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 7th, 2008 at 11:21 am
yes EsPD, there’s nothing wrong with noli kya nga un oposisiyon e nttranta n ngaun plng. i’m also for noli on 2010.
April 1st, 2008 at 11:41 am
Nothing wrong with Noli as president. That’s constitutional. We can make sure that he won’t be like Gloria if we will guide him. He’s certainly better than Gloria. Since he’s politically inexperienced, he can’t engage in wholesale corruption.
March 29th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
malapit n presidential electon.. mga politiko knya knya nnmn stragedy este strategy pla. fearless forcast ko? pg ang oposisyon hindi nag unite cgurado c noli pnlo.. khit n 35% lng mkuha nyang boto. kc un oposisyon pghahati hatian p un 65%. kung 3 cla e d tig 21.6% lng cla. ang tanong e ppyag kya cla n 1 lng kandidato nila? ewan ko lng.
March 22nd, 2008 at 9:21 pm
Hayaan na ninyo si Noli. At least pag president na siya eh double purpose: Nanonood ka ng speech niya at para ka ring nanonood ng MAGANDANG GABI BA-YAN. At lahat ng sasabihin niya na sinulat ng buong news team niya eh binabasa habang nakaupo. MAGANDA BA YAN.
March 22nd, 2008 at 4:35 pm
Noli is fine as a “support” figure, not as the head. It’s really hard to find a president of GMA’s caliber (corrupt though, she may seem).
Even if Noli’s character should prove “incorruptible”, he has virtually no track record to show the public. He’s not incompetent, but at this point, I consider him clueless. Better for Gloria to finish her term; have a proper election for the public to have a chance to look at other more suitable candidates.