In my column today, I tried my hand at reading public opinion on graft and corruption under GMA — and why more people haven’t taken to the streets. (I actually did the reading last Thursday, before the Rotary Club of Manila, on the same day as the Trillanes caper.)
I sifted through the findings of three surveys, but essentially the attempt is a meditation on the latest (October 2007) Pulse Asia poll. These findings, in particular:
(Please click on the images to enlarge them.)
The conclusion I reached (and of course I am aware I could have gotten things fundamentally wrong) suggests that Ping Lacson’s latest attempt to disclose another corruption scandal still won’t force people out into the streets.
The lesson for regime-changers: Corruption scandals do not prematurely bring down an administration, but proof of something else entirely — brazen fraud, gross impunity, lewd dancing in the halls of the Senate.
This also suggests that suspending the high-profile Senate hearings on the ZTE case, where revelations not only of corruption but of obvious duplicity or gross arrogance were a real possibility, was a strategic mistake on the part of the opposition.
What do you think? More to the point, what kind of brazenness, similar to the “na-onse tayo” vote on the second Velarde envelope, would set the streets on fire?
December 24th, 2007 at 12:35 am
Back to the main topic. If the GMA’s appointees in the Supreme Court be so brazen enough to be able to influence the whole court to give bias decisions, then hotels and the streets, including the Pasig River, will rise in flame.
December 22nd, 2007 at 3:39 pm
talo naman ako riyan, kunti na lang laman ng utak ko! natuyo na sa kababasa kay salina, hehehehehe.
December 18th, 2007 at 9:01 am
salina, pandak, belat ni gloria … o tamo humirit ka nanaman ng kalabaw na ingles. Pero okay din para meron nagpapatawa sa amin. Ako nga di kagalingan sa ingles kaya tagalog ang komento ko, sana kayo din, wag ng trying hard mga ‘tol. Daanin na lang natin sa nilalaman ng utak.
December 17th, 2007 at 2:05 pm
loigialaarni
salina, pandak, belat ni gloria
magtagalog ka na lang, mali mali naman ang ingles mo eh. Idolo mo talaga si erap.
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What your problem Lady! You don’t have anything else to do except insulting me. If you can do better come one lets hear it.
December 17th, 2007 at 11:25 am
hiram1104
Salina
The Emir of Kuwait has just spared the life of Ranario through the iintercession of PGMA. Did you know if Chiz, Legarda or Thrilla have done anything to save the life of an OFW?
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I HAVE NEWS FOR YOU! GLORIA ARROYO, IS THE ONE WHO DONE THAT. THE PEOPLE IN PHILIPPINES EMBASSY THE ONE WHO DID THE WORK. GLORIA ARROYO, JUST GOT THE CREDIT FOR IT. IF YOU DON’T BELIEVE ME, ASKED THEM.