Archie Boy

[Dean Mel Sta. Maria @deanmelofficial]

Ang confidential funds ay pera pa rin ng bayan. Ang impormasyon kung saan, papaano, kailan at sino ang gumamit nito ay karapatang malaman ng lipunan. Walang sinuman ang excuse sa obligasyong isa-publiko ang nangyari sa pera ng bayan lalo na kung napakalaki.

[Sonny Trillanes IV @TrillanesSonny]

Can anybody from the Senate media ask Sen. Padilla what is the basis of his statement that we lost Scarborough during PNoy admin?

Because these are the facts:

1. There are no Chinese ships INSIDE Scarborough shoal.

2. There is no Chinese reclamation or base on Scarborough shoal.

Simply put, there is no physical occupation by China on Scarborough. The media can verify and confirm these facts with the Ph Navy and PCG.

3. The Philippine Baselines Law, which I principally authored, is the official Ph claim for Scarborough Shoal and the KIG. Our claims were acknowledged as compliant when the baseline coordinates and regime of islands claims as stated in the said law were formally submitted to the UNCLOS secretariat in 2009.

4. The Arbitral Tribunal ruling in 2016 debunked the 9-dash line claim of Ch over Scarborough Shoal and the Spratlys.

Therefore, Ph has a much stronger legal claim over Scarborough than Ch.

So, if there is no physical occupation by Ch and there are much stronger legal Ph claims, what is now the basis of this oft repeated lie that we lost Scarborough during PNoy admin? WALA!

When I researched on this, the first person who said that we lost Scarborough without any factual and legal basis at all is Mr. Harry Roque (paulit-ulit ding sinabi ito ni Duterte during the 2016 campaign and thereafter).

So, as then Chairman of the Committee on National Defense and Security, I conducted hearings in 2013 and 2015 where I asked the Ph Defense officials then if we indeed lose Scarborough and they categorically said: "NO, WE DID NOT LOSE SCARBOROUGH." I even invited Mr. Roque in the 2015 hearing so that he could hear it himself. (See video below) These are all in the Senate records.

To the Ph media, next time a resource person says that we lost Scarborough during the PNoy admin, can you ask that person what is his basis for saying so? I assure you, hindi nya masasagot ito. Kasi nga walang basehan. You need to ask this because every time a Filipino resource person says this baseless statement, he is not only unwittingly weakening our position as regards Scarborough but also basically conceding our sovereignty to Ch. Such would be a very unpatriotic thing to do.

Finally, to Senator Robin Padilla, my unsolicited advice sayo ay magresearch o magtanong sa iyong mga advisers o staff bago magsalita tungkol sa mga importanteng bagay. Bilang isang halal na Senador, ikaw ay kumakatawan di lang ng pula o green, kundi kasama na rin ang mga yellow, pink at ang mga hindi bumoto sayo. Senador ka naming lahat na Pilipino.

[NasKT @godfatherJK5]

Sana umabot ito kay Robinhood Padilla, sa staff niya at pati na rin kay Mariel.
FAKE news at kabobohan lang kasi kinakalat sa senado at madami pa ding nauuto ng #Ugok na yan.

#Scarborough

[Archie Boy @argue_boy]

@rapplerdotcom Alan mo ba @TeacherStellaQ nagmukha kanang tanga? Awat na please.

[Paul Catiang @paulcatiang]

Notice how Risa doesn't get sucked into SWOH's respectability politics and sticks to calling for accountability and transparency, all while gently teaching a bratty child. SWOH could never.

[Archie Boy @argue_boy]

@News5PH Si @TeacherStellaQ Kaya, mahimbing Kaya ang tuloy niya po?

[ogie diaz @ogiediaz]

Kaka-sad ibang congressmen. Matatalino naman, mga corrupt lang talaga. Buti nakakatulog pa kayo sa gabi kahit niloloko nyo na ang sarili nyo na para kayo sa bayan pero hindi naman?

[Prinz Magtulis @prinzmagtulis]

@ANCALERTS Wrong. Under 2022 GAA, the OVP was only allotted "extraordinary and miscellaneous expenses". There was no item for confidential funds. And before you start pointing to that header there, nope, that is not an item. The allotment is not "zero." It's blank. There's a difference.

[Archie Boy @argue_boy]

@SaltAndReality Galit sa sila DAP & PDAP na may project Naman na Makita, peru tamimi sa Confidential Fund & Intel Fund.

[Miyako Izabel @sejoalzir]

Hindi ako naniniwalang kapag graduate ka ng UP, siguradong maprinsipyo ka. Hindi rin ako naniniwalang kapag summa cum laude ka sa UP, hindi ka magbobo-bobohan. Hindi rin ako naniniwalang kapag naging propesor ka ng UP, gagamitin mo ang dunong sa kabutihan.

Pruweba: Stella Quimbo

[Archie Boy @argue_boy]

@SyLicoNgaAko Gikaon sa ulod ang principyo ni Bersamin.

[Archie Boy @argue_boy]

@ANCALERTS Shame on you @TeacherStellaQ !

[NotoHistoricalRevisionism @j_cr0zz]

@ANCALERTS Lukaret talaga tong si Stella Quimbo. Hindi kasi nya maispin ang sinasabi kaya nauutal at patigl-tigil. Shame on you @TeacherStellaQ

[Barry Gutierrez @barrygutierrez3]

That the 221M was from a "contingent fund" does not cure the illegality. The money was transferred to an OVP "confidential fund" that was not in the 2022 GAA. It violates Art VI, S 25(5) of the Consti, explained in Araullo v Aquino, ironically, penned by then Justice Bersamin.

[Jojo C @jclem3]

Defunding schools and hospitals while increasing budgets for travels and confidential funds. Let that sink in.

[Atom Araullo @atomaraullo]

Minsan parang mas harsh pa tayo sa coach ng basketball kesa elected officials natin.

[Karen Davila @iamkarendavila]

Wala kasing parliamentary courtesy sa basketball 😉

[Joketerte @joketerte30]

At ito na nga nasa malubha na tayong kalagayan....

[Granny🎗🎀 @The_PinkWarrior]

Papano nalang kaya kung mapapagod na ang mga lumalaban para sa good governance?

Yong tipong papabayaan nalang kahit na sa hanggang masira ang bansa!

Matatauhan pa kaya ang mga sumuporta sa mga taong sumisira ng ating bansa?