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 6th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
Actually, if I am to go through all postings in here, there could only be a few who are actually expressing their views against the current administration, because one blogger uses so many psuedonyms or aliases. And always expresses the same familiar sentiments, and we are trying to determine and find the truth, does using different aliases serves the purpose of finding out the truth? Does not this kind of act constitute a lie (cheat)? Some are truly expressing their honest opinions against the current administration, but it can be academically rendered moot, simply because one contributor would like to make an impression that there are a lot of them who are against the current administration. This does not at all help the cause to reveal the truth.
March 6th, 2008 at 1:51 pm
I dont understand why Gloria is very sensitive to all these opposition manipulations… Why always listening to the whims and caprices of opposition and paid media people…
MADAM president let those opposition people die nourishing thier wounded ego… dont just give in to their stupid demand and abusesss…. magkamatay kayo sa ingit at kagahamanan sa kapangyarihan… ha ha ha ha ha ha ha….ha ha ha ha ha… tagal nyo ng gustong patalsikin si pandak pero hanga ngayon matangkad parin sa Malancanang….ha ha ha …ha ha ha ….
kakatawa kayo mga PESTE ng bayan….
March 6th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
Mickey, you are dead on, you have seen through the screen.
March 6th, 2008 at 11:17 am
Lozada Supporter, Chi-Chi and all your other aliases…
What is EO 108? Can you show to us in complete text and prove that its a complete clone of EO 464???
My point is mali ka na naman!!! Kung basketball ‘to tambak ka na! You are presenting empty rhetorics instead of facts!
March 6th, 2008 at 10:56 am
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MC_90 Says:
March 4th, 2008 at 7:29 pm
to its time to go:
Taxpayers?????? sinong sinasabi mong taxpayers na gustong patalsikin si GMA??? yung 15000 na nagrally sa manila??? yung 100 na nagrally sa cebu??? at yung kapiranggot pang nagrally sa ibang probinsya???? sinong taxpayers?????????????
wag ninyong gagamitin ang salitang taxpayers..wag nyong gagamitin ang salitang FILIPINO!!!! kasi ang milyon milyong PILIPINO ay hindi nakisali sa panawagan ninyo…DAHIL ANG MGA LEADER NINYO AY PURO DIN KURAKOT!!!!!!! PURO DIN MAGNANAKAW!!!
MAGISIP KA!!!!!!
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HO HO HO HO…BUT YOUR BOSS IS WORSE IS NOT ONLY SHE CHEATED TO WIN IN MAY 10, 2004. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION SHE KEEP ROBBING THE GOVERNMENT COFFER IF YOU CAN’T SEE MOST OF FILIPINO PEOPLE ARE KICKEN HER ASS OUT I GUESS YOU’RE BULAG. AS BLIND….TALAGA GANOON ANG MGA KAWATAN THEY ONLY SEE MONEY! KAWAWANG JUAN DE LA CRUZ!