Female spectator tells Dilangalen to 'shut up'

[frt]

Buti nga!!!!

Female spectator tells
Dilangalen to 'shut up'
Posted: 8:01 PM (Manila Time) | May 26, 2004
By Maila Ager and Joel Francis Guinto
INQ7.net

OPPOSITION Congressman Didagen Dilangalen blew his top during a joint congressional hearing Wednesday when during an interpellation he received a note, which told him to "shut up."

"Shut up you're wasting taxpayer's money," Dilangalen said, reading the note to the crowd.



"I move that whoever prepared this must be cited in contempt and incarcerated unless he apologizes," Dilangalen told presiding officers Senate President Pro-Tempore Juan Flavier and House Deputy Speaker for the
Visayas Raul Gonzalez.

Suzette Pido, a self-confessed supporter of incumbent Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, admitted to writing the note.

"I've been sitting here for three days and nothing has happened," she told reporters.

Pido was placed under the custody of the House security group.

Pido's daughter, Joanna, confessed to passing the note to Dilangalen.

Before he got the note, Dilangalen was interpellating Senate Majorty Floor Leader Francis Pangilinan.

Dilangalen moved to adjourn the session but his colleagues rejected the motion.
:mad: :D

[kiper]

good for her.

[odell]

kakanuod ko lang nyan sa news..

grabe.. kakagulat at anagaw niya un.. hehehehe

[empy]

wow...this congressman wants to jail this taxpayer (whose voice he supposedly represents) for exercising her freedom of speech?

this is wrong on so many levels

[1D4LV]

buti naman at nakakuha ng katapat etong si dinangalen. puro showtime lang ginagawa nyan sa kongreso eh.

[caloyski5]

i hate that guy..good for him napikon! hehehe

[zero]

pareho silang tama at mali.
ang maasar lang ay talo!
eh sariwa pa ang pagiging talunan nitong si dilengalen kaya pikon. expect another one from him this afternoon's session.
(kamag-anak ba ito ni navarette?) :D

[shadow]

I beg to disagree with everybody, it might be true that digs is delaying the proceedings or he might be saying nonesense thing, but the fact is still a congressman and having he's speech in th plenary albeit nonesense, we have rules to follow if you can't stand long speeches then the girl and her mom should not be there in the first place, you can't just say "shut up" to a congressman especially if it's in the plenary.... freedom of speech??? I don't think so.......if they can't respect the person at least respect the position and the place......

unang impression ko is parang tama lang yun ginawa ng girl, dahil nagpapatagal lang si digs... pero kung iisipin mo talaga wrong place and wrong time.....

[shadow]

freedom of speech, hinde pwede yun sa congress or sa plenary especially if your just a spectator..... and if the congress is in session....

[rukawa]

It's just a note, the girl didnt speak, tama ba?

[badkuk]

"Shut up you're wasting taxpayer's money"


....finally, someone who makes sense. We should elect her into Congress in the next elections

Hindi nanalo si dinangalen ryt? so huling hirit na nya cguro to(btw i guess now we know why he didn't win)

[RedHorse]

Let DIGS speak

as we allow Joker to jest

[mazdamazda]

he's just wasting our time... let's get it on with the count!!! another one of those delaying tactics by the opposition huh?

i think that many of us share the sentiments of the mother-daughter tandem.

[kimpOy]

tama si shadow, kung baligtarin natin ang situation.

nasa administration sila FPJ, then laging umaangal si kiko pangilinan sa kanila sa proceeding, hindi ba ok yun.

bad trip lang talga itong si digs ang kulit kulit.

[the_wildthing]

I didn't hear what Dilangalen was saying prior to the "shut up" note so I don't know if he was indeed just delaying the proceedings or making a good point.

But I think jailing the person is excessive. It's a private note anyway. He just blew his top.

[ssaloon]

theme song nya yung sa black eyed peas... "shut up, just shut up, shut up"

[skipper]

Dilangalen is a master of filibuster and other ways to delay or suspend sessions.

He succeeded again last night. It's that simple. He made a big issue out of nothing. He must have been laughing on the way home.

[Cardo818]

hehehe na "shut the f** up!" si dilangalen hehehe.

[empy]

Originally posted by shadow
freedom of speech, hinde pwede yun sa congress or sa plenary especially if your just a spectator..... and if the congress is in session....

yes, if you stand up and yell and scream or otherwise disrupt the proceedings. not if you're simply passing notes that can be ignored or disregarded.

and to be thrown in jail or taken into custody by the police?? that's ridiculous.

by your logic if i pass a note to a lawyer in a courtroom the judge should throw me in jail for contempt of court...come to think of it, i was told to leave the classroom once in elementary school for passing notes. baka yun ang tamang parusa dito sa babaeng to ;)

[rebel]

I agree with M54.

According to the rules in the lower house you are not allow to stand up and yell or scream or have plackards to disrupt the proceedings BUT the rule doesn't say TAXPAYER or GUEST in the lower house are not allowed to pass notes.

It's been common practice that guest which are mostly guest of the congressman to pass notes to them via the PAGE.

If one lesson to be learned here to prevent future occurance of unwanted notes is to STOP allowing notes to be pass by the PAGE.

I didn't think what the girl did disrupt the session it is what DIGS did that disrupt the session hehehehehe.

Well at least we know what type of circus we have here in our country and it's ashame that the whole world is looking at us that way.

There's a saying................pikon talo asar talo.

Receiving that note is comparable to receiving a mail or text or email.

What would DIGS do if he received multiple TEXT that day saying SHUT UP or worse below the belt languages................"Mr. Speaker Mr. Speaker binastos ako sa TEXT ng Taxpayer while we are in session" then ..............."I would like the house to hold in contempt the following mobile phone numbers"

Well there you have it folks this is the price of freedom of speech.

Sa totoo lang sa dami ng rally dito sa atin left and right and sa mga nakasulat sa plackards at sinisigaw nila dapat PUNONG PUNO na yun kulungan natin if nag complain yun mga pinatatamaan ng mga nag rally.