CHECK out Philippine Daily Inquirer editor John Nery’s latest post in Current, the joint blog he maintains with Inquirer columnist Manuel Quezon III.
Here’s an excerpt:
Sometimes we can read too much into the “meaning” of a particular vote.
I found Raul Pangalangan’s last column, on the meaning of the Honasan-Trillanes vote, a provocative read. I especially thought this particular passage was right on the money.
By manipulating the various arms of government to harass its enemies and protect its own, the Arroyo government has weakened the rule of law. It has conditioned the people to look to end-results � stop corruption, improve education, expand health care, make housing more accessible � and be indifferent to the means, constitutional or not. It has lowered the bar, so to speak, that the law has placed to guard against extra-constitutional power grabs.
This weakening of the rule of law � “culture of impunity,” anyone? � must be counted as one of the main legacies of the Arroyo administration.
May 24th, 2007 at 3:47 pm
TO PIAN
I did get some points from you, that we should act ourselves and not put the blame entirely on one person. Puro na lang anti-GMA ang naririnig ko. Sisi dito, sisi doon. Pano tayong uunlad niyan kung watak-watak tayo?
***** I agree with you. Lahat na lang against the administration…walang nakikitang TAMA. I’m not a pro-Admin or a por-Opposition. I want prosperity and progress in our country. Nobody wants to blame why all these things are happening but somehow sana naisip man lang ‘yong kapakanan ng ating bansang Pilipinas.
******* It’s really true na watak-watak tayo even in an implementation of system,I really felt that.Kasi galing ako ng probinsya at nang pumunta me ng Manila, nakita ko ang pagkakaiba. i’m sorry to say na mas MAHIGPIT pa ang implementation ng system sa ilang probinsya kaysa dito sa Manila.
^^^^^TO KAWA^^^^^^
“so before we put the blame on someone who in this case didn’t do anything other than gave her life to doing service to people who are mostly ungrateful, why dont we try to ask ourselves, are we trying to be part of the solution or are we the problem itself?”
——————–This is my question from a 16 y.o. probinsiyanong 4th year hschool.If you didn’t do bad actions against the govenment,against your people, you cannot be blamed, am I right? Do you think, can you make use of yourself solve the intense problems in our country? How? Can we solve the problem by ourselves where in fact the problem is our corrupt and incapable leaders of the nation? Remember,of all the previous presidents, during my younger and elementary days, I saw already the ungrateful acts of those leaders whom people chose to lead the country. Correct me if I’m wrong. The problem cannot be solve unless there is a CHANGE. Think of the younger generations that someday and somehow would like to innovate for the better in our country.
**********If we are the problem itself,what are we living for in this country whom our forefathers gave us as a legacy of winning freedom and independence from ancient colonizers?
May 24th, 2007 at 2:40 pm
kawa:
“so before we put the blame on someone who in this case didn’t do anything other than gave her life to doing service to people who are mostly ungrateful, why dont we try to ask ourselves, are we trying to be part of the solution or are we the problem itself?”
she didnt give her life to doing service….she stole it!!! she did not sacrifice her life, she wanted to be president by hook of by crook, the only reason why democracy is not in its potential in the philippines is because of the narrow mindedness of people like you who think that Gloria is the only one who can run the country. You under estimate the filipino people, they understand what is going on they might not be as intellectual and Convoluted as you, but they see and understand the scams and scandals that is going on in the government, your response to the column has no merrit nor are you backing up your analisys. If you want to be part of the solution you have to accept that there is a problem with this government ie. “garci tape”, “bolante scam”, “extra-judicial killings”, suppression of evidences against the her regime, Now you have the choice, its either you turn a blind eye and praise her and do nothing or pressure her to answer these moral problems that is plaguing this governemt, no matter how you look at it if the leader of the philippine government does not address these issues the philippines is going down the drain.
May 24th, 2007 at 10:10 am
salina salina salina, why am i not surprised. reading from ur comments in almost all topics id say i was kinda expecting that from u. if it makes u feel better, i think u are of the same caliber to that of joey the writer but then again im sure even he would totali disagree on that. i just hope there isn’t too many salinas out there.
by the way, i did take ur advice. i read the article again and i still came up with the same thought. i’d say u probably need to take urs too, this time with a dictionary beside you. peace! hehehe
May 24th, 2007 at 5:30 am
TO KAWA
I did get some points from you, that we should act ourselves and not put the blame entirely on one person. Puro na lang anti-GMA ang naririnig ko. Sisi dito, sisi doon. Pano tayong uunlad niyan kung watak-watak tayo?
May 24th, 2007 at 4:56 am
kawa
i beg to disagree. i find the comment quiet empty and irresponsible. in the history of the philippines, the recent one is surely not charaterized by the weakening of the rule of law. in fact, very far from it.
the social problems we face today are mostly caused by political imaturity and lack of patriotism among the populace and surely not the making of one woman.
i would say that the picture we see around us, is a picture of democracy at its worse, i.e., freedom at the hands of not-so-intelligent majority. for us people in the academe, we would know that the over-rated system called democracy only works best in an intelligent population, sadly we are not.
so before we put the blame on someone who in this case didn’t do anything other than gave her life to doing service to people who are mostly ungrateful, why dont we try to ask ourselves, are we trying to be part of the solution or are we the problem itself?
*************
Fr: Salina.
Kawa: You better read again because he’s only telling it like it is. He’s only telling what is happening in this country. I agree with him 100%.