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2009/12/15 - Mayor Jendricks Luna, Imbabawina ti Kandidaturana Para Mayor Iti Ili a Lagayan |
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 by Rmacollo/December 15, 2009
Bangued – imbabawi ni Lagayan Mayor Jendricks Luna ti kandidaturana para mayor iti isu met laeng nga ili idi tengnga ti aldaw ti December 14, 2009.
Iti affidavit of withdrawal and substitution of candidacy nga insumitena iti Comelec, nailanad a ti rason iti withdrawal ni Luna ket maigapu iti kunana a political repercussions a saanna a ninamnama idi nagipila isuna iti certificate of candidacy (COC). Basar pay laeng iti withdrawal paper ni Luna, panggepna nga ilinteg dagiti nasao a political repercussions iti panagatrasna iti mayoralty race iti ili ti Lagayan.
Kabayatanna, naisukat kas substitute candidate kenni Luna ni Purificacion Paingan Blaza, 76-anyos a naed ti Poblacion, Lagayan. Naammuan a maysa nga apostolada ni Blaza.
Agpada a kameng ti Partido Lakas – Kampi – CMD da Luna ken Blaza. Karaman met kadagiti naisumite a dokumento ket ti COC ni Blaza ken ti nominasion kenkuana dagiti lider ti Lakas iti probinsia a da Cong. Cecilia S. Luna ken Gov. Eustaquio P. Bersamin.
Ni Mayor Luna ti maikadua a Luna nga umatras iti kandidatura para iti 2010 election.
Immunan a nag-withdraw ti kabsatna a ni Buc Roger Luna a nagipila iti kandidaturana para bise mayor ti ili a Bangued. Maysa pay a kabsatda, ni Brgy Capt. Ryan Luna, ti kandidato para mayor ti Bangued, kas independiente.
Naisukat kenni Luna kas kandidato para bise mayor ni Allan Seares ti Zone 4, Bangued. Nagipila ni Seares iti kandidaturana kalpasan nga maisumite ti affidavit of withdrawal and substitution of certificate of COC ni Luna idi December 10, 2009.
Iti kanaig a damag, nagwithdraw met ni Johann Go kas kandidato para SB iti ili a Bangued. Naisukat kenkuana ti kasinsinna a ni Stephen Go, maysa a negosiante. Agpada a kameng ti Partido Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino.
Idiay ili ti San Isidro, nag-withdraw metten iti kandidaturana para mayor ni sigud a Mayor Ernesto Pacsa idi December 11, 2009. Kandidato met laeng iti nasao a posision ti anakna a ni incumbent mayor Ernesto Pacsa Jr.
Basar iti pagannurotan ti Comelec maipanggep iti substitution dagiti kandidato, deadline idi December 14, 2009 ti panagipila iti COC ti substitute candidate wenno kaibatogan ti lima a bulan sakbay ti eleksion.
Kadagiti naglabas nga eleksion, mabalin ti substitute candidate nga agipila iti kandidatura agingga iti mismo nga aldaw ti eleksion no ti official candidate ket natay, nag-withdraw wenno na-disqualify.
Ngem gapu iti automated voting, counting machines ken printed ballots, binaliwan ti Comelec ti ruling ket nangitudingda iti nasapa a deadline tapno mairaman ti nagan ti substitute candidate iti balota.
Inlawag met ni Comelec Executive Director Jose Tolentino a mabalin nga ag-withdraw ti siasinuman a kandidato iti aniaman nga oras ngem no daytoy ket maaramid kalpasan ti December 14, saanen a mabalin ti substitution.
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on December 22 2009 23:06:23
It is widely believed that Gen. Versoza and Sec. Puno pressured the Lunas not to gobble up all the local government key positions out of fear that the Maguindanao massacre might also happen in Abra. Jendricks claimed he was withdrawing as Lagayan mayoralty candidate so Ryan Luna can remain as Bangued mayor candidate. Then it turned out Jendricks withdrew as Lagayan mayor candidate so he can substitute himself in place of gubernatorial candidate Sinogo (now Lagangilang mayor and widely believed as Jendricks lapdog).
Unfortunately for the Lunas and most fortunately for the Bersamins and for Abra, Jenricks Luna who belongs to Lakas-Kampi like his mother and Gov. Bersamin, Jenricks cannot substitute himself for a candidate running as an independent, which Sinogo is. Now, Jenricks cannot reinstate his candidacy for Lagayan mayor either.
Is it the hands of God at work? This Abrenian believes so. Yes Virginia, miracles still do happen and there will be more miracles that will happen. |
on December 22 2009 23:27:27
Just so we see what Sec. Puno is so concerned about. Let us examine the candidates for elective positions in Abra.
For Congressperson - Cecilia Seares Luna
For Sangguniang Panlalawigan - Correa Seares (wife of Loreto Seares who is a first cousin of Cecilia Luna)
For Bangued Mayor - Ryan Luna (son of Cecilia Luna)
For Bangued Vice Mayor - (Buck Luna then substituted by Allan Seares)
For Lagayan Mayor - Jenricks Luna (son of Cecilia Luna) but withdrew in error
For Lagayan Vice Mayor Hanz Luna (son of Cecilia Luna)
For Tineg Mayor - Cromwell Luna (son of Cecilia Luna)
For Dolores Mayor - Roberto Seares Jr. (nephew of Cecilia Luna)
For Dolores Councilor - Cecy Seares (Wife of Banting Seares, cousin of Cecilia Luna)
For Villaviciosa Vice Mayor - Leonidas Seares Jr. (brother of Cecilia Luna)
Well Abrenians.... is there any more juicy position that can be filled up by the cats and dogs of the Lunas and the Seareses?
What are they after?
Countrywide Development Fund in the millions from Congress.
Monthly Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) close to 4 million pesos in Bangued.
Monthly Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) close to 4 million pesos in Tineg.
And so much more money in the gubernatorial position had Jenricks succeeded in substituting Sinogo as gubernatorial candidate. And this is still possible with the death of either or both Bersamin and Sinogo.
Abra - be vigilant and let us pray that God continues to guide and keep our Governor Takit safe always. |
on December 23 2009 08:14:26
kas iti madamdamag, we can say that the luna boys are like the ampatuans in southern phils. last 2007, abrenians rejoiced because the valera's were ousted but it seems that abra will be bracing herself into a more dangerous and selfish clan who are ambitious and as what we've heard, can spunk and raid any person and gov't office when they like to. isu kadi dagita ti kayaten ti abrenios?? kaasi tay laeng! i agree with the poster above that we need to pray for our gov. takit's safety. he's the only one capable of bringing change into our beloved province. |
on December 23 2009 12:26:42
narigat ti agcomentaryo ta damag laeng, ngem na agpayso man ket isuda ti mangabak kaawatan nga kayat dagiti tattao isuda. ket ania ngarud awan ti mapabasol, dakayo met iti adda iti poder mabalin isu met ti aramiden yo.ala awam maarimed ko no di umapal... nabalo a paskua yo kakailyan bebesak,katribuan. |
on December 25 2009 06:39:05
merry Christmas to all of you my fellow tingguians... jak ammo ngajan na dialect ay osalok tay mixture rak metten c adu ay ginga he he he xensian nu manlalaok na apat, ginga, sapit... naoy bosat, sunod u ay nanumo... ot kanjitakay ay tingguians sapay koma ta kappia kan panagmaymaysa na intay isayangkat ot manvalin tako ay instrumento ji panag iinayat latta uway no mansusupaji nat kapanunutan c politika... Apo Dios payon na mangitulong c lusan ay pasamak...let us keep on praying for peace and that love will prevail. lingsiwak kanjakayo gagayyem ko ad Baguio he he he man rere union takao koma am -in [center][/center] |
on December 25 2009 14:57:15
no kayat mon malanot agtaray ka meten tapno ada met cdf mo or ira ipadas mon laing mon ta suportaran daka meten no kayat mon ! |
on December 25 2009 14:59:40
ikabil mo payaen malanot nga ni demonic valera ket kasinsin da luna kada seares anya pay kayat mo ngem san ka agikomperar ti ampatuan ti pamilya da maawatan to ti tao no apay nga kasta, datoy jendricks luna sayanguseng laeng nga tumaray ngem awan kina agpayso na. |
on December 26 2009 13:29:38
Jendricks was prepared to go to DZPA to make the announcement that he will run for mayor in place of Sinogo but when he found out the oversight of his advisers he became so furious with his advisers. Fortunately the lawyer advisers were not in his immediate and plain view. Otherwise, he would have killed them right there and then. The Congreswoman was so thankful the lawyer advisers were not there.
On another facet of the Seares-Luna campaign, there is ongoing motion for disqualification of Cromwell Luna as candidate for mayor of Tineg. The Lunas have tried to keep within their watch a barangay captain supposedly requested by them to testify that Cromwell resided in Tineg for the requisite period prior to filing of one's candidacy. NOW, the barangay captain is nowhere to be found. THe vice mayor of Tineg and some councilors were coerced to testify in favor of Cromwell but it looks like they are now in a big quandary because in effect they are being asked to perjure themselves.
As to Edwin Crisologo, he did not manage to register his third term candidacy because the Lunas managed to put a road blockade in the form of two vehicles full of armed goons. So Crisologo was forced in registered in Bangued which might disqualify him because the requirement is that a candidate file his candidacy in the jurisdiction he is running for. IN Crisologos case, it should ahve been Tineg.
If Cromwell Luna is disqualified and so is Edwin Crisologo, who knows, it just might be Lenin Benwaren who just might prevail in Tineg.
Is this karma in favor of the Benwarens? Is this God's way of restoring the Benwarens in Tineg after the violent death of Clarence? Might this be another miracle again Virginia?
All I can say is, it does not pay to be TOO GREEDY and to GET TOO DRUNK OF THAT NECTAR OF POWER. |
on December 26 2009 13:33:38
run for GOVERNOR... in place of SInogo, I mean.
So Crisologo was forced to register in Bangued... which might disqualify him.... |
on December 26 2009 19:55:47
Maipakita la unay ti kina Agum dagita Lunan. Kasda laeng met nabisinan la unay nga ason. Sakmal nga sakmal dan uray no maspelan dan.
No kasta ngarud ti Agum ken Apal ket agraira latta iti probinsya tay nga Abra.
Ket ania met ti ar-aramidem Abrenio? ITULOK MO LATTAN NGA SAKMALEN DA KA DAGITA LUNAN?  |
on December 27 2009 17:35:00
SU ME LA SO. Ania ngarud ket nalaka met la nga pabutngen ti kaaduanna nga taga-Abra. No saan nga kuarta, paltog (wenno agpada) met ti usaren dagiti diaske nga politiko, kandidato, ken kandiplato ditoy Abra. Kaano kadi ti panagretiro ni Billit nga mangsupsuporta kadagita politiko ti Abra? Ket ni Sinongo, kaano ngata met nga ipakni dagita Luna? Awan met ti serbina kadagita Luna ta abakenda met ni baketna nga para mayor ti Lagangilang, saan met nga nagbalin ti plano da ken Jendrix, ania pay ngata ti serbina kadagita Luna? |
on December 28 2009 15:40:55
If Jendricks Luna withdrew his candidacy for mayor of Lagayan, we can only assume that he is gunning for the position of Governor.
He cannot aim for Bangued mayor anymore because his brother Ryan is already aiming for that position.
He cannot go back as a candidate for mayor of Lagayan because that is not allowed by Comelec rules. Even if he wants to, I don't think he would do it because it will make him look such a dumb yoyo.
Did he really file his candidacy for governor in place of Sinogo? You bet he did.
Right now, does it look like he is no longer qualified to file his candidacy as Governor? Yes it does look like he is no longer qualified to file because the December 14, 2009 deadline is past.
But can he still try to aim for the Governor's position? OH YES HE CAN.
How? If the official Lakas-Kampi candidate is permanently disabled or dies. Only a Lakas-Kampi member can replace Takit Bersamin as the Governor candidate. |
on December 28 2009 17:40:11
No kasta ngarud, ammo tayon no sinno ti akinplano no adda mapasamak ken apo gobernador Takit ken pamilyana.
Ngem sapay koma apo ta haan nga madisgrasya ni Apo Takit. Ado unay nga sakripisyo da nga pamilyan. |
on December 28 2009 18:19:18
Apay sinno met diay Lagayan Vice Mayor candidate nga Lara Haya Luna? |
on December 28 2009 18:49:01
Lara Haya Luna is the daughter of Congresswoman Luna. If I am not mistaken she is the girlfriend of General Martin's son.
All in the family yabbadabbadoo.... |
on December 29 2009 12:22:07
kabsat Leon ilawag mo man ti kayat mo sawen ta maawatan mi ken nalawag , ta nrigat ngamin ti agipadpadto ta saantay nga manmoyon.ken maysa pay nakapsot ti nutnut ko. |
on December 29 2009 22:50:57
Like you Westcoast, every decent Abrenio deserves to see what is not so obvious on the surface as what the cunning, power-hungry and money-obsessed politicians of Abra want us to believe. What I mean is this.
Jendricks Luna clearly showed his true colors (not that most Abrenios did not know) when he attempted to file his certificate of candidacy (COC) for Governor in place of Sinogo (an Independent). Jenricks Luna is a member of Lakas Kampi and so is Governor Bersamin. Jendricks Luna was disqualified to substitute Sinogo because Sinogo and Jendricks do not belong to the same party.
What Jendricks Luna did amounts to a complete and total disregard of the covenants his mother Cecilia Luna and he himself entered into with the governor and the mayors. Jendricks Luna and Ryan Luna broke at least three party covenants and this indicates that they are not only untrustworthy party mates, they also back-stabbed and impliedly severed ties with Dominic Valera and Takit Bersamin.
In May 2009, Jendricks’ mother, Congresswoman Luna and the other party leaders from Abra and 25 town mayors of Abra entered into an agreement facilitated by no less than General Martin and it was held in Manila. General Martin had this “bright” idea to make this 2010 election the most peaceful ever especially since he is retiring in 2010. In order to have a peaceful election, he strongly suggested and pushed that the incumbent public officials should reap some equity or benefit from their currently held positions. Let us call this the Manila Equity of the Incumbents (MEI) covenant.
What is its essence? It means that the sitting or incumbent officials should not be made to spend so much money on goons, guns and other election-related expenses this forthcoming 2010 elections. Also, the participants were unanimous in their conviction that three years is very short for those “first term-ers” to make a showing of their accomplishments and projects and so they should at least have more time to deliver what they promised their constituents in the 2007 elections or finish whatever projects they have started.
However, as early as 2008, Ryan Luna had already been floating his idea that he will run against Dominic Valera and he was drumming up support by telling people that the bishop and many businessmen wanted him to run against Dominic Valera. Not one to lightly dismiss as a wild idea the rumors of Ryan’s intentions, Dominic Valera expressly asked Congresswoman Luna what Ryan’s plans were, in that May 2009 MEI meeting. Congresswoman Luna assured Dominic Valera (her second cousin incidentally) that Ryan will NOT run against him.
Maybe because Dominic knows that the Lunas are infamous for saying one thing and doing another thing diametrically opposed to what they verbalize, as a precaution and in front of so many other mayors and General Martin himself, Dominic stated that if Ryan runs against him in 2010, he will also field his wife Mila or his daughter Joy Valera Bernos to challenge the incumbent Congresswoman Cecilia Luna for the position of Representative in Congress for the lone district of Abra.
A few months later, in November, 2009, when the COC filing date was approaching and as a follow-up of that MEI May 2009 meeting, there was another meeting again, held this time in Baguio City. Another verbal agreement was forged. Let us call this the Baguio Equity of Incumbents (BEI) covenant. This time around, General Jesus Versoza, in the presence of General Martin and party leaders of Abra and about20 or 22 mayors of Abra was assured that the 2010 Abra elections will be peaceful and that the equity of the incumbents pact will be honored. General Versoza, if we recall was partly instrumental in recommending the replacement of the entire PNP in Abra in 2007 so that they would not fraternitize with the then sitting Governor Vicsyd Valera who was notorious for using PNP personnel as extension of his armed goons. General Martin, as a compromise to dissipate the brewing conflict between Bangued mayor Dominic Valera and Congresswoman Luna’s family suggested that Ryan Luna should run as Vice Mayor for Bangued. (This skeptic believes it is more of a ploy but suffice it to say for the moment that it is a compromise.) Although Dominic was not happy, he grudgingly accepted the compromise. Dominic deferred to General Martin whose leadership or suggestion he had no choice but to accept.
In the last week of November 2009, even after the BEI covenant, the rumors that Ryan Luna would file his COC for Bangued mayor did not abate; instead it intensified. Aware that the covenant was unenforceable and worried that the covenant in all likelihood will be broken, Dominic Valera called for another meeting and it was held at the residence of Andres Bernos, father of slain former La Paz mayor Ysrael “El” Bernos. If we recall, Ysrael Bernos was the former husband of Joy Valera Bernos and the widely and publicly acknowledged boyfriend of Congresswoman Cecilia Luna at the time of his death. The meeting was held on December 1, 2009, the very same deadline for the filing of certificates of candidacy. It was attended by General Martin, Congresswoman Cecilia Luna, Gov. Takit Bersamin, Dominic Valera, Ester Bernos, JB Bernos and Jendricks Luna. Let us call this the La Paz Equity of the Incumbents (LPEI) covenant of December 2009.
At about 8:30 pm of December 1, 2009, Ryan Luna suddenly showed up at the Comelec office with a photographer and filed his COC. Bishop Jaucian was one of the watchdogs of the day at the Comelec. When Ryan saw the bishop there, he immediately asked the photographer to take a picture of himself and the bishop. That is now dubbed the “deceitful picture of the decade” that Ryan will use to campaign in Bangued.
Dominic Valera, always wary of the duplicity of the Lunas ensured that he and his children were prepared for exactly this kind of treachery. As soon as Joy Valera Bernos found out that Ryan Luna filed his candidacy, she immediately called her in-laws, the Bernoses, to inform them of what Ryan Luna did and that the Valeras were left with no choice but to react. Joy Bernos had to file her candidacy. The Bernoses extended their support to Dominic Valera and gave their blessings to and support for their daughter-in-law Joy Valera Bernos to run for Congress against Congresswoman Cecilia Luna. Domino Valera, son of Dominic Valera, also filed his COC for vice mayor of Bangued. Joy Valera Bernos and Domino Valera filed their respective COCs at 11:55 pm of December 1, 2009.
That Abra is proof number one that the Lunas broke the MEI, the BEI and the LPEI covenants.
The Bersamins have every reason to adhere to the MEI, BEI and the LPEI covenants. The Bersamins have always advocated for peaceful elections. The Bersamins know very well the pain of losing a loved one. We Abrenios were all shocked when Congressman Luisito Bersamin was violently gunned down in Quezon City on his niece’s wedding day three years ago on December 16, 2009.
I can imagine that Takit Bersamin did not expect that incumbent Lagangilang mayor Lizardo Sinogo would file his COC for governor on December 1, 2009, considering that Sinogo was in the MEI and the BEI meetings. Immediately, Analysts of Abra politics begun to get worried because Sinogo is widely known as Jendricks Luna’s most ardent supporter. Among the mayors, Sinogo has been known as the pet dog or pet monkey of Jendricks Luna. People started to speculate that Jendricks Luna would substitute himself in place of Sinogo by December 14, 2009, the final deadline to substitute a candidate.
Analysts could not and did not want to dignify the words of Jendricks Luna and its variations with any value at all. In essence, Jendricks was saying, “I will not run against Gov. Bersamin. I will wait until my mother’s term in Congress is over. There is more money in Congress.” These are some of the famous words he uttered when asked in Abra, in Manila and even in the United States of America, if Jendricks had plans to run for Governor. Analysts know how hungry for power Jendricks is and how impatient he is to show dominance and control over Abra politics. Analysts also know that with General Martin retiring in 2010, Jendricks Luna would be helpless as a candidate if he waited until 2013 or later to run for Governor or Congressman. Analysts know how single-handedly General Martin changed the course of events for then Governor Vicsyd Valera in 2007 and Analysts also know that General Martin will once more play a crucial role this coming 2010 elections. (How? That is another topic for another day.)
When news came out on December 15, 2009, that Jendricks indeed attempted to substitute himself in place of Sinogo, the mayors and other party mates had validated what they have been so afraid about and that is Jendricks, as typical of the Lunas, would say something and do another.
That Abra is proof number two that the Lunas broke the MEI, the BEI and the LPEI covenants.
If you are an Abrenio, you can follow the trend of thought of the Analysts and you can see, smell, taste, hear and touch the sinister plan afoot.
NOW Abra, how do you repair back-stabbing? We know that traditional politicians can trade or sacrifice anything, their dignity, their honor, their integrity, their money and even family unity. Their words, if there is any meaning or value at all, have to be taken with a grain of salt. As far as we the constituents are concerned, we just want to get out of harm’s way. We just want the elections to be over and done with. We simply do not want to see violence and death around us.
But violence and death are inevitable, I must say, between now and the day of the elections and immediately after. Why again do I say that Governor Takit’s life is in jeopardy? Why is he at risk of getting murdered too like his brother Congressman Chito Bersamin?
Abra, our question can best be answered with another set of questions. What will stop the ambitious family of politicians from carrying out heinous crimes just to perpetuate their power or just to usurp power, especially now that their blatant back-stabbing has been revealed in the open? Abra, you only have to look over again at the list of candidates for this coming elections. Seares and Luna names stick out not like a sore thumb but more like ten sore and gangrenous fingers. They hunger so badly for the positions that give them power and allow them control of the public money. Any public money. Countrywide development funds, provincial government funds, municipal government funds. Even Abreco funds. Money and power are two very potent motivators to perpetuate power and usurp power, more than enough driving force to seek out the disqualification, permanent disability or even death of their foes in the person of Dominic Valera, Joy Bernos, Lenin Benwaren and Governor Bersamin.
How can Jendricks Luna undo his perceived treachery? How can Ryan Luna undo what is perceived as his treachery? How can Congresswoman Luna rectify her omissions, like her failure to control her very ambitious sons or misleading her party mates to believe that her sons will not run against her party mates? Treachery at least three times in a row cannot be dismissed so easily nor can be undone so easily. There is a saying that goes, “There is honor even among thieves.”
Jendricks Luna did not succeed in substituting Sinogo on December 14, 2009. Yet, there is a provision in the Comelec rules that allows another party member to substitute in anytime in place of a party member who has been permanently disabled or who dies before or during election day. Therefore, between now and the May 2010 elections, Governor Takit Bersamin’s life is most at risk.
NOW ABRA, WHAT WILL YOU DO? |
on December 30 2009 03:37:05
we won't stop trying. |
on December 30 2009 03:56:00
fellow abrenians shall NOT VOTE for those people!!! simple as that, no mapabutngan da gapu ta patayen da isuda no sabali ti ibotos da...awan makakita ti ibotos ti botante no haan la isuna nga nagisurat jay ayan ti ballot na. these kind of people exists coz we, abrenians, gave them/ will give them the chance to do so!!!
whose to be blame??? lets all wake up, okay??? |
on January 02 2010 06:48:42
ay e nangay |
on January 03 2010 22:12:42
sierraleon has a lot of knowledge, infos, but is it a set of fact or pure and simple baseless rumor???? can you show us some proof to believe you on the MEI, BEI and LPEI scenarios..... because of these infos you are so knowlegeable about..... your life too is in danger. If your life will be ended because of this, who might be pinpointed? is it the Lunas that you are attacking or their political opponents will take this opportunity to put them down...... |
on January 04 2010 10:57:26
ti maibagak lang kakailian,,usaren u ti utek u,,alaen u no adda ited da nga cuarta,,apay dida cuarta data,,ket di kay agbuting ta uray no sabali ti ibotos u,,awan makaamo ken maysa, no la election nga adda lang mangted ti libre a cuarta,,hehehe,,diak ammo no agbalew pay ti govyarno tayo |
on January 06 2010 19:45:57
Jag...
MEI, BEI LPEI covenants taking place you say is baseless? No way..... In the MEI meeting, it was attended by all mayors except Edwin Crisologo of Tineg and Paking Guzman of Dolores. Verify this with General Martin.
The BEI was attended by 22 mayors. Verify this with General Versoza and General Matin. In addition to Paking and Edwin, the other mayors who did not attend were those who probably had strong misgivings that the Lunas would honor or abide by the “Tunos Dagitay Natatakneng nga Nataengan” as one respected mayor referred to the covenant.
Proof of LPEI? Ask the rooster - parakorkor of JB Bernos or ask the balseros of Calaba who had been plying the rafts back and forth on December 1. I was under the raft then with a weed straw so I saw the traffic of familiar vehicles and prominent
My life in danger? Oh yes, very much so. That is why I sleep like a gander, one eye open and the other closed. I live in the hills, rivers, mountains, brooks, waterfalls and sometimes the streams. Occasionally I go to church and listen to what the good bishop has to say sometimes as I might pick some lessons to live by.
I mingle with the students, the waiters, the maids, the drivers, the employees and anybody who wants to talk to me and tell me what they hear, see and observe. Sometimes just to catch sleep I ride the night trip of Partas bus but most of the time I am on the prowl. I even sleep under the cars, the trucks of the politicians and that is when I overhear a lot of their shenanigans and shameless plots.
Lately I even tried sleeping under the new bus, YES NEW BUS, COURTESY OF ABRA, of Congresswoman Luna. That is one place I could not catch my sleep popoy. Too cold... umatiberber ti aircon na. It does not help that it is escorted by trucks full of goons armed to the teeth..... made my balls tremble and shrink. Nice bus with big picture of Cong Luna on the sides... Kasla lugan dagitay crew ti mapan ag shooting koma. |
on January 06 2010 19:49:09
In response to jag’s posting on on January 03 2010 22:12:42
sierraleon has a lot of knowledge, infos, but is it a set of fact or pure and simple baseless rumor???? can you show us some proof to believe you on the MEI, BEI and LPEI scenarios..... because of these infos you are so knowlegeable about..... your life too is in danger. If your life will be ended because of this, who might be pinpointed? is it the Lunas that you are attacking or their political opponents will take this opportunity to put them down......
Jag...
MEI, BEI LPEI covenants taking place you say is baseless? No way..... In the MEI meeting, it was attended by all mayors except Edwin Crisologo of Tineg and Paking Guzman of Dolores. Verify this with General Martin.
The BEI was attended by 22 mayors. Verify this with General Versoza and General Matin. In addition to Paking and Edwin, the other mayors who did not attend were those who probably had strong misgivings that the Lunas would honor or abide by the “Tunos Dagitay Natatakneng nga Nataengan” as one respected mayor referred to the covenant.
Proof of LPEI? Ask the rooster - parakorkor of JB Bernos or ask the balseros of Calaba who had been plying the rafts back and forth on December 1. I was under the raft then with a weed straw so I saw the traffic of familiar vehicles and prominent
My life in danger? Oh yes, very much so. That is why I sleep like a gander, one eye open and the other closed. I live in the hills, rivers, mountains, brooks, waterfalls and sometimes the streams. Occasionally I go to church and listen to what the good bishop has to say sometimes as I might pick some lessons to live by.
I mingle with the students, the waiters, the maids, the drivers, the employees and anybody who wants to talk to me and tell me what they hear, see and observe. Sometimes just to catch sleep I ride the night trip of Partas bus but most of the time I am on the prowl. I even sleep under the cars, the trucks of the politicians and that is when I overhear a lot of their shenanigans and shameless plots.
Lately I even tried sleeping under the new bus, YES NEW BUS, COURTESY OF ABRA, of Congresswoman Luna. That is one place I could not catch my sleep popoy. Too cold... umatiberber ti aircon na. It does not help that it is escorted by trucks full of goons armed to the teeth..... made my balls tremble and shrink. Nice bus with big picture of Cong Luna on the sides... Kasla lugan dagitay crew ti mapan ag shooting koma. |
on January 06 2010 22:27:14
The MEI and BEI covenants were so publicized that at least one Comelec official commented that it is undemocratic but hey, even General Versoza who is schooled with the law embraced it. WHY? Because it would mean reducing election-related violence in Abra and minimizing his headache over the expensive and difficult deployment of inordinate number of PNP personnel. After all, when people voluntarily enter into an agreement without coercion, they are more likely to abide by its provisions.
Like most peace-loving Abrenians, General Versoza would have deserved a pat on the back if this coming elections would be charted as the most peaceful Abra election in at least a decade. I think it is not to be.
The flaw in this covenants is, it was General Martin’s idea and it was General Martin’s plan all along to lull the participants especially, Dominic Valera. Takit Bersamin might have been lulled into complacency too that he would be re-elected unopposed.
I am wondering when General Versoza will come to the realization that where before General Martin was partly instrumental in the cleansing of Abra of tyrannical politicians like the now incarcerated former Governor Vicsyd Valera, now it is becoming clear as day that General Martin has become partisan.
What chance has Dominic Valera got against the big guns of General Martin? What chance has Dominic Valera got against the AmpaLuna boys who display their arrogance and who would use their arms with impunity because they are confident they have the backing of the military? I can only sympathize with Dominic as he is already consigned to his fate. |
on January 07 2010 00:22:40
Sierraleon is undoubtedly a very good or the best source of information about abra politics, nothing can be hidden even the slightest chika maybe..........crystal clear, sierraleon is pro dominic valera, why?! is he a god-sent politician in abra? is he not competing with the lunas and bersamins who has the most family members occupying government positions- whether high or low position. Sierraleon is likened to Rizal who attacks his ememies thru the power of the pen.......but Rizal was for his country unlike sierraleon who is for Dominic Valera...... is it not a fact too sierraleon that Dominic dumps the cadavers of those he was salvaging? for you, perhaps, it is the most baseless rumor in Abra. |
on January 07 2010 00:24:54
... i mean he was dumping his victims in peñarrubia..... |
on January 07 2010 23:16:22
Jag....
.....Name names pal of people salvaged by Dominic and dumped in Penarubia and let Dominic account for them. I cannot consider what you just said as a fact until I have established that indeed he or his minions ever did such things. Maybe the police or the fiscals or the prosecutors are in a better position to make a statement about that.
..... Last time I dropped at the fiscal’s office for some snooping, I did not hear that. The lingering traumatic experience at the fiscal’s office is the slapping of Fiscal Alzate and the terror experienced by the employees there and the people who happened to be there that time Jendricks Luna showed up with his goons in full battle regalia.
ME LIKE RIZAL ATTACKING MY ENEMIES THRU THE POWER OF THE PEN?
.... It flatters me endlessly pal to be likened to the premier national hero of the Philippines as far as his use of the pen is concerned but please do not write statements that will make Rizal turn from his monument at Luneta. It makes me shudder. I barely measure up to the sole of Rizal’s feet. I will have to go and study in Madrid to learn how to write something like his famous novels the “Noli Me Tangere” and “El Filibusterismo.”
... Get it right pal, I have no enemies among the politicians as persons. They are generally affable persons if you are near them, with the exception of the younger and more abrasive boys from across the cyanide-polluted river. I have no personal enemies among the politicians. Our enemies as Abrenios, not just me but all of us, are the things they do to our province and the power and money entrusted to them as public servants for which they hanker to be elected in the first place.
AM I FOR MY PROVINCE OR FOR DOMINIC VALERA?
..... Jag, if you have already concluded that I am for Dominic Valera, I cannot do anything about that. I am all the way for ABRA and NEVER for any politician so get that into your head. I would not waste my precious time writing “baseless rumors”, if that is what you want to call them.
.... My wish is only to contribute to the FULL awakening of Abra folks, especially the peace-loving Abrenios and especially the young folks and students who might think that all these killings, violence and terrorism going on during the election period is a normal occurrence or process. They are much too young to have experienced elections without violence. We all know that in a supposedly civilized and democratic society, there is an alternative to violence during elections. Supposedly, during the campaign period, issues and concerns directly affecting the citizenry are debated upon and the politicians make known how they would address those concerns and issues once they are seated in their elected positions.
..... The election period should be the time when the citizenry’s expectations of the politicians have to be defined based on the politicians’ public statements contained in their platform or their public speeches. These platforms then become the guide or marching mandate of the politicians during their service term and the basis for the citizenry to assess their performance to determine whether to elect them again or reject them when the next election time comes around.
BUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN ABRA?
..... Instead of going forward and be issue-oriented, we are moving backwards towards barbarism where a politician’s survival depends on who has stronger force or who has more money to buy guns and votes.
.... Debates on issues have NO place during election period. Debates on whether the incumbent or sitting politician delivered on his previous promises do NOT exist at all. What happens once the politicians are elected is they busy themselves recouping their past election expenses and amassing more money for their future election expenses. They also pre-occupy themselves purchasing weapons and ammunition that they use without remorse on anybody who might challenge their turf or authority. In the meantime, their promises are forgotten. And if there are people brave enough to remind them of their promises, those people are terrorized prompting those conscientious citizens to just leave Abra.
WHY ELSE DO MOST OF OUR NATIVE ABRENIOS LEAVE ABRA?
.... Aside from the non-ending violence in Abra, there is not much jobs. Who are the primary job providers? The politicians. They employ butchers, executioners, henchmen and such other mercenaries and killers for hire. And when they are seated in power, they employ those who supported them naturally but only after their kindred have been posted in lucrative positions. This coming election period the politicians will be competing with the funeral parlors as employers. Baquiran will be hiring more coffin makers, embalmers and morticians.
MY STATEMENTS ARE “BASELESS RUMORS....” ???
..... jag, I don’t seek to convince you from making your conclusion about my statements. As I said earlier the covenants were much publicized. It is talked about not only in Abra but among the generals and PNP personnel who desperately wanted Abra removed from the hotspot list, at least to General Versoza who knows very well about the history of past election violence in Abra. If you have not heard about it, well... you need to be more in touch with Abra, pal. Internet access is within our fingertips’ reach.
..... What is baseless rumor? That Jendricks filed his certificate of candidacy for governor? Go to the Comelec and verify. Or the fact that he withdrew his certificate of candidacy for mayor of Lagayan? Just read the article above by Rmacollo dated 12/15/2009.
..... Or the fact that Ryan Luna has been using the bishop and claiming the bishop egged him to file his COC for mayor? We know that the bishop is apolitical. The bishop has already made a statement to his flock, through a homily, that he is not endorsing any political candidate.
..... Or the obvious fact that there are so many Seares and Lunas who filed their candidacy? This site has the list of candidates. Just go to the right hand margin where it says “2010 Philippine Election - Abra Electoral Candiates” under “Events”. Is it baseless rumor that there is an obvious attempt of the Lunas to control the towns with the most internal revenue allotment (IRA)? Bangued and Tineg, what towns are those? The ones with the biggest IRA. The Luna family has made politics their profession.
.... Hey pal, I am not making a news report here. That is the job of the reporters and Ms. Collo excels there. I am not here to convince you to my way of thinking. I am expressing my opinion as I ANALYZE and INFER from the politicians’ words, conduct and moves as I relate it to the news report of Ms. Collo. Take what I write or leave it.
..... Maybe a few Abrenios might not find it so difficult to make an inference that Dominic is disadvantaged or “DEJADO” in this Bangued mayoralty elections. Maybe some Abrenios can see that even a politician with the kind of wealth Dominic has CANNOT compete with the military. Maybe some Abrenios are not as naive and gullible to believe or be misled that the Lunas have an arms-length, impersonal or distant relationship with General Martin. Maybe some Abrenios can see that if the Seareses and Lunas take Congress, Bangued, Tineg and Dolores, how much longer will it be before they take the entire Abra?
HAVE WE NOT LEARNED THAT POWER CORRUPTS AND THAT ABSOLUTE POWER CORRUPTS ABSOLUTELY? |
on January 12 2010 13:18:33
 jendricks luna is not a candidate for governor for your information master? saan na pay a kadua ni apo mayor sinogo, ti gapo na nga agtaray ni sinogo nga gobernador against takio bersamin ket gapo ta nagsinungbat da dta baguio ket nababainan ni sinogo dayta ti gapo. sierraleon san mo nga iraman ti dolores ta nagtarayen idi ti maysa nga seares dtan ket naabak isu nga padasen da manen ngatan, ta no kitaem ti panag turay ni mayor faking ket sabali ti future ti dolores! adu unay ti sayanguseng ngem san yo ammo ti gapo,agawid kayo ngamin apo dta america wenno hongkong wenno sabali pay nga lugar a ta amwen yo no anya ti kinapodno ta kasi met apo dagitoy maintriga dtoy nga website tayo, sanko nga alaen ti bersain, seares wenno luna gapo ta ti kayat ko ket pagsayatan ti umili ken kangrunaan na ti hunta provincial. |
on January 13 2010 00:26:12
Just another proof that the covenant was common knowledge from Abra to Baguio to Timbukto and God knows where else.....
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In Abra, unwritten pact on status quo won’t hold
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 19:50:00 12/03/2009
Filed Under: Election Violence, Elections, Politics
BAGUIO CITY—Abra politicians had agreed to leave incumbent officials unchallenged in next year’s elections, but it seems this unwritten agreement wasn’t going to hold.
Some politicians in the province, known for election-related killings and attacks, beat the Dec. 1 deadline to file their certificates of candidacy against their rivals.
This forced election and police officials to reassess Abra’s security situation on Wednesday.
Chief Supt. Orlando Pestaño, Cordillera police director, said the “status quo” agreement was never made public, although it was common knowledge to Abra residents.
The pact’s failure, however, becomes “a potential source of violence,” he said.
Violence and intense rivalries had defined Abra politics in recent years, according to Comelec records.
Hot spot
In 2005, the government placed Abra under the control of the Philippine National Police after a government fact-finding team confirmed an Inquirer report that politicians employed private armed groups, including policemen and soldiers.
In 2007, the Comelec assumed control over the province due to 200 election-related cases that killed 129 people.
Former Abra Gov. Vicente Valera was arrested and jailed in September this year for his alleged involvement in the 2006 murder of Abra Rep. Luis Bersamin Jr., brother of incumbent Gov. Eustaquio Bersamin. Valera had denied involvement in Bersamin’s murder.
Pestaño declined to identify the politicians who defied the agreement.
But based on Comelec records, members of the Valera, Luna and Bernos families are contesting the province’s lone congressional seat and the mayoral seat of Bangued, Abra’s capital town.
Ryan Luna, son of incumbent Abra Rep. Cecilia Luna, is challenging the reelection bid of Bangued Mayor Dominic Valera.
Family affair
Representative Luna’s reelection will be challenged by three aspirants.
Governor Bersamin is running for reelection against Lino Sinogo Jr.
Lawyer Julius Torres, Comelec Cordillera director, said it is too early to conclude that violence again loomed in Abra.
One Comelec official said the agreement was undemocratic.
“[The status quo agreement] would have resulted in peace, yes, but it would not have reflected the true will of the electorate,” said Elenita Tabangin, Benguet election officer.
Pestaño said Abra politicians signed a separate agreement last week to promote peace in the province during the elections.
In Ifugao, Gov. Teodoro Baguilat Jr., a Liberal Party member, is entering a six-way race for representative of the province’s lone district. Elmer Kristian Dauigoy and Vincent Cabreza, Inquirer Northern Luzon |
on January 20 2010 17:05:49
Ania ti imbagam ta ngato mayor? Agtaray nga gobernador ni Sinogo gapu ta nagsinnungbat da ken Gob. Takit dita Baguio? No siak la nga maysa katorpe-an nga rason dayta. Apay ni Sinogo among mayor haan aya nga si-aasawa pay laeng ti Hawayana sa man nangasawa ti Abrenianan? Na annul kad kasar ni Apo Lino Sinogon?
Damagen yo man bassit apo baka ketdi agpaysu dagitay sayangguseng. Uray simple tay la nga agpanpanunot ket ammo tay sa met amin nga ti bigamya ket maibilang nga pelonya ket rebbeng na laeng nga madusa.
Mayor yantangay kasla nadekket ka met ken ex-mayor Jendricks damagem man bassit ken ex-mayor Jendricks no agpaysu nga isu ti nangiduron nga agkandidato para mayora ti Lagangilang diay kabbalay ni ex-mayor Sinogo. |
on January 20 2010 17:36:42
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on January 24 2010 22:12:54
amin kaman a apo mayor nga kinasinnungbat ni apo takit ket lumaban nga gobernadoren anya!? No adda open forum to para governador, damagen dan to ni apo sinogo no apay a nagtaray! ti sungbat na......nagsinnongbat da ngamin ken apo Takit jay Baguio isu nga labanan na........... Kasjay apo mayor!? hehehehehehe |
on January 29 2010 21:01:02
PEACE TO ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
on February 14 2010 07:00:35
mailed forever!!! |
on April 27 2010 08:57:02
i agree with the message posted by the mayor kakailian i dont know him but he knows what exactly happening in the province that politcians here are all monster except mayor eduarte sir i salute you |
on April 27 2010 09:24:55
malanot you are one of those form part of the problem of abra you keep on commenting with out proof as sen miriam said "show me the rebellion" |
on April 28 2010 18:08:09
There is nothing to show anymore. A supporter of a candidate get ambushed, a farm hand of a candidate got riddled with bullet, dead by one of an opposing candidate's hired goon freshly bailed out from jail; a municipal mayor from another municipality comes to Bangued and enforce his own law, uniformed men distibuting merienda money rolled and inserted in the barrel of an automatic rifle, yet reports from the media states that so for there is no political violence being reported yet in Abra. Will somebody please redefine political violence for me? Unfortunately, I have a slow 'coco' |
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