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Thursday, February 19, 2004
Famador: Hold your breath
By Joel Famador
If you were following the disqualification case against Fernando Poe Jr., you would be amazed to find that his lawyers did not concentrate their firepower on the issue of lack of authority of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to hear and decide on the case. Instead, they met the charges of the Forniers head-on as if accepting implicitly the jurisdiction of the Comelec.
Again, in the disqualification cases filed in the Supreme Court, FPJ’s lawyers met the issues head-on instead of insisting for trial on the merits by the Supreme Court, which is supposed to be the sole judge (original and exclusive) on contests relating to the qualifications of the president of this republic.
What do these actions mean to you, denizens of this banana republic? Is the FPJ camp overconfident of their documentary evidence, which is not authenticated?
Nonetheless, most of the government documents related to the case were already lost or tampered with or falsified, by the great Ricardo Manapat, according to the latter’s subordinate.
Maybe FPJ’s advisers want the Supreme Court, which is dominated now by appointees of the incumbent president, to rule on the issue of citizenship of FPJ pronto, anticipating that the court will disqualify FPJ, without thinking. Maybe that is the scenario they want to happen to take over the reins of power from President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s group.
What if the High Court disqualifies FPJ? That would be the ideal cause to foment chaos in this banana republic. What follows could be: no elections in May, then takeover by a military junta. That is the worst case under the virus. The mild case would be: on with the elections, and FPJ’s camp would generate an avalanche of sympathy votes from the D and E classes, who would naturally come in droves to vote for FPJ’s substitute, who could be Susan Roces or Ping Lacson or Danding Cojuangco.
But has it ever occurred to you my dear friends of this banana republic that FPJ might have unwittingly allowed himself to be used by sinister forces to pave the way for someone to take over the power game?
Another question: Do you think the Supreme Court would allow itself to be used in this vicious power game that could lead to the further destabilization of this already-destabilized banana republic? Like the two new appointees to the Comelec, who shamelessly submitted their curious positions on the citizenship issue of FPJ even without the invitation of the High Court?
My guess is that the Supreme Court will rise to the occasion. Just like when it swore then vice president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to office to succeed then (or still?) President Erap, who was considered by the Court as having abandoned his post at the time. The High Court will do it again just to save this banana republic from going down to depths that you have never imagined.
So brace yourself and hold your breath, Joe Banana. There’s still that flickering light at the end of the tunnel. (After his eventual disqualification on the ground that he is an American citizen, FPJ will still run for president this coming November…in the United States of America…against George W. Bush.)
(February 19, 2004 issue)
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