I AM no fan of GMA. I abhor what’s going on in Philippine government and politics now, but I choose to see things from a higher plane.
I often wonder, if GMA is so evil and corrupt, why is GDP growth the highest in 31 years? Why is inflation in the low 2 percent? Why is the peso at P40.50 [to the dollar]? The problem with many is they think corruption can go away overnight. Why don’t we try to place ourselves in Malacañang and imagine funding a P6-billion presidential campaign, a P200-million-per-senator campaign, P20 million per congressional bet, local, etc., etc. from our own pockets?
We drag GMA out of Malacañang and you think all our problems are over. Haven’t you considered the biggest potential winners in such a scenario are the rightist military or the extreme left? Sadly, we may be playing to the tune of rightist and leftist power grabbers… and unknowingly leading the nation to the way of Burma!
Unfortunately, GMA is about the best this rotten political system can produce. She is a small part of the problem. Someone said the opposition can’t seem to gain any headway because nobody is above the fray. Of course no politician is above the fray. They are all part of this extremely flawed political system. To fix the system, we must first work long and hard to attain an economy that will support a principled political system. The only way there is sustained economic growth. Somewhere along [the way], we change the electoral system so one does not have to steal or sacrifice his/her principles to get elected and do his/her mandate.
After a sustained 10-year growth, for example, government may be able to partially reimburse election expenses. It will be able to pay government employees wages that afford basic necessities and more dignified lives. By then, ordinary Filipinos can afford to donate part of their growing disposable incomes to help elect competent and principled leaders.
My call to media and so-called moralists: Think!
– Gerry Ditching, Makati City, Philippines (via e-mail)
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April 15th, 2008 at 5:25 pm
Despite these economic gains, GMA failed to convert it to more jobs, cheaper food prices, cheaper fuel prices. Why? Because all these economic gains are only in papers! They are floated by GMA minions to disguise Filipinos of the reality, that is, we are in deep sh.t!
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Our country has been suffering from decades of neglect and poor governance. We are so low now in terms of economic profile that majority of our people are below the poverty line. It will definitely take a generation or more for most of our countrymen to feel the pulling up effect of macro-economic growth. There is no magic wand solution to the poverty problem in our country. We all have to increase our patience and long for the long term because the economic benefits of the current phenomenal macro economic surge will not immediately be felt especially at the grass roots although eventually, if sustained, it will be.
The adverse economic state of our country is being aggravated by the extremely intense and bestial politiking in our country. The opposition are perverting everything that this current administration does, even the media is not blameless. Let me ask you: “When was the last time that the government received accolade in mainstream media for anything ’satisfactory’, even policy wise, that it did?
None. In fact even the macro-economic gains that we achieved is being trivialized, sometimes by “parachute economists” and worse sometimes by tsismis-tsismis.
April 15th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
Are these “economic gains” a reality? or just another product of corrupt government officials who wanted to paint a good picture of our Philippine economy? If really we are performing well in this field, WHY DO POOR FILIPINOS CONTINUE TO RISE? Despite these economic gains, GMA failed to convert it to more jobs, cheaper food prices, cheaper fuel prices. Why? Because all these economic gains are only in papers! They are floated by GMA minions to disguise Filipinos of the reality, that is, we are in deep sh.t! Gerry Ditching, PLEASE BE GUIDED ACCORDINGLY!
April 14th, 2008 at 10:09 pm
hindi ma uunite ni GMA ang bansa hanggat may mga oposisyon n mkasarili at may sariling interest. ayaw nila maging sunudsunuran gusto nila cla msusunod. they are hungry of power..
April 14th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
filipino people is aware of this govt bureaucratics ills, when the so-called opposition tried to question gma and cohorts illegal acts bato kaagad kung sino man ang puwedeng maging scapegoat..kaya nga yung tao nagsabi ng nalalaman niya masyado ng garapal yung mga namumuno..and kindly check legislative works of the so-called opposition kahit papaano may national importance compare to gma allies…yung nga strategy nila, hatiin ang opinyon ng tao tayo-tayo pag-awayin para malaya silang makagalaw..if shes a credible leader first and foremost agenda niya is national unity in action..hindi puro salita lamang na kuno ay shes for “unity and reconciliation” but the truth she want to destroy the opposition of this country to promote their utopian agenda of prosperity kuno because sila lang daw bukod tangi ang makakagawa…sa kasamaang palad ay nilamon din sila ng sistema ng patronage politics and self-serving ideologies kaya heto ang pinas economic growth daw pero ang incidence of poverty and hunger ay tinalo pa yung mga unang liderato…she still has time to reform and unite the country, sana nga magawa niya para sa ating bansa at hindi para sa malacanang mafia and arroyo corrupt-poration…sana nga
April 12th, 2008 at 8:19 am
discredit the gov’t… bring political crisis.. destabilize the country.. humiliate the present admin.. battlecry ng mga oposisyon para s 2010 presidential election!..