May The Force Still Be With You, Madam

 

It is very unfortunate that this lady, whose popularity is anchored on her quite famous surname – thanks to her late husband, is no longer a force to be reckoned with. She is the face of the opposition (and puppet if I may add) since day one in office of the incumbent President. However, with the recent pronouncements made by the likes of Ping, Manny and Isko as to their ambition to occupy the highest position in the land, she is slowly being relegated to the background, most especially because she cannot put the right screws on her mind on whether she will run or not.

The lady is still adamant with her plan to unite the opposition and come up with just one candidate for the presidency. Sadly, her talks with Ping fizzled out. Next in line are Manny and Isko. Will she be successful this time? It remains to be seen. But from the looks of it, the two gentlemen are hell-bent as far as their political ambition is concerned, and no one or nobody can put barriers along their path.

For six years, this woman simply put to waste the privilege given her to serve the country. She and her camp are more preoccupied in criticizing the government - six years of pamumulitika. Her role was reduced to merely being the mouthpiece of  her party mates. Every time she opens her mouth, expect one criticism or two, as if she is an outsider or a spectator, and not part of the government.

This woman could have done more for those in the laylayan, had she aligned herself with the government and its efforts. After all, her position or office is an integral part of the government. And such alignment will not necessarily entail her to abandon her party and its beliefs. I believe that one can still work hand in hand with the administration without losing political party affiliation.

Perhaps, she has overlooked the idea that she works for the people, and not for her party mates and their collective ambitions. For six years she has distanced herself from the government, and has projected herself to be the “better one”, in the eyes at least of her spokesperson and party mates.

Being the face of the opposition gave her the burden of uniting all opposition forces. Adding to her woes is a three-letter word that is just around the corner – BBM. Many things can still happen, though, between now and the last day of filing for candidacy.

Hence, may the force still be with you, Madam.

The Piece de Resistance of the Opposition

The opposition and anti-Duterte people are pulling out all the stops in order to paint a very negative image of the Sea Games, spreading unsubstantiated news, and grossly exaggerating every bit of shortcoming by the organizers.

YES or NO?

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Leni Robredo and her camp must be so mentally stressed nowadays.

First, Robredo was heavily criticized for her baseless and sweeping conclusion that the government’s war on drugs had been a failure. Second, the Robredo camp is not sure if Leni was able to convince the public of her retraction of her earlier statement. And finally, Robredo and her gang cannot make up their mind if Leni should accept or refuse the President’s offer to let her takeover the government’s war on drugs.

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.

DUTERTE SHOULD RESIGN

Yes, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte should resign.

I am thus joining the likes of Loida Nicolas-Lewis, and Black and White movement frontrunners Butch Abad, Dinky Soliman and Leah Navarro in their call for the resignation of our duly elected President.

On the FM Burial: Divisiveness or Difference in Opinion Only? Is the EDSA Spirit Still Alive?

Even before the burial of former President Ferdinand Marcos at the LNMB, Anti-Marcos groups were already quick in arriving at their pronouncement that it will cause divisiveness among Filipinos.

ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES : Halalan 2016

JEJOMAR BINAY

Advantage: 

Binay has endeared himself to the masses over the years, and thus, has the advantage of possessing that masa appeal which could translate to millions of votes come election time.  

Disadvantage: 

However, Binay's moral credibility is perennially being questioned, what with all the corruption issues being hurled at him and his family. And this has caused people to have a very negative impression of him. Filipinos already have had enough of corruption in the government.