The appointed son of God, Apollo Quiboloy, could be spending time in his detention cell longer than a man of his divine ancestry deserves. Unlike in the case of his bosom pal and spiritual ward Rodrigo Duterte, there doesn’t seem to be a conscious and sustained effort to get him out of jail so he can resume his pastoral responsibilities.
But not to fret. Quiboloy may have a twin brother or a cousin, and he is no less influential, particularly with the Holy Spirit. Quiboloy may be able to stop the thunder but Bato dela Rosa can derail an impeachment.
“When I moved for the dismissal of the impeachment complaint against VP Sara, I was guided by the Holy Spirit,” dela Rosa solemnly confessed on Facebook. When the Supreme Court ruled it as unconstitutional, I am sure they were guided also by the Holy Spirit.”
He is sure. Such confidence can only be mustered by somebody who is in God’s inner circle. The Holy Spirit persuaded the Supreme Court to crush the “forces of evil,” he said.
He would invoke the Holy Spirit again on Monday at the opening of the Senate’s regular session. “We ask you, Holy Spirit, to feel and move us in our debates on various issues of national interest, including the recent decision on the impeachment of Vice President Duterte,” dela Rosa intoned in the opening prayer.
“May we not be ruled by our anger and hatred, not even by our personal alliances and biases. Instead, may we be guided by the clarity and wisdom that only your spirit can provide.
Barely 48 hours later, the Senate archived the impeachment complaint. See? At dela Rosa’s behest, the Holy Spirit moved the senators in their debates and consequently, the impeachment complaint was dumped to the Senate’s inner chambers, there to gather dust, a mute witness to a divine intervention that all but killed the search for truth.
You can argue why (or why not) the Supreme Court should intervene in a purely political issue until hell freezes over but at the end of the day, it is not the fact and the law that matter but rather who wields enough influence to persuade the Holy Spirit to come down and rule in his favor.
That’s the Gospel, according to Bato dela Rosa.