Press ReleaseMarch 4, 2009   KIKO RAPS FG FOR DEFENDING OMBUDSMAN  Independent senator and judicial reforms advocate Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan wants to share this time-tested adage to First Gentleman Mike Arroyo: Less talk, less mistakes.  “FG’s unusual interest shown by his coming out in defense of the Ombudsman is very disturbing,”

Press ReleaseMarch 3, 2009   KIKO CHALLENGES OMBUDSMAN TO TAKE “INDEFINITE LEAVE” Independent senator and judicial reforms advocate Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan today challenged Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez to take an “indefinite leave”, as she faces an impeachment complaint filed against her by former Cabinet officials and leaders of civil society groups.  The 33-page impeachment

Press ReleaseFebruary 28, 2009    On the US State Department ReportKIKO REVIVES CALL FOR “SUMMIT ON THE RULE OF LAW”    Independent senator and judicial reforms advocate Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan reiterated his earlier calls for a “summit on the rule of law”, in light of a recently released US State Department

Press ReleaseFebruary 24, 2009   On the 23rd anniversary of the People Power Revolution”ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! IT’S TIME TO MOVE FORWARD” – KIKO  The first two months of the year have seen the Filipino public waking up to one scandal after another�from the escalating fertilizer fund probe, to the pre-need fiasco, to

Press ReleaseFebruary 23, 2009   KIKO CONDEMNS LATEST SLAYING OF JOURNALIST IN MINDANAOIndependent senator and judicial reform advocate Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan today condemned the slaying of radio commentator Ernie Rollin, who was shot by two masked men in Oroquieta City, Misamis Occidental.  Reports state that Rollin was on his way to work

Press ReleaseFebruary 18, 2009   KIKO ASSAILS COMELEC INACTION ON LINTANG BEDOL CASE “File the necessary charges or resign,” Kiko tells COMELEC  Independent Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Wednesday called for the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) to file the necessary charges against former Maguindanao elections supervisor Lintang Bedol, or resign for

Press ReleaseFebruary 17, 2009   KIKO CHALLENGES MALACAÑANG TO RE-EVALUATE US-RP RELATIONS IN LIGHT OF NEW OBAMA POLICIES Fresh from filing Senate Resolution No. 892, which calls for the termination of the Visiting Forces Agreement because it “clearly violates our constitutional provision on the presence of foreign military bases, troops, or

Press ReleaseFebruary 16, 2009    KIKO FILES RESOLUTION TO TERMINATE VFA   Independent senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan today filed Senate Resolution No. 892 calling for the termination of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) on the grounds that its provisions are “contrary to the 1987 Philippine Constitution.”  In a two-page resolution, Kiko

Press ReleaseFebruary 16, 2009    KIKO CALLS VFA UNCONSTITUTIONAL Calls on GMA to “preserve whatever respect we have left”  Independent senator and judicial reform advocate Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan reiterated the dissenting opinion of four Supreme Court justices, including Chief Justice Reynato Puno, that the Visiting Forces Agreement is unconstitutional and must therefore