A newspaper reported that it was a gathering of strange bedfellows. I disagree. It was a gathering of kinky bedfellows.
There was former President Cory Aquino, the one they dub as “the conscience of the nation” (spare me, please); Sen. Franklin Drilon, the one who once offered his Ilo-ilo city for Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to put up a “Malacañang of the South,” but a week later demanded her to resign; and disgraced former President Joseph “Erap” Estrada.
Drilon said there was no political agenda. They came to celebrate the successful eye operation of Erap and to pray for the Wowowee stampede victims. Indeed, there was no political agenda, but that gathering in itself was definitely a loud, ear-splitting political statement. It was also a stupid one.
Makati city Mayor Jejomar Binay hinted the gathering to be a united opposition front. When will the opposition come to its senses that the problem of the opposition is not unity but credibility? Filipinos no longer trust in PGMA’s leadership but are neither passionate about ousting her, simply because there is no better alternative and no vision we can grasp.
So we sludge along, going around in circles in the wilderness. We hear reports from Malacañang about a bristling economy, but can’t help stare with mouths agape at the unabated rising of petroleum prices and the implementation of the cruel RVAT or EVAT or VATever you want to call it. What’s worse is that Filipinos are giving and giving out of their hard-earned money, but nothing’s coming back except lip service.
So that gathering of the 3 bedfellows generated no more than a “ho-hum.” How can Cory Aquino, once a powerful symbol of the ouster of an immoral President, hub-nub with another immoral ex-President? It only proves that there’s nothing in her head (and, for that matter, where her showbiz daughter inherited hers).
At the height of the “Hello, Garci” scandal, Cory released a taped message advising PGMA to step down. It was a dignified and firm statement that expressed a majority of what Filipinos felt. Yet, she blew her integrity away after playing footsies with Erap Estrada in that gathering. What a waste!
Then there’s Franklin Drilon. He once proudly stated before national TV that PGMA could build a Malacañang of the South in his home city. A week later he was denouncing her and demanded she resign, since he was perceived to be the next Vice-President in the eventuality of PGMA stepping down. (By the way, Cory’s son, Rep. Noynoy Aquino, was there too, but who wants to talk about him?)
So we’re faced with the dilemma of following a political cosmetic like PGMA or replace her with a slew of trapos with hidden agendas.
Perhaps watching Wowowee isn’t that bad after all.
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