Tuesday, March 11, 2008 Capillas: Hasty assessment By Stephen Capillas Galley Proof
HOW the City Government and some media outlets could pass immediate judgment on City Police Director Superintendent Isagani Genabe's performance barely two months after taking over from Superintendent Antonio Montalba is something this writer may never know aside from the fact that criticism on him at this time is skewed at the very least.
I mean, basketball players and professional athletes in this part of the world are given the time of day and benefit of the doubt when they first assimilate themselves into their respective teams, making allowances for their inexperience for the necessary adjustment period that follows which usually lasts for a period of six months or the "honeymoon period" as it is often called.
And yet just because the city police director failed to be contacted for their comments concerning the bombing in a neighboring Mindanao city some of the media outlets and some local officials are quick to blame and outrightly condemn Genabe, even going so far as to recommend for his immediate replacement by Montalba.
Of course they have their reasons, some of them being that they felt snubbed or not given enough importance by Genabe and other local officials despite the apparent status they enjoy as wielding enough influence on the supposed power brokers and top officials in the city.
Nevertheless unless there is a major crime wave or incident that proved gross negligence on the part of Genabe and or any of his people, these city officials and some media outlets should give the current Cagayan de Oro city police director sometime to adjust before they issue their comments and pass judgment on his performance, not immediately after assuming office.
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Vice-President Noli de Castro must know by now what it feels like to be on the other end of the stick as he reportedly expressed his annoyance over the insistence by some opposition quarters that he call for the immediate resignation of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
Criticized for merely echoing the call by the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) to allow the truth of the ZTE-NBN broadband deal to surface, the Vice-President and former broadcaster now feels the hot seat after he was hit for not joining the growing clamor for the President to resign.
But then time is on de Castro's side and even with his continuing non-performance he continues to enjoy favorable ratings from the masses, which could help propel his presidential ambitions to fruition in 2010.
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