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The Denominator That Ate Its Own Tail: A Curatorial Recursion on the Supermajority That Refuses to Stay Still

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The Denominator That Ate Its Own Tail: A Curatorial Recursion on the Supermajority That Refuses to Stay Still Amiel Gerald A. Roldan™ October 30, 2026   In the humid archive of Philippine political memory, where every constitutional clause eventually becomes an installation piece, the question of how many senators must say “guilty” before a Vice President is removed has turned into a living exhibition. The object on display is not merely a number—sixteen versus fourteen—but the very idea of fixed membership in a chamber that keeps discovering new ways to shrink itself. As an art practitioner who has spent years gatekeeping institutional collections and a cultural worker who has watched public trust fray like old sinamay , I approach this controversy the way one approaches a problematic loan: with informed consent forms in one hand and a quiet awareness of karmic return in the other.¹   The July 6 ruling by Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero fixed the conviction thre...

Pagsusuri sa Diversionary Tactic ni Atty. Rowena Guanzon vs. Pagtugis kay Sen. Bato dela Rosa

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Pagsusuri sa Diversionary Tactic ni Atty. Rowena Guanzon vs. Pagtugis kay Sen. Bato dela Rosa Amiel Gerald A. Roldan™ October 27, 2026       Ang kritisismo ni Atty. Rowena Guanzon ay nakaugat sa mas malawak na tension ng accountability, selective enforcement, at political optics sa gitna ng magkakapatong na krisis sa pambansang pananalapi at hustisya. Noong Oktubre 2026, inanunsyo ng DILG ang ₱50 milyong pabuya para sa pagdakip kay Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa, na itinuring na “armed and dangerous” at fugitive kaugnay ng ICC warrant hinggil sa war on drugs noong administrasyong Duterte. Tinugon ito ni dating COA at Comelec Commissioner Atty. Rowena Guanzon bilang “diversionary tactic na naman ang BBM gang,” na may direktang panawagan: “si Sen. Bato na naman ang target... BBM, ikaw naman nanggugulo sa Pilipinas... ikaw ngayon ang pahiya BBM. Lumayas ka na BBM!” Inuugnay niya ang hakbangin sa mga umiiral na isyu sa pambansang badyet (kasama ang SC ruling na idineklarang unc...