GINUNITA ANG IKA-148 KAARAWAN NI GAT ANDRES BONIFACIO

TALUMPATI Ni Ka Leon Estrella Peralta

sa isang pagtitipon noong Ika-148 kaarawan ni GAT ANDRES BONIFACIO

Ginunita noong 30 Nobyembre 2011

Sa Mga Kapatid Ko Sa Pakikibaka:

Magandang araw po sa inyong lahat.  Ngayon po ay kaarawan ni Gat Andres Bonifacio, isa sa ating Pambansang Bayani na sumisimbolo sa una at tunay na himagsikan dito sa ating bansa laban sa pananakop ng bansang Espana.  Ngayong araw po ring ito ay araw nating lahat na nakikibaka at handang magbuwis ng buhay upang makamit ang tunay na demokrasya dito sa ating bayan.  Sa isang tunay na demokrasya ang “Panlipunang Hustisya” ay isang pader na hindi binubuwag dadatpawat lalong pinalalakas upang lalong tumibay para masandalan ng Masang Pilipino.

          Ang walang humpay na mga demolisyon na nangyayari dito sa ating bansa, lalo na rito sa kamaynilaan ay isang tunay na pagbuwag ng pader na tinatawag nating “PANLIPUNANG HUSTISYA.”  Ang sobrang taas ng presyo ng ELEKTRISIDAD AT PRESYO NG PETROLYO na pumipilay sa ating mga mamamayan ay mga tunay na halimbawa ng pagbuwag ng “Pader ng Panlipunang Hustisya.”  Ang mababang pasahod sa ating mangagawang Pilipino na sinasabayan ng pagtaas ng presyo ng mga, pangunahing bilihin, produktong petrolyo at elektrisidad ay patutoo sa sinasabi ko pong pagwasak ng “Pader ng Panlipunang Hustisya.”

          Sa araw pong ito, iisa lang po ang ating mithiin, ang mapatibay ang “Pader ng Panlipunang Hustisya” upang masandalan nating lahat lalong-lalo na ng “MASANG PILIPINO.”

        MABUHAY PO TAYONG LAHAT! Ipagpatuloy po natin ang ating pakikibaka hangang makamit natin ang tunay na demokrasya dito sa ating bayan!

By:   KA LEON ESTRELLA PERALTA

        Founding Chairman

         Social Reformist / Political and Human Rights Advocate

Ang mga sumusunod ay ang mga 

pangunahing larawan ng mga naganap sa

 isang pagtitipon noong Ika-148 kaarawan ni 

GAT ANDRESS BONIFACIO

Mga militanteng organisasyong manggagawa at iba pang progresibong grupo- Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU), Partidong Anakpawis, GABRIELA, Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap (KADAMAY) 

(L-R)
Leon Estrella Peralta (Founding Chairman, Anti-Trapo Movement of the Phils.),
Elmer Labog (Chairman, KMU), Rep. Joel Maglungsod (Anakpawis Partylist)
at Bea Arellano (National Secretary General, KADAMAY)

Leon Estrella Peralta at 

Rep. Liza Maza (MAKABAYAN, Coalition Spokesperson)

Ka Leon Peralta, Ka Bea Arellano

at grupong KADAMAY 

Rep. Ka Paeng Mariano (Anakpawis Partylist)

Grupo ng mga manggagawa (KMU) sa Mendiola

COMMENTARY AND SOLIDARITY STATEMENT IN A FORUM ENTITLED "HIGHEST POWER RATES IN ASIA"

Sa Mataas Na Presyo

 Ng Kuryente,

MADILIM ANG BUKAS . . .

DITO SA ATING BAYAN . . .   

            The ANTI-TRAPO MOVEMENT of the Philippines, through the undersigned had been invited to attend and participate in a forum entitled “HIGHEST POWER RATES IN ASIA!” A LABOR-BUSINESS CONSULTATION ON ELECTRICITY.”  The resource speakers were excellent in the topics they discussed in the persons of MR. ARNOLD PADILLA, Public Information Officer, BAYAN, who eloquently discussed the “Causes of and Possible Solutions to the High Electricity Rates; MR. FERNANDO MARTINEZ, Economist, CEO, Eastern Petroleum Companies Association (IPPCA) who superbly discussed the “ODIUS Policies Leading to High Electricity Rates.” The other resource speakers in the persons of MR. ROGER SOLUTA, Secretary General KMU, MR. SAMMY T. MALUNES, Vice-President for Federation Affairs, KMU ,  and Honorable ATTY. RAMON TE, Councilor-Ist District of Caloocan City, MAKABAYAN Party, VP for Luzon had authoritatively answered the different questions highlighted during the open forum. The thought provoking questions and statements made by Congressman Joel Maglungsod, ANAKPAWIS Partylist and Mr. George San Mateo, President- PISTON had added to concrete the convictions of all the attendees to closely work together in a “coalition” with the sole objective of lowering down the EXORBITANT POWER RATES IN OUR COUNTRY WHICH CONTINUOUSLY CRIPPLED THE ENTIRE FILIPINO PEOPLE specifically those belonging in the business sector and the labor sector.

          Relative to the just concluded forum, we could conclude that, “SA MATAAS NA PRESYO NG KURYENTE, MADILIM ANG BUKAS NATIN . . .  DITO SA ATING BAYAN . . .

                                  

 DAPAT LANG MALAMAN NG TAUMBAYAN NGAYON

 ANG MGA DAHILAN NITO AT MGA POSIBLENG SOLUSYON UPANG

MAPABABA ANG SOBRANG TAAS NG PRESYO NG ELEKTRISIDAD

DITO SA ATING BAYAN. BASAHIN ANG MGA ITO SA PAG-AARAL

NA GINAWA NI GNG. ARNOLD PADILLA AT NI GNG. FERNANDO

MARTINEZ NA NAKALAKIP DITO.

  Buksan ang link upang mabasa ang buong pag-aaral:  

Causes & Proposed Solutions of the Exorbitant Power Rates in the Philippines

SA AMING PAG-AARAL TUNGKOL DITO, LUMALABAS NA

SA BAWAT ANTAS NG PAGTATAAS NG PRESYO NG ELEKTRISIDAD,

MAGMULA NOON, AY NANDOON ANG “KURAPSYON” NA GAWA

NG MARURUMING ELEMENTO NG ATING LIPUNAN”. DAPAT

LANG ITONG IMBESTIGAHAN AT KASUHAN ANG MGA TAONG

NAGKAMAL AT PATULOY NA NAGKAKAMAL NG SALAPI SA WALANG

HUMPAY NA PAGTAAS NG ELEKTRISIDAD DITO SA ATING BAYAN NA

PUMIPILAY SA NGAYON SA TAUMBAYAN.

The ANTI-TRAPO MOVEMENT of the Philippines, as an anti graft and corruption group  is committed to prosecute those people who have chosen to unjustly enrich themselves that resulted to the exorbitant electricity rates which consequently have been crippling the entire Filipino people.

. . . . IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT THE WHEELS OF JUSTICE  AND TRUE SOCIAL ECONOMIC REFORMS MUST ROLL NOW!!!

RISE UP AND BE COUNTED!!!

Please email your STATEMENT OF SUPPORT on: antitrapomovement@yahoo.com

 By:  LEON ESTRELA PERALTA

         Founding Chairman

           Political and Human Rights Advocate

Forum Program
28 November 2011 College of Mass Communication Auditorium
UP Diliman, Quezon City

THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE FORUM

Topic 1

Topic 2

Topic 3

Ka Leon Estrella Peralta, Councilor Ramon Te-Ist Dist of Caloocan. Anakpawis Congressman Joel Maglungsod, PISTON Pres. George San Mateo, CEO of Eastern Petroleum Mr. Fernando Martinez and KMU Sec. General Roger Soluta, Vice-President for Federation Affairs Sammy T. Matumes and other officers of militant and/or cause oriented group

BAYAN, Public Information Officer Mr. Arnold Padilla discussed the CAUSES OF AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO THE HIGH ELECTRICITY RATES (Pls. see the related discussion that follow on Causes & Proposed Solutions of the Exorbitant Power Rates in the Philippines/ )

Economist, CEO-Eastern Petroleum

Mr. Fernando Martinez discussed Odious Policies Leading to High Electricity Rates

Anti-Trapo Movement Founding Chairman Ka Leon Estrella Peralta,
KMU, Ka Precy and Eileen Chang of Federation of Filipino-Chinese
Federation

OPEN FORUM

(L-R)
Councilor Ramon Te - 1st District, Caloocan City
KMU Sec. General Roger Soluta
Economist, CEO-Eastern Petroleum
Mr. Fernando Martinez
Sammy T. Matumes - KMU Vice-President for Federation Affairs

ANAKPAWIS Partylist Rep., Joel Maglungsod

PISTON President, George San Mateo

Labor and Business Attendees

Councilor Ramon Te reading the Unity Statement

Pahayag ng Pagbati sa Ikalabing-tatlong Anibersaryo ng KADAMAY

Pahayag ng Pagbati

 sa

Ika-13 Taong Anibersaryo

 Ng

 KADAMAY

(Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap)

November 7, 2011 UCCP Chapel, EDSA, Quezon City

Sa mga kagalang-galang na namumuno at bumubuo ng KALIPUNAN ng DAMAYANG MAHIHIRAP (KADAMAY), kay kagalang-galang na Kongresman Ka Paeng Mariano ng ANAKPAWIS Partylist, sa mga kagalang-galang na mga namumuno ng iba't-ibang kilusan na nandirito ngayon at sa lahat ng aking mga kapatid sa pakikibaka, MAGANDANG ARAW PO SA INYONG LAHAT!

Sa mga hindi pa po nakakakilala sa akin, ako po si Ka Leon Estrella-Peralta. Ako po ay ang Founding Chairman ng Anti-Trapo Movement of the Philippines. Ang kilusan po namin ay binuo upang labanan ang korupsyon at maruming elemento ng lipunan.

Maraming salamat po at ang inyong lingkod ay naanyayahan ninyo sa isang mahalagang pagtitipon ng KADAMAY, ang Ika-13 taong Anibersaryo ng inyong kilusan. Ang hatid ko po sa inyo ngayon ay taos-pusong pagbati sa inyong anibersaryo galing po sa Anti-Trapo Movement.of the Philippines.

Sa aking mga kapatid sa pakikibaka, kahit hindi ko po itanong sa inyo ay kitang-kita ko po sa inyong mga mata ang pagdaranas ng matinding kahirapan. At kitang-kita ko rin sa inyong mga mata na sawang sawa na kayo sa kahirapan. Kung ako po ang inyong tatanungin, ako po ay sawang-sawa na rin tulad ninyo! 

Dito po sa ating bansa, lalong lalo na sa kamaynilaan, ang kahirapan ay napakaraming anyo, tulad po ng: 

• kahirapan dulot ng walang humpay na demolisyon;
• kahirapan dulot ng kakulangan sa trabaho at hanapbuhay;
• kahirapan dulot ng kakulangan sa murang pabahay;
• kahirapan dulot ng walang humpay na pagtaas ng presyo ng krudo, Kuryente at mga pangunahing bilihin, atbp;
• kahirapan dulot ng pagkakasakit at kakulangan ng tulong medikal galing sa ating pamahalaan
• kahirapan dulot ng kurapsyon at maruming elemento ng lipunan.

At marami pa pong anyo ng kahirapan na kung babanggitin ko po lahat ay maaring maubos ang buong maghapon natin at tayo rin ay maaaring mapanghihinaan na ng loob.

Sa mga kapatid ko sa pakikibaka, may lunas pa ba ang lahat ng anyo ng kahirapan dito sa ating bayan, lalo na sa kamaynilaan? Kung ako po ang inyong tatanungin, ang sagot ko po ay, MAYROON!!!

Mayroong lunas pa ang mga ito kung tayo ay magbubuklod-buklod at magsasama-sama sa isang adhikain upang labanan at bigyang lunas ang iba't-ibang anyo ng kahirapan dito sa ating bayan, lalong-lalo na sa kamaynilaan tulad po ng inyong kilusang KADAMAY. 

Mabuhay po kayong lahat! Asahan po ninyo ang masidhing pakikiisa at suporta ng aming kilusan.

IPAGPATULOY NATING LAHAT ANG PAKIKIBAKA LABAN SA KAHIRAPAN!

 ITAGUYOD ANG KATARUNGANG PANLIPUNAN!

KA LEON ESTRELLA PERALTA
Founding Chairman

Anti-Trapo Movement of the Philippines, Inc.
Political and Human Rights Advocate

 

Ka Leon Estrella Peralta

Kadamay National Vice-Chair Carlito Badion

Kadamay Tagapangulo Ka Leleng Zarzuela

Anakpawis Rep. Rafael "Ka Paeng" Mariano

Kadamay National Secretary General Ka Bea Arellano

PAHAYAG NG PAKIKIISA

Pahayag Ng Pakikiisa Sa Bagong Tatag Na

URBAN POOR RESOURCE CENTER

OF THE PHILIPPINES

(UPRCP)

Sa mga bumubuo ng bagong tatag na URBAN POOR Resource Center of the Philippines (UPRCP), at sa aming mga kapatid sa pakikibaka, kami po sa Anti-Trapo Movement of the Philippines ay nagpapahayag ng isang masidhing pakikiisa at suporta sa inyong adhikain. Sa ating bayan, lalong lalo na sa kamaynilaan, napakahalaga po ang pagbuklod-buklod ng mga maralitang lungsod upang maitaguyod ninyo ang karapatang Hustisyang Panlipunan at tulungan ang bawat kasapi nito na makamit ang Hustisyang Panlipunan , tulad po ng adhikain ng inyong bagong tatag na samahan. Hindi na po lihim sa ating lahat ang dinaranas nating kahirapan dito sa ating bayan, lalong lalo na sa kamaynilaan. Ngunit, ito ba ay kaya pang lunasan? ITO PO AY KAYANG LUNASAN kung tayo ay magbubuklod-buklod at magsasama-sama sa ating adhikain upang labanan at bigyang lunas ang iba't-ibang anyo ng kahirapan tulad po ng adhikain ng inyong bagong tatag na kilusan.

MABUHAY PO KAYONG LAHAT! KASAMA PO NINYO KAMI SA PAKIKIBAKA LABAN SA IBA'T-IBANG ANYO NG KAHIRAPAN DITO SA ATING BAYAN!  MABUHAY ANG HUSTISYANG PANLIPUNAN !

Leon Estrella Peralta,

Founding Chairman

Political and Human Rights Advocate


Related Photos:

KMU Chair Elmer "Bong" Labog and 

Founding Chairman Ka Leon Estrella Peralta

Father Charlie Ricafort

KADAMAY Vice Chair Carlito Badion

and Founding Chairman Ka Leon Estrella Peralta

Anakpawis Rep. Rafael V. Mariano

UPRCP Jon Vincent Marin and Exec. Dir. Luis D. Clarin

with Ka Leon Estrella Peralta and Anakpawis Rep. Rafael Mariano

Ka Leon Estrella Peralta and Rep. Rafael Mariano

Kadamay National Vice-Chair Carlito "Karletz" Badion,

Ka Leon Estrella Peralta with Kadamay member

COMMENTARY: STRADCOM – LTO Build-Own-Operate Agreement A Lopsided Affair?

STRADCOM – LTO Build-Own-Operate Agreement

A Lopsided Affair?

STRADCOM Corp. is the information Technology supplier contracted by the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) to supply technology and systems in the upgrade of information management at the Land Transportation Office (LTO).  The contract for this purpose was signed on 26 March 1996 for BUILD-OWN-OPERATE.

Relative to the just recently released Commission on Audit (COA) report about the foregoing; a LOPSIDED AFFAIR between STRADCOM and LTO apparently exists in favor of STRADCOM. If proven true when raised in the proper forum, it will definitely have been continuously prejudicing the government of the Republic of the Philippines and the Filipino People.

According to a related news Article ¹, to partially quote:

“Stradcom earned P2B using LTO data-COA”

By Leila B. Salaverria

Philippine Daily Inquirer

1:33 am l Friday, October 7^th, 2011

X x x x has illegally used the LTO’s database in its dealings with other agencies, earning P2 billion in the process, according to the Commission on Audit (COA). in its 2010 report on the LTO, the COA said Stradcom had also collected P340.719 million in computer service fees even from manually processed transactions and that this amount should be recovered.  The COA said LTO had allowed Stradcom to use the LTO database for various interconnectivity projects the IT company had contracted on its own and with third parties. Stradcom earned an estimated P2.015 billion from these activities from 2006 to 2010, the COA said.

No share for gov’t

“The government in general as well as the LTO in particular was not given its corresponding share and the sharing scheme for interconnectivity transactions between LTO and Stradcom did not materialize,” the COA said.

“Because of the failure of the LTO officials concerned to execute the appropriate contract/s with Stradcom, IT Providers, and other private entities and government agencies, the national government as owner of the database being used was deprived of a rightful share in the interconnectivity fees collected by Stradcom.  It was thus precluded from earning additional income of an undetermined amount, “it said.

¹http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/71717/stradcom-earned-p2b-using-lto-data%E2%80%93coa

Another noteworthy development about the matter is the statement of Secretary Mar Roxas which was highlighted in another related news Article² 

and to partially quote: 

                  

 

“Gov’t to file case vs Stradcom"

By Maila Ager

INQUIRER.net

11:45 am l Monday, October 10^th, 2011

MANILA, Philippines – The government will file appropriate cases to recover the estimated P2 billion losses from the Land Transportation Office’s (LTO) deal with the Stradcom Corp., Transportation Secretary Mar Roxas disclosed during a budget hearing in the Senate on Monday. Stradcom is the information technology provider of the LTO. “The department position is that we will recoup all unauthorized exploitation of this database which is owned by the government. The only method for doing is through litigation. We will file the appropriate cases for restitution of these amounts,” Roxas told the Senate committee on finance. Roxas said they have already directed their legal department to go through The Stradcom contract line by line to find out exactly what were they authorized and not authorized to do, and whether any government approvals or concurrences were issued in the past. “The database is owned by the government and there ought not to be any unauthorized use or profit-making activity arising from this data without the concurrence, without the approval of the government,” he pointed out.”

²http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/73651/gov%E2%80%99t-to-file-case-vs-stradcom

          In view of the said recently released COA report and the aforequoted news articles, the Court of Public Opinion dictates that legal action(s) must take place against public or private entities and those persons in the public and private sectors who allegedly participated or had been involved directly or indirectly in the now questionable BUILD-OWN-OPERATE AGREEMENT between STRADCOM AND LTO; so as to be able to determine whether or not their alleged acts and omissions shall lead to conviction or acquittal, and, whether or not the proper court/s shall award the recovery of the alleged estimated 2 Billion losses from the aforementioned Land Transportation Office (LTO) deal with the STRADCOM Corp.

IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC, LET JUSTICE BE SERVED!!!

By:  LEON ESTRELLA PERALTA

                  Founding Chairman

         Political and Human Rights Advocate

Anti-Trapo Movement Intends to Observe Bureau of Customs' Operations

ANTI-TRAPO Movement

 Intends to Observe Bureau of Customs' Operations

The Anti-Trapo Movement, aims to be accredited as an observer in the drive against corruption and smuggling in the BoC. As a watchdog against graft and corruption in the government, the Anti-Trapo Movement takes its action by observing the program implementation, attending press conferences and submitting an actual report and/or position paper of the movement's observations and its corresponding recommendations to the Office of the Commissioner, BoC.

The aforementioned proposed endeavors by the movement is in line with President Aquino's commitment to engage the citizenry and the importance of public participation in the fulfillment of his platform of Good governance, instituting transparency and accountability mechanism to fight corruption.  

Below is the letter made by the founding chairman, Ka Leon Estrella-Peralta to commissioner Ruffy Biazon of the Bureau of Customs.

Join us in our cause and in this endeavor. 

You may report to us any irregularities in the BoC 

and / or comments by 

emailing us at antitrapomovement@yahoo.com  or in 

Facebook  http://www.facebook.com/antitrapomovement.

For more reference, kindly check related article about how the newly appointed BoC Commissioner Ruffy Biazon intends to carry out changes in the Bureau of Customs.

See full story on: http://www.tempo.com.ph/2011/biazon-vows-to-carry-out-changes-in-the-bureau-of-customs/