One of the most logical analyses I've read so far on the Villar vs. Noynoy question.
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Marcelo Tecson <[email protected]> Date: Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 8:51 PM Subject: [Worldwide-Filipino-Alliance] GREAT DIFFERENCE between VILLAR and NOYNOY... Fw: Ex-UP Pres. Jose Abueva on Manny Villar - Dr. Philip Chua on Noynoy To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected], [email protected] *Comparing Senators Villar and Noynoy, the great difference between the two is that Villar is accused of ACTS of COMMISSION, of which he appeared to be directly knowledgeable and responsible, and of which only he as a high and powerful government official could have pulled through. * * * *In the case of NOYNOY, he is accused of ACTS of OMISSION on matters which he was not in complete control--especially in 1988 when the CARP Law expanding the coverage of land reform (which included sugar lands like that of Hacienda Luisita) was passed--and on which it seems he is NOT expertly knowledgeable, * * * *in much the same way that his co-government-official critics who blame him on HACIENDA LUISITA have displayed witting or unwitting IGNORANCE or LACK of expert knowledge of--and are equally guilty of INACTION or lack of initiative on--the one and only one prompt and feasible SOLUTION to the Hacienda Luisita land distribution problem, which SOLUTION cannot be hampered even by the alleged huge debts of Hacienda Luisita corporate land owner. * * * * * * * *What is such SOLUTION if not a simple and no-nonsense IMPLEMENTATION of the now CARPER Law by the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) and Land Bank? Why are these two government agency and entity not being put to task for their failure to forthwith proceed with Hacienda Luisita land distribution right after signing of the CARPER law way back in August 2009? * * * *IMPLEMENTATION of the law can be successfully done over and above the futile OBJECTION of the controlling Cojuangcos if need be--which implementation is seemingly being held back by the present Administration to keep this issue a festering sore that will continue to hurt Noynoy. * * * * * *On the matter of HUGE DEBTS that poses a problem on Hacienda Luisita land distribution, as expressed by Noynoy's sisters as reported on front-page news by the **Philippine Daily Inquirer,** this is actually not a stumbling block as far as land reform is concerned. * * * *As I see it, the land reform process calls for compulsory coverage (if need be) by DAR, then land valuation and payment of the land-reform price to land owners by Land Bank (10% cash and the rest in negotiable government bonds that can be used as payment of loans from government financial institutions). If the land is mortgaged by the CORPORATE landowner to a bank (or syndicate of banks), Land Bank pays the creditor bank to the extent of its valid claim, then pays the landowner the remaining "sales" proceeds. * * * *If there is deficiency claim, it is up for the creditor bank to run after the corporate-landowner debtor. If the corporation has no other assets, sorry na lang for the bank, unless there is prior fraud involved and it can ask for the piercing of the corporate veil of entity for purposes of running after the stockholders in their personal capacity. With or without fraud, if there is a SURETY AGREEMENT signed by corporate officers and/or stockholders, then the bank can run after their personal assets. At any rate, land reform has to go on, under which the farmers will have to repay Land Bank the land-reform price (not the huge debts of Hacienda Luisita) over an extended period. * * * * * Actually, I am just pointing out the probable expeditious way of effecting Hacienda Luisita land distribution to farmer-beneficiaries based on the existing CARPER Law. However, I do not believe that it will make the farmers happy and prosperous in the long run. This stems from the heretofore MONUMENTALLY FLAWED land reform scheme which has been land-distribution oriented, NOT PRODUCTION ORIENTED. * * The government's decades-old LAND REFORM PROGRAM is a clear failure--it did not generally increase agri production, it did not make farmers happy and prosperous--because it is not production oriented. However, as I pointed out in a previous email, *there WAS an ALTERNATIVE PRODUCTION-ORIENTED LAND REFORM SCHEME *which even the brilliant CRITICS of Noynoy failed to put forward in the past. It is simple enough, and I will treat it briefly in a future email. * * *Mar Tecson* * * * * ------------------------------ *From:* Benjamin Gerodias <[email protected]> *To:* [email protected] *Sent:* Tue, March 9, 2010 6:19:33 AM *Subject:* Re: [Worldwide-Filipino-Alliance] Ex-UP Pres. Jose Abueva on Manny Villar - Dr. Philip Chua on Noynoy I am greatly disturbed because the argument in the first paragraph is already not valid if we based our judgment on the issue of corruption. Hda. Luisita is already tainted with corruption from the omission to distribute it, to the recent SCTEX issue. --- On *Mon, 8/3/10, GREG MARIANO.JR <gmarian...@yahoo. com>* wrote: From: GREG MARIANO.JR <gmarian...@yahoo. com> Subject: [Worldwide-Filipino -Alliance] Ex-UP Pres. Jose Abueva on Manny Villar - Dr. Philip Chua on Noynoy [1 Attachment] To: "UP Alumni In Cyberspace" <UP-alumni-in- cyberspace@ yahoogroups. com>, "Worldwide Filipino Alliance" <Worldwide-Filipino- Alliance@ yahoogroups. com> Cc: " M.D.Philip Chua" <scalpel...@gmail. com>, "Jose Abueva" <joseabu...@yahoo. com>, "Filemon T. Berba Jr." <berb...@pldtdsl. net> Date: Monday, 8 March, 2010, 11:14 PM Dear Friends, In connection with this subject, I would like to share with you the thoughts of Dr. Philip Chua, chairman of the Filipino United Network, USA (www.FilipinoUnitedN etwork.com <http://www.filipinounitednetwork.com/>), excerpts from his article "The Winds of Change"; I subscribe to these thoughts/arguments. Best regards. Greg With the massive graft and corruption in our government and about a third of our fellow Filipinos languishing in the gutter of poverty, the very first qualities we must seek for in a presidential candidate are honesty, transparency, accountability, and moral ascendancy. For the culture of corruption that is pervasive in the Philippines, we need a candidate who has never been corrupt, who is openly against corruption, and one who is incorruptible. Is there anyone among the declared presidential aspirants, besides Noynoy Aquino who can honestly claim to have those 4 qualities? As a physician, when confronted with a patient with cancer, I consult a cancer specialist. Never mind if he does not know much about diabetes or arthritis, or heart disease, etc. As long as he has the moral fiber, training, and competence of a cancer specialist, albeit limited in the other fields of medicine, he is the one most qualified to treat the cancer. He can always surround himself with specialists in the various subspecialty fields in medicine to help save the patient. The same principle applies in choosing the best candidate for president of the Philippine at this most crucial juncture in our history, since the nation is plagued by the cancer of corruption, which devastates, not only our economy and prosperity, but our dignity, social justice, honor, and pride as a people and as a nation. We must elect a president who in unquestionably honest, free of any stain of corruption, one whose morals could never be questioned. When Noynoy Aquino is elected president, he can select the best and the brightest minds among the Filipinos for the various branches and areas of government, from his cabinet, all the way down to the other political appointees, just like what the "inexperienced" Barack Obama did in the United States. As a moral leader, Noynoy will inspire all the other elective officials in all branches of government to be similarly honest and accountable. As a just and ethical leader, he can, without hypocrisy, demand and exact from everyone total respect for our laws and harshly deal with any official who breaches public trust, and show the world that in the Philippines no one is above the law. I hasten to state that Noynoy Aquino is the man for this season, the only leader, at this point and time, who can wake up the sleeping Global Filipino Giant and truly inspire people power and transform the Philippines into a nation with integrity, dignity, prosperity, peace, social justice for all, honor, and pride. He is, after all, genetically endowed with Ninoy and Cory’s moral ascendancy, besides true love of country and compassion for the poor. The Aquino legacy will be Noynoy’s guiding light, his parents’ dream his mandate, and we, the people, his pillars, in achieving the "impossible" dream of his parents for the Philippines. --- On *Sun, 3/7/10, Jose Abueva <joseabu...@yahoo. com>* wrote: From: Jose Abueva <joseabu...@yahoo. com> Subject: [UP-Alumni-In- Cyberspace] Re: Ex-UP Pres. Jose Abueva on Manny Villar To: "Filemon T. Berba Jr." <berb...@pldtdsl. net>, "Kapihan Beverly" <kapihan_bev@ yahoogroups. com>, "NCPAGUP Faculty" <[email protected]>, "UP Alumni Cyberspace" <up-alumni-in- cybersp...@yahoogroups. com>, "Advocacy Commission CCAC" <[email protected]>, un-phil-netw...@yahoogroups. com, "ivp Philippines" <ivp-philippi...@yahoogroups. com>, "Global Filipinos" <globalfilipi...@yahoogroups. com> Date: Sunday, March 7, 2010, 9:31 PM Jun. Corporate executive leadership, however large the corporation, is not comparable to the complexity and obstacles of govenment and politics in our kind of democracy. That's why Cory Aquino, with all her honesty and religiosity, was stymied and ineffective in countering corruption and institutiing reforms. But of course she heroically helpd to bring down the dictatorship by opposing Marcos in the snap election. Ninoy, by his imprisonment and assasination, galvanized the opposition to the dictatorship. They are authentic national heroes. We have honest differences of opinion which we respect because we do not doubt each other's integrity and purpose in the choice of our presidential candidate. Given our weak and divided nation and our damaged institutions, and therefore our dysfunctinal and precarious democracy and worsening basic problems, I believe we need an extaordinarily strong and astute political leader like Villar. His faults have been exagerrated by his opponenets because they fear his ability to win and his capacity to change goverance and politics as no one has done so far. Pepe. Dr. Jose V. Abueva Personal website: www.joseabueva. com <http://www.joseabueva.com/> Email: joseabu...@yahoo. com ------------------------------ *From:* Filemon T. Berba Jr. <berb...@pldtdsl. net> *To:* Jose V. ABUEVA <joseabu...@yahoo. com> *Cc:* Mercedes R Abad <mercya...@yahoo. com> *Sent:* Monday, March 8, 2010 8:25:41 *Subject:* RE: Ex-UP Pres. Jose Abueva on Manny Villar Note: Forwarded message is attached. You chose to allow berb...@pldtdsl. net even though this message failed authentication Click to disallow<https://www.boxbe.com/anno?tc=1861864045_1278411401&action=authfail&set=false> ------------------------------ Importing contacts has never been easier.<http://us.rd.yahoo.com/SIG=11dea1p2c/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trueswitch.com%2Fyahoo-ph> Bring your friends over to Yahoo! 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