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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March 5th, 2008 at 8:18 pm
Poor Juan, Gloria’s time will come and will be at the same standing as Cory and Erap. But not now, she still has a purpose, a lesson to those moneyed few that plays king and queen maker at the expense of the ordinary Pinoys. A bitter pill they have to swallow. Now if youre part of EDSA II that put her there, chill out. BTW, Gloria just revoked EO-464, see how wrong you are.
March 5th, 2008 at 7:37 pm
pedro
What’s to stop Noli from becoming a puppet of groups like, say, ABS-CBN? While Noli himself may not be as bad as the rest of the Gloria camp, I’m still willing to bet that he’ll just end up ebding to the whims of some of his associates in the said studio.
And by the way:
“Malacanang should be cleansed and turn it into a holy place for good leaders.”
No. Just no. “HolY place”? You make it sound like a theocracy. Do you want us to turn into a Christian version of Iran?
March 5th, 2008 at 5:20 pm
Now that GMA has scrapped EO464, I think it would be best for everyone if she turns over the presidency to Noli. For her opponents, it will finally give hope to improve the lives of Filipinos. For herself, it would be the best timing for her to leave now since Noli can protect her exit, not 2010 when Noli is not there to protect her anymore. She can live in the US and the Filipinos may forgive her. What may have happened with all the problems in our democracy is a learning curve, soon we will learn to live in an honest and fair democracy, if we are given a chance to improve it. End the misery of many Filipinos, Mrs. President, please turn over the presidency to Noli now.
March 5th, 2008 at 5:08 pm
Allan Says: (March 4th, 2008 at 8:10 pm )
Emotions + Greed = Disaster
Thats where we are heading if we let this so called moralist and guardians of democracy succeed. The senators, their greed for the presidency, Cory her greed to keep Hacienda Luisita, Erap his greed to keep his ill-gotten wealth, JDV and family their greed to recover lost kickbacks in the ZTE deal, the catholic church, their greed for control. The only ingredient missing is “emotions” and thats where Juan dela Cruz comes in.
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To Allan,
You’re talking about GREED, but you’re obviously misdirecting us from WHOSE GREED that all these brouhahas have originated… as in “moderate the greed” of whom?
Hello!!?? All you’re saying are the SPECULATIVE greed of others in the “future” and point your finger AWAY FROM THE CLEAR AND PRESENT instances of GREED that are being investigated at present; investigations of the people who are involved in the current (not future) NBN-ZTE scandal…
C’mon, come back to the present…
Don’t justify the future, deal with the present.
Let’s watch as the events unfold before we get into wrongful accusations and erroneous conclusions.
March 5th, 2008 at 4:29 pm
poor noli.. but i think he can do better than cory and erap. GMA going down or ousted? forget it, it will never happen. GMA will stay until 2010. people still think that the smart bitch is still the best person to lead this country. alam ng mga bishops yan..Cory, Binay, Erap, JDV, black and white people, hahahhahahahah funniest people in the world. Listnen Mr. Lozada, you are the right person at the wrong time and wrong associates. wake up or shut up