After PGMA admitted she had a lapse of judgment by calling up a Comelec official to check up on her votes, one of her so-called advisers made an appeal to the Filipino people to give her another 6 months to prove her capability to lead. Halleur!!!!! At the risk of sounding unladylike, my initial reaction was "6 months, my A**!" She already had 3 years after the former President Joseph Estrada was driven out of office and one year out of the 6-year term she had supposedly won in the 2004 National Election. Is she saying that she wasn’t able to accomplish anything in those last 4 years?
My golly gee!!!!! We’re talking 4 years here! That’s already one US Presidential term! Come to think of it, what did she do for the Filipino people during those four years? Naayos ba niya ang naghihikahos na buhay ng mga pangkaraniwang tao? Nakaramdam ba ang mga tao ng kahit kaunting pag-unlad ng kanilang kabuhayan? Ewan ko sa iba, pero wala akong naramdamang kahit na anumang uri ng pagbabago maliban sa patuloy na pagbagsak ng ekonomiya.
Hindi ko naman isinasantabi ang aral ng Diyos na "God help those who help themselves." Totoo yun. Walang magandang mangyayari sa ating buhay kung hindi tayo ang kikilos. Kailangang tayo na mismo ang gumawa ng paraan. Pero, bilang pinuno, sa kaniyang mga balikat nakaatang ang mabigat na responsibilidad na akayin ang mga mamamayan tungo sa kaunlaran.
Huwag na nating pag-usapan kung may pandarayag nangyari sa nakaraang halalan dahil wala namang aamin. But, definitely, there’s no denying the growing doubt as to the integrity of PGMA. She has, so far, done anything to make the people believe otherwise.
When the news of the wiretapped tapes came out, instead of getting sensible replies from the administration, the people got false pronouncements, silly threats, illogical statements and bungled attempts of cover-ups. And, after 22 days of arrogant silence, here she is pitifully beseeching and pleading for the people’s forgiveness. She just had a lapse of judgment, for crying out loud. Lapse of judgment? If I remembered my grade school English lessons, you should add "s" to a word when its an event that happened more than once or its number is more than one. She called the Comelec official more than ten times as recorded in those wiretapped tapes! Baka she meant she had lapseS of judgment? Once is negligible, twice might be overlooked, thrice could be forgivable, but more than that? Sakit na yan!
I wouldn’t even try to figure out why she had to check her votes when the counting was supposedly over. Legally, she can certainly avoid prosecution, but, morally, she won’t be able to escape public persecution. A public office, more than anything else, will work effectively if it enjoyed the trust of it’s constituents. Once the element of trust is lost, the mandate is already considered a mockery.
Personally, I don’t believe in extra-legal means, e.g. people power. One can never correct a mistake by committing another mistake. Otherwise, we’ll all be trapped in a vicious cycle where we’ll all be sucked into eternal damnation of our own making.
I won’t even dare advise her dahil hindi ko abot ang level nya. Aral siya sa US of A, hindi ba? Samantalang, ako ay hamak na Bachelor of Arts graduate lang dito sa ating naghihirap na bayan. Pero may mga pagkakataong katulad ngayon na dapat niyang mas bigyan ng kaukulang pansin ang mga hinaing ng kaniyang konsensiya. Kung tunay siyang makabayan, hindi sapat ang sakripisyo ng kaniyang kabiyak na manatili sa ibang bayan o ang pagpapa-alis na ilang miyembro ng kaniyang gabinete. Kung tunay siyang makabayan, magiging mas mahalaga sa kaniya ang kapakanan ng bayan kaysa personal interest.
Mabilis ang magpatawad pero hindi ang paglimot. May katapat na parusa ayon sa batas ng tao at ng Diyos ang bawat na kasalanan.
Mabilis magbigay ng isa pang pagkakataon pero dapat munang aminin ng bukal sa puso at pagbayaran ang kasalanan.
"I’m Sorry….." Ganoon na lang ba yun?
"6 months pa raw….." Bakit pa?
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