SUPER ULTRA MEGA NINCOMPOOP

Intently following the proceedings in the Lower House of Congress on the desire of the majority Congressmen to push the Charter Change can be a cause for the upsurge of one’s blood pressure.

The minions of rabbit-eared Yoda-looking De Venecia mangled its own house rules by amending its various provisions thereby making it convenient for them to pass the proposal for a Constituent Assembly. According to Cong. Roilo Golez, the House Rules adopted for the approval of the proposal on constitutional revision has become a lot easier than the process in naming a street.

The rules had been so relaxed despite the fact that this involves changing the provisions of the fundamental law of the land. Apparently, the changes in the rules of the proceedings have been so designed in railroading the passing of the Resolution.

The majority represented by Speaker Joe De Venecia, Nograles, Lagman, Villafuerte and now our very own Congressman, Tinnex Jaraula, were found to have played so many tricks if only to attain their desired end.

However, they stumbled along the way as according to Minority Floor Leader Chiz Escudero “haste really makes waste”. In order to gag the mouths of the Opposition, all of their legitimate objections were brushed off by the Acting Chairman not realizing that millions of T.V. viewers were observing them until the wee hours.

Early dawn of Wednesday, our very own representative Tinnex Jaraula was found to have started reading a different resolution not even known to the Congressmen themselves. He had evidently vacated his very own proposal that was approved to be resolved or turned down, in utter derogation of the house rules.

Like the People’s Initiative, this process to convene the Constitutional Assembly (Con-Ass) for Charter Change (Cha-Cha) has become a grand deception of the Filipino people. One really wonders why the majority Congressmen are adamantly pushing the Cha-Cha through Con-Ass when SWS Survey has already showed that the great majority or 67% of our people have already voiced out that at present, they do not want any revision or amendment to our Constitution.

The rumors that this is done for three reasons is unfolding as a reality, namely: (1) in order to prevent the clamor for the Impeachment of PGMA, especially if opposition congressmen will win in the 2007 elections; (2) the Con-Ass is also designed to let the “graduating” congressmen continue their office; and (3) Finally, it is further designed for the President to perpetuate her reign in power beyond 2010.

What is disheartening is that the manner in which this Con-Ass is being brazenly manipulated by the majority Congressmen appears too gross or uncouth or in the words of Cong. Allan Peter Cayetano “napakagarapal”.

What makes it so shameful for us Cagayanons is that our very own Representative, Tinnex Jaraula, has become the major player in these manipulative and deceitful acts. He has unwittingly shown his true colors.

Proper observation of the acts of the majority Congressmen would show that they have made themselves a ship of fools who without yielding to reason would only want to please their matron PGMA. Have they virtually made themselves as the nincompoops in the lawmaking body, named by the late Teodoro Benigno, as the Cavern of Caligula?

How about our Congressman, Tinnex Jaraula, who has not even passed a single law in his eight-year stint in Congress? Has he now made himself as the Super Ultra Mega Nincompoop of them all in the desecration of our Constitution? Nong Tinnex, please don’t “CON-‘ASS’”!