Sen. Manny Villar Filed Electronic Bill to Curtail Freedom of Information Bill

Philippines, February 14, 2011, 5:00 PM

Senator Manny Villa has filed a bill in the Senate pushing to penalize those who try to defame others through the use of electronic media, such as Facebook and Twitter.

He filed Senate Bill 2668, that moves to amend Article 335 of the Revised Penal Code by including libel committed through “electronic media such as but not limited to the Internet.” He said laws are silent on libel through electronic media.

The senate and house committee on justice hearing on the corruption of AFP’s UN P300-million fund mess that triggered former AFP chief Angelo T. Reyes to commit suicide by gunshot wound on his left breast might have something to do with Sen. Villar’s move to have the electronic bill filed. 

Senator Panfilo Lacson and other senators believed that Villar’s is guilty of involvement in the P200-million budget insertion on which the entries “President Carlos Garcia Avenue Extension” and “C-5 Road Extension”  refers to the same road according to Lacson.

Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile confirmed that Villar had asked him to insert P200 million for the C-5 project, the request he said according to Villar was only meant to ensure the speedy completion of the project.

Villar’s explanatory note reads: “The tremendous potential of the Internet has proved to be unimaginable for the Philippines. It has bridged information gaps and has opened infinite possibilities to people located even in the remotest areas in the country.”

He wants the immediate criminalization of e-libel and harsher penalty for fear of his impending re-investigation in the senate once Sen. Lacson appears. Under the leadership of former Chief Justice Reynato Puno, the Supreme Court, earlier directed courts to instead impose a monetary fine on the guilty rather than the often imposed imprisonment.

Senator Villar stressed this has introduced the so-called electronic libel or e-libel. Article 335 of the Revised Penal Code provides that anyone found guilty of libel could face imprisonment of up to 6 years.

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Villar Snubs 2010 Presidential Forum

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Friday, August 28, 2009, 11:24 AM

Ateneo School of Government and to the UP School of Economics, where the organizer of the first two ABS-CBN News Channel (ANC) forums which coordinated the invitation that was "snubbed" by Senator Manny Villar to its first leadership forum held last May 11 at the Ateneo de Manila University in Quezon City.

Villar cleverly evaded the meticulous probing questions of the forum by simply sending his regrets saying he would be out of the country.

But as the forum was being held, Villar was spotted by group of reporters at the Supreme Court attending the party of a retiring justice. He lied! He cheated the organizer of the said forum in broad daylight.

Villar retaliated at the report citing him partying at the Supreme Court by criticizing the format used in public discussions such as the ANC forum, which, he said, focuses only on what the candidate planned to do and not on what he has already done.

Sen. Manny Villar:


The Ateneo School of Government, UP School of Economics and ABS-CBN News Channel (ANC) forums are a waste of time.

What he has done? During his 3 term as Paranaque City representative/speaker of the House and his 2 term senator/Senate president.

What he has already done is to corrupt his government position to advance his real estate business empire and in truth be told he has no future political and economic plans for the country and the Filipino people, in short, pansariling katimawaan lang talaga ang alam ni Manny Villar.

He resigned as senate president hounded by hounded by scandals, shattered by graft and corruption and anomalies.

Villar has been continuosly thumbing his arrogant nose at the sessions of the Senate Committee Of the Whole that has him on trial for graft and corruption.

He owned more than three hectares along the controversial and anomalous C-5 road extension project that were anomalously assessed by the Arroyo government for slightly over half a billion pesos.

This anomaly where the Senate Committee of the Whole wants to determine if there was a violation of Article VI, Section 14 of the Constitution.

The provision prohibits any senator or congressman from having any financial interest, directly or indirectly, in any contract with the government, or any of his agencies during his office and from intervening in any matter before any office of the government for his pecuniary benefit or where he may be called to act on account of his office.

Lantad na lantad na siya ay isang "corrupt" na politiko, isang tunay kalahi at kakampi ng "corrupt" na gobyerno ni Gloria Arroyo.

Ang baluktot katwiran ni Villar ay mabuti pa raw na direkta na lang siyang makipag-ugnayan sa mga mamamayan kaysa sumali sa anumang daluyan ng komunikasyon kung saan masasa-publiko ang kanyang opinion sa iba't-ibang isyung politikal, ekonomiya at plataporma de gobyerno.

Umaasa si Villar na hindi pa nakararating sa mga mamamayang na liblib na lugar ang mga balita tungkol sa mga ma-anomalyang kontratang kinasasangkutan niya sa gobyernong Arroyo at mula ng una siyang mahalal bilang kongresista ng Lungsod ng Paranaque.

Mahihirapan si Villar na manalo bilang presidente ng Pilipinas.

Palace concern of 2010 election security

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Zarsuela 2010 election

The grand zarsuela play in Philippine politics of deception and corruption never comes to an end.

National Security Adviser Norberto "Bert" Gonzales, showing his political prowess and clout over Mrs. Arroyo, continues his defiant action, ignoring Palace advice by his statement on the upcoming 2010 elections as a "national security concern".

After all the much reported Palace call for Gonzales to refrain, cease and desist from inciting any further the House of Representatives on proposition's schemes for a transition government to be elected simultaneous in 2010 to pave the way for Charter change

A truly political deception player, Gonzales said the issues regarding the 2010 presidential elections constitute national security concerns, because, according to him, "For a long time now, our country has been drifting to nowhere because of our dysfunctional politics. It was about time the nation, as one people who believe they deserve better, fully addressed the issue."

Presidential Political Adviser Gabriel Claudio on the other hand played along with Gonzales by stopping him from making any public proposals to elect a transition government in 2010, which, Claudio said, were being attributed as official statements from Malacanang.

The incumbent administration's political proposal involved convincing the winner of the 2010 presidential elections to push for political reforms (?) through Charter change Cha-cha) during his first three years in office, then voluntarily{?} step down after Cha-cha had been effected.

Gonzales even suggested that, "I can see that beyond the traditional politicians, we have leaders who are presenting themselves as reform candidate or are being pushed to be so in 2010. Perhaps, Brother Mike Velarde can be this transition president. Even Mr. Joseph Estrada, if he really wants to seek again the presidency, can consider becoming this transition president.”

Claudio played that the proposal to cut short the term of the winning president in 2010 would not be agreeable to the winner because "nobody is foolish enough to accept that."

Gonzales said that though his proposal for a transition government in 2010 may seem a foolish idea to most people, the supreme sacrifice of voluntarily stepping down from the presidency is the most effective way of effecting political reforms through Cha-cha.

"Are we saying that our country is bereft of leaders who are stupid enough to offer their selves to make this sacrifice?" Gonzales said.

What a political play we have here.


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