A Quarter of Reckoning
Statement of Brigadier General Danilo Lim on the Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and the 2004 Election Cheating
As we go through the last quarter of this year, let it be a quarter of reckoning against Ms. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. The statements made by witnesses before the Senate blue ribbon committee providing information on the elaborate process and execution of bribery and cheating done in order to secure Ms. Arroyo’s victory in the 2004 polls only fortifies the allegations we made years ago—the Arroyo government was an illegitimate regime which was the product of a rigged election.
Thus, I welcome the statement made by President Benigno Aquino III that raps will be filed against Ms. Arroyo this November. Together with the Filipino people, I look forward that formal charges will be filed against Ms. Arroyo and other guilty parties.
While loyalists of Ms. Arroyo will certainly harp the impropriety of my statement especially as the ex-illegitimate president is allegedly in “bad health”, but in a country where ill health is often being used by the corrupt as a ruse to evade persecution, I would rather concern myself with the political health of our people who are hungry for justice. Ms. Arroyo can have the best doctors that her ill-gotten wealth can buy. All we want is justice and accountability.
I direly hope that the end of the year will usher the beginning of justice finally being served to Ms. Arroyo and her motley crew of election cheaters. The Aquino government owes it to the brave Filipino people who fought the Arroyo regime’s illegitimate rule and the patriotic soldiers who daringly broke from the chain of command to heed the people’s voice.
We must not fail them.
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Noemi Lardizabal-Dado
Noemi Lardizabal-Dado is a Content Strategist with over 16 years experience in blogging, content management, citizen advocacy and media literacy and over 26 years in web development. Otherwise known as @MomBlogger on social media, she believes in making a difference in the lives of her children by advocating social change for social good. She is a co-founder and a member of the editorial board of Blog Watch . She is a resource speaker on media literacy, social media , blogging, digital citizenship, good governance, transparency, parenting, women’s rights and wellness, and cyber safety. Her personal blogs such as aboutmyrecovery.com (parenting) , pinoyfoodblog.com (recipes), techiegadgets.com (gadgets) and benguetarabica.coffee keep her busy outside of Blog Watch. Disclosure: I am an advocate. I am NOT neutral. I will NOT give social media mileage to members of political clans, epal, a previous candidate for the same position and those I believe are a waste of taxpayers' money. I do not support or belong to any political party. I was part of accredited media covering the Office of the Vice President and Leni Robredo as she ran as a presidential aspirant in the 2022 National and local elections. On August 5, 2021, YouTube announced that I was selected as one of 50 Program participants of its Creator Program for Independent Journalists She was a Senior Consultant for ALL media engagements for the PCOO-led Committee on Media Affairs & Strategic Communications (CMASC) under the ASEAN 2017 National Organizing Council from January 4 -July 5, 2017. Having been an ASEAN advocate since 2011, she has written extensively about the benefits of the ASEAN community and as a region of opportunities on Blog Watch and aboutmyrecovery.com. Organization affiliation includes Consortium on Democracy and Disinformation Updated June 6, 2022