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

Press ReleaseFebruary 11, 2009   KIKO ADDRESSES INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITY; URGES MULTI-SECTORAL COLLABORATION  At the Asia Pacific Conference on the Implementation and Monitoring of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), held today at Traders Hotel, Pasay City, independent Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan urged

Press ReleaseFebruary 11, 2009   KIKO HAILS SC DECISION TO UPHOLD SMITH CUSTODY   Independent senator and judicial reforms advocate Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan hailed the Supreme Court ruling to place convicted rapist Lance Corporal Daniel Smith under Philippine custody in accordance with the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA).  Smith was convicted of raping

Press ReleaseFebruary 1, 2009  LAKAS-KAMPI “INSENSITIVE” IN TIME OF CRISIS – KIKO At a caucus held at Clark Field, Pampanga on Thursday, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said that the merger of political parties Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas) and Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino (Kampi) for the 2010 elections “must proceed in earnest and