You Cannot Be Serious Mr. President

Thursday, October 31, 2019

You Cannot Be Serious Mr. President

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Ms. Leni Robredo grabbed the headlines once more with her usual offhand remarks about the government. But her recent remarks were something that did not sit well with President Duterte, for such remarks that were unceremoniously and frostily uttered by her attacked fearlessly a core mandate of the President no less – the war on drugs.

Since the first few weeks of his presidency, Duterte has been working his fingers to the bone in order to put a halt to the vicious spread of drugs in our country, a problem that has been plaguing our country for the longest time. However, irregularities arose in the process, thereby leading to criticisms. But no one, and nothing can stop Duterte in his campaign against drugs.

Such irregularities may have prompted Robredo to issue a sweeping statement that “it’s not working”. And such statement caught the ire of the President, which in turn prompted him to say that he is willing to commission Robredo to be the drug czar of our country for six months, and that she will be equipped with powers that would cut through all ant-drug activities of the government.

What baffles me is whether or not Duterte is serious with his plan, though he sounded quite serious about it.

My own humble assessment tells me that this is just an impulsive reaction of Duterte towards Robredo’s remarks, an “eh di ikaw na ang magaling” and “eh di ikaw na ang gumawa” kind of reaction (how childish Sir!).

Now, will the President push through with his offer?

Maybe YES. This can be a ploy by Malacañang in turning the tables on Robredo, to see if she can do any better if she will be the one to lead the government’s war against drugs. If she is claiming that it is a failure, then might as well pass the baton to her by all means so that she can prove her mettle, and contribute something to our society in the process (finally!).

On the other hand, maybe NO. The President is wise enough not to entrust a very delicate matter to an individual in the person of Robredo, who has below zero knowledge and experience in handling such matter. Furthermore, her “leadership” may take a soft stance on the war against drugs, in order to appease the Commission on Human Rights and most especially those international bodies (which she loves dearly) that are highly critical of Duterte’s way of eradicating our drug problem. As a consequence, more drugs might proliferate, and the structures upon which Duterte built his unprecedented war on drugs might collapse hastily.

You don’t want this to happen before your eyes Mr. President, do you?

So please Mr. President. You cannot be serious. You would not want all governmental efforts that were invested in your war against drugs be put to waste.

The woman is not capable. She can’t even handle her own thought process, much less our country's drug problem.

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