BLIND ITEM # 1 : Some Good Things Never Last

This celebrity-legislator (CL) recently made a circus out of the government chamber where he belongs to via a privilege speech, which he laced heavily with dramatic pronouncements, and a music-video presentation to boot. CL’s speech comes at the wake of his pending arrest, due to his alleged involvement in the controversial PDAF scam.

During the course of his speech, CL threw rants towards Malacañang, accusing the Chief Executive (CE) of political mudslinging. This leads me to the query of what has led CL to think of CE this way? Does CE have anything to gain from it? The answer is NOTHING unfortunately. I guess CE is just being true to his mandate of going after corrupt officials in his administration. I just hope that he will not spare the others facing the same accusation who are under his wing.

Is CL trying to gain the sympathy of the public, to turn the table against his accusers so that he becomes the proverbial underdog? Will his showbiz charisma still work for him, which garnered him the second highest number of votes in the last elections?

He may have earned the second highest number of votes, but this was during the pre PDAF era. Times have changed and the Filipino public cannot be fooled this time.

Every time that a Filipino feels pain in the stomach due to hunger, every time a Filipino feels frustration of not being able to go to school, and every time a Filipino feels neglect in being denied of medical services, then that Filipino will always remember how the PDAF scam has played a big role in such miseries. The government funds that went to the pockets of the high and mighty could have been used to upgrade and deliver basic social needs to him or her, and to the rest of us.

The reality is that the crooks already have enough, more than enough even, but they still want more.

Unlike in the movies, it may not be a happy ending for CL and his family if allegations will be proven to be true and concrete. As they say, some good things never last, and he may soon bid goodbye to his ambition of a higher political post.

CL could rely though, on the forgiving nature of Filipinos for a little amount of vindication. 

But to forgive is not the same as to forget.