“THE SENATE SHOULD do its mandated duty to uphold justice as an impeachment court” – such was the strong demand of Christian faith-based groups to the Senators, currently seen by the people as in a state of collective confusion and selfish struggle for power. Officially declaring themselves in their official public launching in Quezon City as “KINGDOM KEEPERS,’ the faith-based group as an organization is composed of citizens coming from Christian faith churches and organizations – Catholics, Protestants and Evangelicals.
But it was crystal clear that they decried “the use of religious language and Scripture to place oneself above criticism and appear to be on the side of God” by Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano.
In effect, they stressed that they are “deeply concerned that some senator-judges in the impeachment court are themselves facing serious allegations of corruption, bribery, and human rights violations. Six are under investigation for flood control anomalies. At least one is already behind bars for graft and the non-bailable crime of plunder. Another is charged before the ICC for crimes against humanity and is a fugitive…
“As early as now, senators allied with VP Sara Duterte have shown their bias in opposing her impeachment even before the trial has begun and evidence has been heard. The hasty attempt to change procedural rules to allow absent senators to vote online is a ploy to preserve the numbers needed to protect their allies and acquit VP Sara.”
BETRAYAL OF PUBLIC TRUST
In their official statement in launching their coalition, the KINGDOM KEEPERS, hinted that the ongoing chaos in the highly important government institution, the Senate, as a collective dereliction of duty and betrayal of public trust. But with a caveat – the SP Alan Peter Cayetano bloc of senators has been disrupting the official legislative work of the senate, apparently to find more ways to delay or even to ensure VP Sara Duterte, (the daughter of ICC jailbird soon to be tried for the charge of murdering about 30,000 Filipinos, Rodrigo Roa Duterte) to be acquitted somehow.
Without naming specific groups, the KINGDOM KEEPERS, during the launch, also thoroughly explained that cults in society have been on the prowl to confuse the Filipino people on which of the two contending blocs is the legitimate one.
The fact is the cults, with their members in Congress have arrogantly and consistently displayed their fanatical loyalty to the Dutertes by subtly operating to delay or disrupt the impeachment of the ICC jailbird’s daughter.
WORK WITH INTEGRITY
However, as can be gleaned from the comments and answers during the Q&A during the launch, the objective truth that came out overall was that the credible group of senators was the bloc of Acting SP Sherwin Gatchalian. Such, in fact, was generally accepted and publicly announced as the majority bloc by various legal luminaries, the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, Law deans of colleges and universities, among other credible influencers, including Pres. Bongbong Marcos himself.
The KINGDOM KEEPERS, as a grouping of Filipinos genuinely concerned about good governance, basically asserted, with the support of all Filipinos, that “The Senate should do its mandated duty to uphold justice as an impeachment court. It should buckle down to work to ease the burdens that our people carry – poverty, trillion-peso corruption, and growing hopelessness and cynicism over the despicable behavior of our institutions.” They also urged all Filipinos to pray “for truth, justice, and integrity” in the country’s institutions. A parting shot: they urged the people to voice out their concerns and make their “barangay leaders, mayors, congressmen and senators accountable!”
The peoples’ demand: “Senators, WORK ASAP with INTEGRITY!”