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Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Seares: ‘Stalking’ your public official
By Pachico A. Seares
NewsSense
Last May 11, a man was picked up by a policeman in a bus for Tabuelan, Cebu on suspicion he was a member of the New People’s Army.
In the man’s backpack was a list of Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia’s activities for that day. He said he heard it on radio and jotted it down. He worked for the governor, he said.
It didn’t take long for the cop to realize that the man was nuts. The cop freed him and put him in a bus back to Bogo.
The next day, the papers called the man a stalker. Sun.Star Cebu wrapped the word in quotation marks, in some disbelief.
Was the man a stalker? Has stalking come to Cebu?
Three types
It was not known if the man had kept following Gwen, or made annoying phone calls or threats, or sent nuisance mails: “manifestations” of a stalker.
A doctor said a stalker could be one of three types:
“Surely the man wasn’t an intimate partner stalker, which involves a relationship. A delusional stalker maybe: he was mentally unstable and could have believed Gwen was in love with him or would love him in time. Or a vengeful stalker, who seeks revenge for some slight, real or imagined.”
Nothing of the sort, doc. The cop said the man was a lunatic.
But “stalking” a public official may not be a bad idea. No, not the kind that doctors analyze or for which you land in jail.
I refer to pestering your public official to act: hold the official to the public oath or election promise.
For Bisaya stories from Cebu. Click here. (June 13, 2006 issue)
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