Sumilang

Nakakatuwa talaga ang Senado ngayon, bukod sa mga pagdinig at imbestigasyon niyo sa NBN deal ay sabay din nitong pinag-aaralan ang JPEPA ang kontrobersyal na tratado o kasunduang na siyang lalong lulugmok sa ating mga Pilipino at gagawin tayong basurahan ng bansang Hapon.

Sa ganitong banda, nalulunkot ako dahil ang bansang pinagmulan ng Gundam Wing at Naruto, mga paborito kong anime, ay siya pang kumikilos upong pahirapan lalo ang Pilipinas. Hindi ba sapat na kaming mga bagets (naks) na Pinoy ay mahilig na sa mga anime? Ngayon ay gagawin pa tayong basurahan at aagawan ng mga nurses at duktor?

Mabalik tayo sa Senado kung saan muli ay nakapuntos ang mga pwersang tumututol sa JPEPA, aniya nga sa ulat mula Inquirer.net:

Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago, chairman of the committee on foreign relations, has threatened to sit on the JPEPA and not sponsor it on the floor, which would effectively make for a diplomatic rejection of the treaty.

During the hearing, Santiago told government negotiators, headed by Trade Undersecretaries Thomas Aquino and Elmer Hernandez: “If I find it impossible to defend it on the Senate on the basis of your statement, then as chair, I will be compelled to defer submission of my committee reports. In other words, JPEPA will be dead.”

This after Senator Manuel Roxas II failed to get answers to the following questions:

• What is government doing to help people take advantage of the JPEPA? “I want to know were, what, and what sectors…will be able to take this stepladder…to the window opened by the JPEPA?”
• What are the benefits of the JPEPA? “[What the government presented] are pie in the sky numbers based on leads, inquiries, and letters. I want the records of the BOI [Board of Investments] and DTI [Department of Trade and Industry] of what actually came in. A lot of the decisions depend on the validity of your claims of benefits,” Roxas said.
• How much did the Philippines give up to get these benefits?

“In the last hearing, I was left disappointed because it has been made clear why it is good for us…We are finished with the period of generalities. We want to move…to specifics,” Roxas said.

Mahusay hindi ba? Bravo kina Mar Roxas at Miriam Santiago. Sana nga ay magtuluy-tuloy na ang pagbabasura ng JPEPA, kung hindi man ay muling makipag negosasyon sa bansang Hapon upang linisin at gawing mas makatarungan ang kasunduang ito.

Para naman sa mga ahente ng pekeng pangulo, tama na. Wala namang may gusto sa JPEPA, kayo lang ang mapilit, bakit? Malaki ba ang pampadulas o grasyang kayo lang ang makikinabang?