer than the opposite. Otherwise, everything else is on track and its not all that good.  I was correct in saying that Saturday would be the warmest we would see for many days.  Sunday with clouds increasing and thickening, we will not be as warm as Saturday but I do think we stay dry during the day.  Sunday night, a cold front comes through and we get rain and showers will carry over into Monday.   Look for sharply colder condition on Monday with highs only in the low 40’s…maybe mid 40’s for southern parts of the viewing area. 

Freezing line at all levels at Gulf Coast by Friday morning

Tuesday we get a reprieve though temperatures will be seasonally cool.  A cut off low has been lurking in the Southwest US and a strong front with a deep trof will pick that up and on Wednesday, it moves across Texas, picks up Gulf moisture and moves quickly into the Southeast US.  Our rain chances will consequently go up with cloudy conditions and the front that picks up that cut off low will be making its way through the area.  Look for your local forecast to once again mention snow.  While this time around it may be a bit more possible than last week, it is still largely irrelevant.  Temperatures will be cold but above freezing. Ground temperatures certainly won’t be cold enough for any accumulation.  In my mind, its simply a conversation piece at best.  But, the latter part of the week probably won’t see temperatures much above 40 with some maybe not getting above 40 until Saturday and even then it won’t be much above 40.

Today in two countries of Latin American presidential elections are held: the second round “runoff “in Uruguay between Jose “Pepe “Mujica (former Tupamaro, former guerrilla, a participant in the epoch of the Tupamaros of bank robberies, assassinations, kidnappings and Luis Alberto “Cuqui” Lacalle (Uruguay’s former president in charge of the bankruptcy of one of the largest banks in an economic situation that almost destroyed the country with the subsequent suicide of several people) and on the other hand there is the situation in Honduras where brethren to Manuel Zelaya are asking people not to go to vote, because that Zelaya was expelled from the presidency through a coup d’etat to get him out of the chair one night expelled to Costa Rica and now a refugee in the embassy of Brazil in Honduras, Roberto Micheletti supporting that until a few days had been in power since the deposition of Zelaya, who look forward to these new elections to have a president elected by the people, the international community to react to the coup demanding the return to power of Zelaya but timidly that currently says “that will recognize the new president of Honduras, where the turnout in Honduras shows that the public took to the polls significantly”

in the situation of Honduras, there are some frays calls warning of bombs, the explosion of a bomb, and a population that simima not know what to expect and the reality is that anger afraid to throw on Sunday.

In the case of Honduras, democracy is being violated, because the right to vote is being jeopardized by attacks, with the possibility of retaliation if it is exercised and whether or not they subsequently be respected, if accepted to an elite who is chosen as president.
In Uruguay, the most right now are flooding concerns due to heavy rains in recent days, but democracy itself is to be exercised freely, without fear, without warning, without the possibility of anyone can be detained for going to vote.

As Uruguayan, and being that this year I will vote no because I do not agree with either candidate and in my opinion not that of the two may be better because if I’m honest, both candidates leave much to be desired and its past sentence, I’m proud of my country’s civic capacity.
I wish the brotherly people of Honduras, can return to resume their civic path, its path to democracy, without fear, with the freedom that we have the right to exercise them.

We will see who will from today, after the counting of votes will hold the Presidency in both Uruguay and Honduras, but in both cases, those who are elected, aware that the “power resides in the people”, the people is the supply to them, but it is the people who chose, and not forget what they say in political campaigns, let so much rhetoric, and knowing it is all talk, but do the people seeking , that the country better, and grow, be built, and go in search of prosperity always keeping ahead of democracy, freedoms of citizens, freedom of the people who elected them.

Romanians vote for a president on Sunday in the first round of an election that is crucial to breaking a political impasse that has blocked the recession-blighted country’s access to international financial aid. According to opinion polls, struggling to enter in the second round of presidential elections to give between three candidates: Traian Basescu, Crin Antonescu and Mircea Geoana. Financial Times make a brief characterization of the three favorites:

“Mr Basescu, a former sea captain and gifted communicator, has promised to continue the fight against corruption, a campaign on which only limited progress has been made over the past five years. He is also advocating popular measures that include abolishing one of parliament’s two chambers and cutting the number of MPs. Mr Geoana, a former foreign minister and ambassador to Washington, promises a more technocratic alternative to Mr Basescu’s boisterous and divisive style of politics, with plans for targeted recession-busting spending on infrastructure that he says could raise Romania’s growth rate. Mr. Crin Antonescu, the candidate of the National Liberals, the third largest party, promises tax cuts.”

Unfortunately, despite serious problems in the economy of the country, the second largest of the EU’s new members in Eastern Europe, the campaign has focused on non-economic issues.

Exit poll (12. PM – Bucharest Time):

CCSB: Traian Basescu: 32% ; Mircea Geoana: 34% ; Crin Antonescu: 18%

INSOMAR: Traian Basescu: 33% ; Mircea Geoana: 36%;  Crin Antonescu: 18%

CSOP: Traian Basescu: 34%; Mircea Geoana: 34%; Crin Antonescu: 20%

UPDATE  – Exit poll (15.00)

CCSB: Traian Basescu 30%, Mircea Geoana 28%, Crin Antonescu 22%
INSOMAR: Traian Basescu 30%, Mircea Geoana 30%, Crin Antonescu 22%
CURS: Traian Băsescu 36%, Mircea Geoana 30%, Crin Antonescu 22%
CSOP: Traian Basescu 36%, Mircea Geoana 30%, Crin Antonescu 22%

It would be much to discuss about the credibility of public polling institutes. So far these are unofficial figures. The official will be given at 21 hours after closing the voting ballot.

UPDATE 2 – Exit poll (21.00)

CCSB: Traian Basescu 34,1%,  Mircea Geoană 30,9,  Crin Antonescu 22,1

INSOMAR: Traian Basescu 32,8%,  Mircea Geoana 31,7%,  Crin Antonescu 21,8%

CSOP: Traian Basescu 33,2%, Mircea Geoana 30,3%, Crin Antonescu 22,0%

Were present to election over 50% of citizens voting. In the second round (6 decembrie 2009) will meet Traian Basescu and Mircea Geoana.

All the major players except for Chiz have declared their plans. We have Gibo-Edu, Noynoy-Mar, Villar-Loren, (and Erap-Binay). Suffice to say, I don’t take the latter pair seriously not because I’m no fan of Erap and/or Binay but because I believe it’s against our constitution. They can argue it all they want, but to me, once is enough. PGMA is a living testimony to that logic.

So first thing’s first, when is Chiz Escudero finalizing his plans? Is he ever? I don’t think the whole mystery thing is helping him out considering the solidifying of the other camps. I’m no fan of pre-campaigning but I think you need to clear things like this early on. I honestly think Chiz has dug himself into a hole when he broke away from his party. It was a risk he took and I don’t think it paid off. It’s too early to tell, but that’s my prediction. People saw through his political ploy, at least that’s what I believe it was. He appeared more like a hypocrite than a reformist. Let’s face it, right now Noynoy has the advantage when it comes to that platform. I’m not so sure how accurate that branding is, but that’s how people perceive him. And in our politics, perception is (sadly) all that matters.

Looking at the candidates, I’d like to believe they’re all competent enough for their desired positions. That’s if they win as a pair. There is a slight chance however that it can turn out really ugly. Let’s just say I’m not too keen with a Noynoy-Edu government. Right now, I’m still not sure who to vote for. But the way I look at it, I don’t think I’ll be voting straight. Again, too early to tell and on this one I’m really not promising anything. I think though we will have a very interesting campaign season. I can’t wait to see their official senatorial line ups. This among other things tell a lot about the candidates and  their parties.

Only time will tell, and right now, it’s just too early.

This piece was originally published in Daily The Post on September 13, 2008

The sight of slogan shouting jiyalas at the gates of Presidency was not only a rare but moving one on ninth day of ninth month – a historic day in the annals of Pakistan’s political saga, when democratic process of electing state’s sovereign head was completed. As Plato puts it, “Democracy is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder, and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike”. Pakistan People’s Party displayed it with full life. Amid the fears raised by certain sections about his credibility and ability, Asif Ali Zardari finally took oath as the democratically elected President. While watching the ceremony on TV, one could hardly resist tears rolling down the cheeks, as the event reminded of the biggest loss people endured during their struggle for democracy in Pakistan.

Whether it was the exchange of harsh words between security personnel and supporters of the president, or embarrassment of forces’ chiefs who could not get way to leave the presidency after the ceremony due to the presence of enchanting jiyalas; whether it was dripping down of painful tears from Sanam Bhutto’s eyes or loving glitter of pride on Hakim Ali Zardari’s face; whether it was forlorn thought of the gone dictator who was nowhere to be seen or the Zinda hey BiBi Zinda he slogans gushed out naturally of the people present there, everything was but manifestation of nation’s emotional state experiencing peaceful and amicable transformation of hurly-burly arbitrary rule into serenity of democracy.

All the romance of PPP’s success and its pro-people slogans aside, one needs to objectively watch the actions of a party in-charge of country’s affairs completely, from now on. The real responsibility starts from this day. After a very successful and ably handled press conference, morale is high and spirits are up to the sky. It’s high time to capitalize on this breadth of acceptability and deliver in real terms of the word. Notwithstanding the fact that newly elected president, it is understandable, is confronting umpteenth challenges as the leader of ruling party. But the huge responsibility is not carried by Zardari alone, we all must share it. The nation must understand the fact that if past nine years have made Pakistan’s citizenry an alert one, they have taught many things to political adversaries as well. The parties, traditionally right of the center (or center for that matter), especially the ones who were born out of the wedlock of civil and military bureaucracy with clergy, now have creative ways to confront a popularly rooted political party.

We have seen how ambivalent the stances of conventional opponents of PPP have been during past six months. All popular slogans were picked up to embarrass PPP among people while indulging into inflexible single faceted politics – a quick recipe for disaster in as complex a state as Pakistan, facing multiple internal and external threats. Mr. Zardari’s politics since last half a year has been of that of reconciliation and inclusion, an evidence of party’s maturity over the years and an outcome of its sufferings at the hands of powers that be. And now, when the power at home has been successfully consolidated, these “wiser adversaries” need to be tackled in equally befitting manner. The politics of signing the documents you don’t believe you’d be able to abide by has been a tactic for a particular situation, which should be avoided in future at all costs.

It was no later than 4^th century BC that Demosthenes, a prominent Greek orator and statesman of ancient Athens was able to realize that there is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as against despots. What is it? Distrust. The rulers should now candidly recognize the amount of trust deficit that exists between elements of PPP and the masses, owing to some undesirable happenings during past regimes ruled by the party. Serious efforts need to be put in to ensure issues of governance in every field and every aspect of policy implementation. That does not need resources; it just needs commitment and sincerity, which the party is not lacking right now. Whatever drastic steps government has to take, no qualms should be felt while pruning off of bureaucrat friends.

During the maiden press conference of the president, he sounded genuinely cognizant of the supremacy of the parliament. This, however, should go beyond rhetoric. Instead of putting the onus on parliament, the co-chairperson of the ruling party should actually initiate the move to remove notorious 58-2(b) and chopping off of presidential powers transferring them at length to the Prime Minister. Sooner the better. In order to avoid unnecessary political instability at the hands of opponents, and to concentrate on real problems of people, these basic hitches are required to be removed as quickly as possible.

Another monster Zardari is facing is economic challenge. Creative solutions inclined towards people oriented public policies are urgently needed. Broad based technical expert groups should be immediately established to assist the executive branch as well as legislative branch (especially parliamentary committees). While direct transfer of money, however little it is, to the poorest of the poor through Benazir Cards is highly commendable, the removal of subsidies with no plans of their provision in near future is a question mark on party’s prop-people credentials.

A long-awaited change in country’s polity is coupled with immense challenges of economic crisis, constitutional and judicial issues viz a viz credible democracy, coalition management and dealing with war on terror with popular support.  We offer you Pakistan to manage and rule Adda Sayeen, Bhali Karay Aaya!

I decided something.
This blog has it’s own continuity concerning to days.
So, I will post daily, but don’t just expect you’ll get posts every 24 hours.
Maybe you’ll get two, or none in 72 hours. Who knows.

Let me speak about something about the presidential elections of my country.
It’s about the propaganda.

There is one spot, I found it just brilliant, although it’s not my candidate.

Test number 335.

Doctor: Hello.
Marco: Hello.

*SLAP!*

Doctor: Did it hurt?
Marco: A lot.

Doctor: Marco is real. He is sensitive.
100% safe.

(later…)

Marco learns.

I won’t vote for him, cause he has no parliamentary support.
But what a nice spot, indeed.

DRUDGE REPORT: GOING ROGUE, SARAH PALIN.

This excerpt absolutely underscores the civil war in the Republican Party between RINOs like John McCain and Lindsey Graham and Palin conservatives.

http://www.ironic.ro/ – imagine preluată

Azi, Băsescu-i ziua ta… N-ai popor, o ai pe ea. Nutzi E emblema ta!

lA mULŢI ANI de puşcărie, Băsescule!!!!
PIEI SATANĂ!!!

Băsescu de Ziua ta,
Îţi cerem DEMISIA !
dacă minte ai avea,
ţi-ai da-o, nu ai mai sta,
dar cum minte N-ai deloc,
te dăm NOI, cu Boc cu tot !

JOS BĂSESCU ! JOS UDREA-CABINETUL DOI ! JOS MAFIA PORTOCALIE !

DOAMNE AJUTĂ POPORUL ROMÂN!!! AMIN!

În Istoria României, NU s-a mai pomenit aşa ceva :  un conducător care să pună interesele unei muieruşti deasupra intereselor unui întreg popor!!!

Cum îşi permite acest Băsescu să se numească  * reprezentant al tuturor românilor * când el este un penibil şi jalnic … ( spună cine s-o-ncumeta ce anume , personal mă abţin din respect faţă de mine! )… cu botina roz bombon a Lenuţei-pupila Cotroceniului, bine-nfiptă în grumaz… ???!!!! Culmea, nişte pămpălăi portocalii de prin teritoriu, au luat de model acest tandem Băsescu-Udrea, sărmanii * tauraşi*, ca şi Şăfu, la fel de asfixiaţi şi copleşiţi, sub comanda * divelor * cu punga groasă şi nurii mereu la interval, asemeni Băsescului, sunt orbiţi de nişte… muieruşti! Ăştia au pretenţia c-ar fi … politicieni ? Halal * bărbaţi * ! O ruşine, căci sunt nişte lache, punct.

http://www.jurnalul.ro/stire-special/istoria-relatiei-elena-udrea-traian-basescu-526070.html

Băsescu a pierdut jumătate din electoratul său, păstrând-o pe Leana Udrea de cireşică! Udrea este în această campanie electorală FIFI ÎNARIPATA, aberează continuu, se comportă exact cum e şi cum ştie : o ţaţă, nimic mai mult ! Grija Băsescului NU sunt problemele, suferinţele, tristeţile poporului român, ci… grijile ce-o … ard pe Nutzi… NU avem nevoie de asemenea * preşedinte * cu preocupări extra-prezidenţiale! JOS cu el, NU votăm marioneta unei muieruşti al cărui singur * merit * e oportunismul/impostura… punga groasă, gura mare, tupeu fără de limite, impertinenţă la adresa unor Politicieni Autentici ( numai Băsescu ştie în ce calitate îşi permite această Udrea Cocoş să * analizeze * ceea ce NU pricepe… )… RUŞINE!

Ultima ispravă de * succesuri * a Băsescului : CNA, păpuşel în mâna sa, de-acum cârpă, cum o vrea… :

http://www.jurnalul.ro/stire-editorial/cna-pune-botnita-criticilor-lui-basescu-526076.html

Udrea, Boc şi cu Băsescu, mai dihai ca… Ceauşescu ?

botniţă, lor, peste bot:  IEŞIM CU TOŢII LA VOT!

cu Credinţă-n Dumnezeu, Românilor un Îndemn:

JOS BĂSESCU! NU-l mai vrem !!!

Azi, Băsescu-i ziua ta… N-ai popor, o ai pe ea, Leana… vezi, emblema ta!

românii-ţi spun : NU TE VREM,

ai devenit DOAR un blestem!

iar Nutzi, Flota şi Hayssam,

îţi sunt, azi,  singurul… * bairam *…

Hayssam :

“Între timp, aşa cum ştiţi, au fost câteva întâlniri cu Preşedintele. Şi atunci, eu chiar am început să întreb de presiunile care se făceau asupra mea şi domnul Preşedinte chiar mi-a spus: *Iţi iei copiii şi du-te în America! Eu sunt Preşedintele României şi ai toate garanţiile!ť * I-am spus: * Domnule Preşedinte, uitaţi, speculaţiile de care a aflat presa, sunt monitorizat..*.  * Nu, te rog frumos să stai liniştit, eu îţi garantez că nu se atinge nimeni de un fir de păr de al tău! *.

Băsescu, hăhăind despre… răpirea din Iraq… :

* adevărul se va afla peste 50 de ani… *

NO COMENT !

“Se strange latul in jurul presedintelui Traian Basescu in cazul teroristului numarul unu al Romaniei, Omar Hayssam. Presupunerile lui Ovidiu Ohanesian incep sa se confirme pe deplin. Incep sa se confirme nu numai sub aspectul implicarii presedintelui Traian Basescu in rapirea celor trei jurnalisti romani in Irak, in primavara anului 2005, ci si sub aspectul combinatiilor pe care Traian Basescu le-a avut, indeosebi sub aspect financiar, cu acest Omar Hayssam, atat in campaniile electorale din 2000 si 2004 pentru Primaria Generala a Capitalei, cat si cu ocazia episodului rapirii. Toate aceste combinatii vor iesi la iveala, insotite de documente si Traian Basescu nu va mai scapa ca si in cazul Dosarului “Flota”!

( Ciprian Batea – http://ohanesian.wordpress.com/ )

NOI VREM SCHIMBARE, RESPECT, UN PREŞEDINTE AL ROMÂNILOR! CATEGORIC – băsescu NU! Băsescu e… ocupat, cu orice altceva, numai cu salvarea ţării, BA ! E LIMPEDE că, groparii economiei româneşti, sunt : Traian Băsescu&co – PD-L! Avem o singură şi unică SOLUŢIE : ieşim la vot şi… JOS cu ŞACALII PORTOCALII ! Apoi… la treabă, să salvăm ce se mai poate şi, să renaştem, să Devenim reconstruind economia pe temelii solide!

Zic că Lilick are dreptate : SE IMPUNE SĂ NE ASUMĂM RESPONSABILITATEA DE BUNI ROMÂNI:

Băsescu – un Virus extrem de periculos !

Sa-i dam Delete All. Acum. E High Priority!”

DOAMNE AJUTĂ !!!

Sibilla

imagine-caricatură preluată de pe google.ro – www.ironic.ro

informaţii preluate din media online

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It has been quite an experience being in Montevideo during election times. On weekend or even weekday nights it is quite common to see streets closed off for political rallies. On election day many people strapped flags on their cars, or waved flags and banners out their car window, signalling their chosen party. Often this sign of partism was accompanied by loud horn honking. Downtown and along sections of the rambla people walked holding flags or with flags tied like capes around their neck. Flags and banners hung from apartment windows, and trucks would drive down the streets playing recordings and campaign music for the varias parties. Campaign flyers littered the streets. (Below: the rambla in pocitos on election day)

Evidence of the political campaigns were everywhere–and even I, the ¨yankee¨, got involved.

Many members of my church are supporters of a political list called Cristianos Por Uruguay (Christians for Uruguay)–it is a list of representitives who are all Christian and support values such as no abortion, more support for families, keeping marajuana illegal, no gay adoption, etc. It is a political list that was running under the National (blanco) party.

So, last tuesday night, it was time to do some campaigning. Since I had no homework or other pressing engagement that night, I volunteered to help out. The task: pasting up political posters on walls and polls on some of the main thouroughfares in montevideo. Here´s the gang, getting ready to hit the streets:

And here I am, helping peg up posters–I think at this point it was about midnight:

My group started pegging posters at about 11pm and we finished at about 4am. Definately a one-of-a-kind experience. I should note also that in the history of uruguayan politics, this is the first time where there has been a political list that explicitly identifies itself as protestant christian–and with a protestant population of only 11% thats pretty significant (note: I may have mentioned it before Uruguay is known for being significantly more secular than other areas of south america, though nearly 50% of the population still identifies itself as roman catholic and 25 percent identifies itself as believing in God but without religion–according to wikipedia  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Uruguay)

And now the results are in. Discussing politics is not my strength, so I have basically just copied portions of the wikipedia article describing the election below (don´t worry, I checked its veracity on uruguayan news sites, its accurate):

General elections to elect a President and Parliament took place in Uruguay on 25 October 2009. In the parliamentary election results, the Broad Front (Frente Amplio, the socialist party) emerged the winner electing 16 Senators and 50 Deputies, while the National (Blanco or Nacional) Party elected 9 Senators and 30 Deputies, the Colorado Party elected 5 Senators and 17 Deputies and the Independent Party elected two Deputies.

Jose “Pepe” Mujica got about 48 percent of the votes compared to 30 percent for former president Luis Alberto LaCalle. Two voter initiatives—one to remove amnesty for human rights abuses under the 1973-85 dictatorship and another to enable mail-in votes by citizens living outside Uruguay—also failed to win majorities, according to exit polls by the companies Cifra, Factum and Equipos Mori. The Electoral Court was expected to release most official results on Monday.

According to the Uruguayan constitution, a candidate must obtain at least 50% of the vote in order to be declared the winner. Since neither surpassed 50%, a runoff will occur between the two leading candidates on November 29, 2009. Note: in Uruguay, the Presidential and parliamentary elections are compulsory.

 In montevideo it is clear that Frente Amplio and presidential canidate pepe mujica have a lot of popularity, especially among the younger generation and the lower economic classes. Apparently though in the interior part of the country there is much greater support for the traditional parties, especially the National party.

so we´ll see… right now it looks like Mujica will probably be the next president, but it´s close enough that Lacalle might still have chance. Further updates to come…

If it all comes down to the single final question, just like in those beauty pageants, and that question – the one that will determine the next President – is “Why did you leave your party?”, then we all know that this response is very Sushmita Sen:

“Ang partido lamang dapat niya ay Pilipinas at ang kanyang mga kapartido ay lahat ng Pilipino (His party should only be the Philippines and his partymates the Filipino people).”

Francis Joseph Guevara Escudero, senator of the Philippines,  is glib and eloquent. That’s a fact. It’s an acceptable truth.

But for him to make such a mother of all motherf*ckinghood statements? If he thinks that most people will buy his mastery of the native tongue, and that his “idealisms” are selling, he has to think again.

“Sino mang tumatakbo, o tatakbo o magiging pangulo ng ating bansa, hindi po pwedeng nakakadena ang kamay at paa sa partido (whoever is running for president, his hands and feet cannot be chained to a party).”

“Para po sa akin, hindi dapat idikta ng isang partido ang gagawin ng sino mang tatakbo. Dahil kung ganoon, paano niya mapapanagot ang mga tiwali sa gobyerno kung ito ay kagrupo o kasama niya.” (As for me, the party should not dictate what the presidential candidate should do. If that is the case, how can he as president make the crooks in government accountable if some of these are his partymates.)

He bolted out of his political party, the one that honed him to become who he is ten years after, because he thinks that there are crooks in the NPC who are involved in the anomalies in the present government?

Then why didn’t he leave earlier?  Why didn’t he oppose, an act he seems comfortably doing,  if he really felt awkward dealing with the “crooks” he’s chummy chummy in the political party he belonged to?

Why is he suggesting only now that he was in the company of crooks in the NPC? He, all of a sudden, felt the need to save grace by getting on his high horse and denounce the anomalous members of NPC? Is he that righteous?

He claims he cannot be corrupted. He denies his party has ever influenced him in the past.

His list of changes that he wants done, and his list of complaints, for that matter, are unquestionably objective. But none of these changes and suggestions have anything to do with whether or not he belongs to a party even if his partymates are the Filipino people.

Youth of the Philippines,  Senator Escudero is trying to establish you as his political base.

Unfortunately, he is not the messiah. He is just as plain and as ambitious as any other traditional politician. His recent move to mudsling is just proof that his promise of new change (the redundant bagong pagbabago) is just a front to make it appear as if it’s a cool change. But if you look through the inconsistencies of his claim, the complaints which he raise, if you’d look through it closely, there is no change. He’s just like any other politician who’s just like a kid who’s been denied of candy, now raising hell via tantrums.

He is just well-educated with the pageantry in politics. It’s like rallying for “World Peace” without actually highlighting steps on how to achieve it.

He claims he’s representing the Filipino youth. It’s a mockery, at least for me. Because I believe that when the Filipino youth says one thing, they stay true to that statement. But if you say one thing and actually do another, it’s not polite. It’s condescending.

by Kusal Perera

President Rajapaksa is expected back tomorrow morning at “Temple Trees” from his official Vietnam tour. He is expected to meet Monday evening with the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) trade union leaders in resolving their salary issue which prompted them to go on a “work to rule” from Thursday last week. This created heavy panic buying of fuel and much chaos in commuting. If this trade union demand of the CPC employees is not met adequately (even if it is met, for that matter) other trade unions are threatening trade union action in very sensitive areas like electricity, ports and telecommunications.

Everything depends on President Rajapaksa right now. What he says and does would see a spate of changes in most things “Sri Lankan”.  Even the fate of the JVP initiated, UNP led national front’s latest pet, the “common” presidential candidate.

President Rajapaksa is expected to make a decision on the next elections in a few days, after his arrival. Perhaps, in a few weeks. He is expected to declare a presidential election, chopping off 02 years from his first term as president. Insiders, real insiders who have unrestricted access to his family dinners and breakfasts claim, the 02 year issue would be dealt with once the presidential election is over. Thus it is implied that the Rajapaksas have already decided “they” would win the next presidential election on their own conditions, what ever the Opposition feel or do about it.

The question that would then arise is, how certain would that be, if a broad Opposition alliance that includes the UNP, the JVP, SLFP-M Wing and other little rag tag groups and parties come up with the war hero, Fonseka, as the common opposition candidate ?

That too, that is Sarath F as the common candidate of the opposition could also be decided by President Rajapaksa. Perhaps it is reason why Chief of Defense Staff (CDS), Gen Fonseka to date has not made any comment what so ever on his speculated candidature, while allowing others to do the talking.

The legal responsibility of such high standing officials in the State, does not allow them to vacate their positions as and when they want. That holds more water, with the armed forces. This legal restriction has logic, in not allowing any such highly responsible positions to fall vacant without prior arrangement. Here lies the catch, President Rajapaksa could play to his absolute advantage.

Fonseka was shifted to the position of CDS before his service extension as Army Commander expired and he thus has time till 2009 December 18, for his retirement. President Rajapaksa will be qualified to go for the next presidential election any day after 2009 November 17, when he completes 04 years in office. Thus, it gives President Rajapaksa 30 days from his qualifying date of 17 November, to checkmate the Opposition Common candidate. If President Rajapaksa decides to have the nomination day for the next presidency fixed any time within those 30 days, it would technically leave the Opposition’s common candidate completely out of the scene.

The trap this common candidate has fallen to is that, he can not even retire prior to his official retirement date, unless the Commanding Chief of the Armed Forces, who is the President, accepts such retirement. Hence, President Rajapaksa has the discretion in his hand in keeping the CDS in service until 18 December, even if he tenders his retirement papers prematurely.

What then would the Opposition’s dilemma be ? They could try legal interpretations to say that the CDS position was created by parliament on an act that provides final decision making powers to the Secretary Defense and therefore the CDS position does not have such restrictions on responsibility. Yet, that would be a long drawn out battle in the Courts that may not give enough time to submit nominations, as the State could have a restrictive order served, till the case is closed and the case could be any way dragged out for over a month.

The opposition alliance and the JVP, would therefore have to find a fall back position. The other Sarath seems to be out of favour by now. He is any way expected to be investigated by the Bribery Commission and that may get accelerated, if any wind carries his name around.

What it clearly means is, the JVP is in the know of this catch 22 situ and have already decided to go on a “boycott the presidential elections” slogan. Their star theoretical orator, Anura Kumar Dissanayake has said they are in the process of forming an alternate front to demand the abolishing of the presidency. This has no ambiguity in that it could be turned into a boycott campaign, when President Rajapaksa declares his presidential election.

Will the UNP follow the same line ? They’ve got nothing to lose by joining in. They would any way lose the presidential elections, with no credible candidate and no credible programme in hand to be campaigned for. For now, the tide is for the Rajapaksas and against the general public. That, with the consensus of the Southern constituency, of course.

It would only be a matter of checking how many countries are still below us, in the “Failed State” index.

25 October, 2009