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Tuesday, March 02, 2004
Gulle: Anything is possible
By Inocentes A. Gulle
Your business is our business
ANY sensible observer of the Philippine situation cannot say that all is well with the country today. That the country is in the brink of economic and political disaster is no longer a matter of debate.
It's not surprising therefore, those self-appointed messiahs would come out and present themselves as the most qualified leader to save the nation from perdition.
But, who among them are best qualified, in terms of morality, intellectual capability, experience, zeal, and has the genuine desire to pull us out of the dire situation we are in, and free us from the bondage of fear and insecurity posed by the enemies of the estate?
Nobody can really tell what is in the mind and heart of each of the candidates though. Whether they are sincere and genuinely concerned with the people and the well being of the country is purely a matter of conjecture. All we have as bases for appraisal are their background as are generally known, their behavioral patterns, their statements, their apparent personal interests, and the company they keep.
Anything deeper we, the general public, have nothing. At this point, we can, more or less, tell what to expect from the incumbent GMA, if she is given a fresh and legitimate mandate. We do not know, however, how hard and how sincere she would be the next time around.
Mr. Roco is as plain as a page in a book, insofar are his training and capabilities as a national leader are concerned. I'd say he is not too different from most, past or present crop of politicians. We don't know, though how deep is his concern for the country and how far
he is willing to go to really straighten the mess we are in, if elected.
The same is true with Mr. Lacson, except for the fact that a lot of questions about his person have remained unresolved, questions that cast aspersions on his character and integrity. Some quarters think he is a dangerous man.
Bro. Eddie is a new kind of character in our ball game. Of him everything is question mark. Anybody can ask the question and any answer is as good as any, regarding his political agenda, his character, and his capability to lead. But would he matter at all, in the face of formidable opponents?
Then there's Mr. Poe. Were he not a very popular movie star, I believe he would be just another one of those jokers whom the Comelec disqualified as nuisance candidate. But since the unthinking masses would vote for him anyway, we should minutely study the probabilities once he is elected. Most importantly we should look into the possible objectives of those who so eagerly push him to run.
Why, for example, would an Edgardo Angara, known for his brilliant mind, stake his intellectual reputation, and be a willing underling to an uneducated, untested, and unknown quantity of a prospective national leader, if his motive is only to serve the country? Why should a very discerning, supposedly very intelligent person like Loren Legarda, so quick to jump her fence to join Mr. Angara's pasture, only to take second fiddle to a man very apparently "without a brain"; as she would put it? And more importantly, why would the NDF people, without hesitation, adopt Mr. Poe as their champion? Is it possible that Angara, Ocampo, Legarda, and company, have a common agenda that they could later push, despite Mr. Poe?
Or, is it not possible that she is sure she'd be carried by Da King to victory and she and the NDF could later on set in motion the next steps to orchestrate another EDSA scenario where she could do a GMA?
Is it possible that Gen. Victor Corpus, undoubtedly well versed in communist dialectics, having been there himself, have seen in it, the very thing he expects among communists or their fellow travelers? Is her "waltzing with the enemies of the state" not enough reason for Gen.
Corpus to call her a "political prostitute"?
Unfortunately our leaders seem not keen enough in dealing with communism in this country. The fact that they are talking peace with Sison and Jalandoni raises the thought that they are forgetting the fact that there is no way they can talk the communists into abandoning their revolution. It is a matter of dogma among communists that peace talks and such are only part of their one step backward, two steps forward, or something like that.
Considering the fresh boldness shown by the NPAs lately, it is possible they may have already planted their assets in the "ruling clique" of this country. For why is it that the government is not so decisive in ridding this country of the communists? While Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore have neutralized the red menace in their country, we continue to deal with them with soft kid gloves these more than half a century.
Anything is possible, don't you think so?
(March 2, 2004 issue)
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