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 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!!!!!!
March 4th, 2008 at 7:24 pm
It’s very obvious to say that Noli is not capable of performing the duties and responsibilities of a President, which I totally disagree. The man ran for the second highest office of the land and he won it overwhelmingly. This man would not dare to risk it all to run if he thinks his got no experience and no political savvy. This man, i believe, is one of the able bodies that can lead the nation because he’s God fearing and a religious devotee; loved by all classes of people which earned him a lot of respect; and most of all, he has a vision of prosperity and stability for the country by sharing the power and control of the government with co-equal bodies of the government and will give importance to the religious sectors which may play a vital role in ending graft and corruption by shaping the country’s social, political, and moral values for he is not believer in the separation of church and state because Church is God and State is the people so they cannot be separated, and our Constitution expresses the phrase ‘ we the sovereign Filipino people, imploring the aid of Almighty God’.
March 4th, 2008 at 7:17 pm
Gerry
Pardon the outburst earlier - it just annoys me to see that so many of our countrymen are willing to be taken for fools. I revise my accusation earlier - stupid is an affliction that seems to equally pervade all our social classes.
For one, rather than use proper discretion, we seem to prefer to follow anybody that decides to play our emotions.
March 4th, 2008 at 7:08 pm
The topic of this thread is on Noli as constitutional successor.
No question about that. He is the constitutional successor as per our constitution.
He was elected as the VP and the VP replaces the President whether we like it or not.
Chaos reigns when the succession rule is not followed.
March 4th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
Noli will always be the constitutionl successor no doubt abaout it.
Perhaps the problem is because those “orchestrating” this crisis do not want him but that does not change the fact that the VP will always be the constitutional successor.
Then it becomes a problem because the evil elements behind this crisis have other plans.
making Noli succed PGMA will also create problems for the presidentiables.