TO the nagging question: “Who can replace her (GMA)?” — the logical answer is in this form: “What if she’s incapacitated, or she resigns or, God forbid, she dies, will the Philippines be lost in oblivion?”
No one is indispensable regardless whether or not he or she occupies the highest position in the land. Maybe a “lesser evil” (as a figure of speech) will, but let’s hope the one who next occupies the seat is no evil. So, if the office of the president is vacated, there is no choice but for the VP to assume the office of the presidency — regardless of whether or not the VP is “capable” of leading the nation.
Perhaps, we can backtrack starting from the Comelec… How are candidates qualified and/or “disqualified” from running for office? Our voters can only select from candidates pre-selected by the Comelec. Disqualifying candidates is left with the Comelec — in the hands of people no less like the former [chairman Benjamin] Abalos! So, what’s there to choose from? There are thousands/millions of Filipinos who believe that the current VP is not capable to do so, but there are more who believed he can — when they elected him along with her in the last elections. Tainted with fraud as it may have been, that last election, nevertheless, had placed them (President and VP) in their current seats. And, if the nation cannot remove either or both of them from their seats, then there’s no other way but for the people to let them finish their terms but closely watching them with vigilant eyes and corresponding vigilant action, such as what’s happening today — perhaps, until such time that the people have gathered enough courage and strength to force a critical change without bloodshed.
Assuming that the VP replaces the President, and if he performs/behaves like the person he replaced, then we know that the people can replace him, too, anytime, perhaps easier than when the same people mandated the ouster of the President. So, whether we believe or not in the “capability” of the VP to lead the nation, we must learn to accept the fact that life is [about] taking risks. Life is asking questions without expecting to get all the answers within our lifetime.
– Jimmy Leonida, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (via e-mail)
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April 12th, 2008 at 7:36 pm
Hi guys,
3 years ago I was at the end of myself and ready for death.
I had a radical encounter with God and He saved me out of drugs, alcohol and other things that I have not been proud of.
He was there for me when no one else was.
Pray this:
Dear Lord Jesus,
I need to know you. Touch me. Allow me to encounter you now. Let me know how close you really are.
Let me see into your eyes. Your love filled eyes.
Love from Simon
April 10th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
Gerry, gerry quite contrary,
how does your reasoning go?
with the allan, and the matsing
and all the gma pros!
April 10th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
How about Davide and Fernando?
Arent they presidentiable materials too?
what the Philippines need is a President thats has balls and will not bend down to blackmails and political favor. Someone that will not hesitate to whip the ass of the stupid senators.
April 9th, 2008 at 7:37 pm
Whoever runs, I would suggest the term of the president to three years I/O 6:
1st year: payback his investors
2nd year: get back his own puhunan
3rd year: get his tubo, then depart
The longer he stays, the more tubo he gets.
April 9th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
certainly i won’t go for ping(of marcos misg boys), erap(never), loren(not ready for her), villar(he’s gonna be a super billionaire!), escudero(too young),jamboy(yuck!)
that only leaves noli as possible pres. choice for 2010.
i know we are all clueless as to what he can really do, but, he is worth a gamble than those in the opposition. let us just hope that he does not get corrupted by the system, like his predecessors.