The unmaking of the President

“She has put her own partisan political interests over the long-term development of the institutions of government.”

Why zero in on the President? Doesn’t this observation apply not just to most Pinoy politicians today but also to most Pinoy politicians over the last 50 years? All of a sudden priority on politics over “long term development of institutions” suddenly becomes an issue.

How convenient.

You people fail to mention that this issue has BEEN an issue of Philippine society for the last five decades now. You talk as if it is something that BECAME an issue under the present administration.

No wonder Pinoy society is so rally-happy. It’s because people who exert so much influence are so into the business of removing what little perspective our ignorant society is already left with.

When you highlight the fact of our country’s failure to oversee the “long-term development of the institutions of government”, do you do so to imply a solution to address this issue itself, or do you do so to simply further the partisanism that already paralyses Philippine society?

Sure GMA cheated and needs to be impeached. But don’t make it look like SHE ALONE is responsible for the weakness and ineptness of our government institutions. THAT is something that Pinoys need to come to terms with whenever they stare into the mirror.

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Sure GMA cheated and needs to be impeached. But don’t make it look like SHE ALONE is responsible for the weakness and ineptness of our government institutions.

-I wholeheartedly agree.. id say haul all those past presidents past governors warlords jueteng lords and what have you, to court and make them accountable for past lapses in judgement. But let’s start with gloria pwede ba then ramos??-

hahahahha. nako. wag na kc siya pansinin. kc habang pinapansin lalong nanggagaliiti sa paggamit ng kanyang aircon!

Root of all evil Gloria? Who agrees? When Gloria goes evil is gone too?

Tsk tsk…

We have a bright future!

LOL….wannabe PCIJ…..hahahahahahahaha …to namang PCIJ nagpapagamit…wag nyong payagang gawing classified ads tong blog site..buti sana kung me cut kayo sa kinikita nyan

get real buddy!

-MANINDIGAN SA KATOTOHANAN!

Sino ang totoong gago, ang nagpa-gago o ang nang-gago?

For that matter, Whose fault is it that these politicians are using the country as their personal playgrounds? Why do we allow the rich to play on water-guzzling golf courses while the poor line up for their bucket-a-day ration?

Why are foreigners and descendants of foreign masters given preferential treatment over local indios?

Maybe it’s because we’d rather make jokes, organise rallies and throw pebbles at ivory towers to address these issues instead of hunkering down and building a true nation with solid foundations from the bottom up.

The PCIJ has written entire books about the Philippine political class.The problem, as we wrote in The Rulemakers, dates back 100 years, rather than 50. We by no means blame the President solely for the deterioration of institutions. But we cannot go back to 100 years of Philippine history every time we write an article.

Hi Sheila and Jonathan: just one point that needs pondering too. That there are people inside the military crying for reforms is true. But the ability to push for this reforms via extra-parliamentary means (a coup) is also almost an impossibility. Not only because GMA has successfully pitted senior officers against each other, but also because the folks who had done it in the past are now divided. RAM virtually ceased to exist once Gringo, Red Kapunan and others decided to run for political office; YOU dissipitated after Diosdado Valeroso and Danny Lim reintegrated themselves. None of these “older generation” of golpistas have ties with the Oakwood generation (save Gringo; but then Gringo is not RAM). So without that unity, nothing serious will happen in terms of the military. The wiretaps can destroy reputations and weaken politicians, but the are also petty undertakings, small-arms fire — as it were — and do not have the transformative impact as the coup.

Sino ang pipiliin ninyo?

A. Yung nagliligpit ng mga kidnapper at holdaper upang hindi na sila umulit ulit?

B. Yung harap-harapan na nagsisinungaling at dinudukutan ang bulsa ng naghihikahos na taong bayan, at dinadaya pa ito sa botohan?

lovexnevrdies:

correct now you’re getting the picture of reality
were all taken by those petit-bourgeois,those text generation
were all fooled by these few people.their hate campaign so great
that even in classrooms they will tell their students that Erap is like this,
like that etc…My question right now.Is the couples for christ doing something,are those catholic schools,and private schools teaching
or telling them student that La Gloria is like this.why dont they invite their
students to attend those rally,and those employers give them half day pay if they would join the cause.Its quite IRONIC when we are fighting for the real truth no one is brave enough to stand.
what we are teaching to our children right now is its ok to cheat
just say SORRY afterwards.

When Quezon was in Washington DC, they wined him and dined him and won him over: he sought a Commonwealth government with eventual “independence” ( although the PI is still dependent on the US economy up till present. Truly the Philippines now reaps what he sowed. In my opinion, they really wanted the Philippines not as a territory but as an eventual trade partner. Quezon would have had a juicy position being very very close to Gen. Mac Arthur who was head of the US Armed Forces in the Far East.

Not that the American system is perfect but if run by the Americans, a lot of hush hush politics would not have happened in the Philippines.

A man died and went to heaven. As he stood in front of St.Peter at the
Pearly Gates, he saw a huge wall of clocks behind him. He asked, “What
are all those clocks?” St. Peter answered, “Those are Lie-Clocks.

Everyone on Earth has a Lie-Clock. Every time you lie, the hands on your
clock will move.” “Oh,” said the man, “Whose clock is that?” “That’s Mother Teresa’s. The hands have never moved, indicating that she never told a lie.”

“Incredible,” said the man. And whose clock is that one?” St. Peter
responded, “That’s Abraham Lincoln’s clock. The hands have moved twice,telling us that Abe told only two lies in his
entire life.”

“Where’s Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s clock?” asked the man. The Philippine President’s clock is in my office. I’m using it as a CEILING FAN.”

Dude, like what’s your point?

Baka naman kailangan natin ng permiso ng mga Amerikano muna bago natin sabihin na kailangan maging parte tayo ng US. Kung may uunahin sila na i-annex sa kanila, di ba yung mga meksikano muna, dahil:

1. Tutal marami nang iligal na meksikano sa Amerika. Kung huhulihin o pauuwiin man ang lahat ng iligal sa Meksicano sa tate, magsasara ang karamihan sa restoran at kompanyang konstraksyon sa US.

2. Maraming pinuno ng pamahalaan sa US ang 2nd o 3rd generations mexicans. Isang halimbawa yung pumalit kay Ashcroft bilang Atty. General, di ba mexicano yon? E di mas marami ang impluwensya nila.

3. Si Bush ay kaibigan ni President Vicente Fox ng Mexico. Malapit sa puso niya ang mga mexicano, magmula pa noong gobernador siya ng Texas, na may malaking populasyon ng Mexicano, dahil ka border nga ng Texas ang Mexico. Sa katunayan nga, sa kasalukuyan ay tinetesting ni Bush ang tubig at pinapalaot ang idea ng amnesty para sa mga illegal. Tinitingnan niya muna ang opinyon ng mga mamamayan. Kaya nga ngayon, sa karamihan ng talk show sa Istate, maging radyo o tv, o maging Demokrat man o Republican ang host, illegal immigration ang pangkaraniwan na topic.

Kaya nga kung gugustuhin man ng merika na magkaroon ng bagong estado, natural lamang na Mexico ang uunahin. Huwag muna nating ipagsaksakan ang sarili natin, baka lang tayo mapahiya sa bandang huli. Ipagpalagay natin na gusto ng mas nakararami ang maging kano tayo, tatanggapin ba kaya tayo ng mga tunay na kano?