By Reni M. Valenzuela
A Senate inquiry is supposedly a solemn ceremony, but there’s one that’s comical to me. What the fuss really is about? The empty seats speak of the hollowness of the probe.
Nobody wants to be counted among clowns in a “circus.” Do you? This was perhaps why government officials did not attend Sen. Imee Marcos’ second “oversight” hearing that tackled the “legalities” of the Duterte bust by the International Criminal Court (ICC).
“The government did something to help enforce the arrest,” they whined. So what? It’s the government after all, and it’s a much better one than the previous government. Why make a mountain out of a molehill or out of a non-issue if the main issue were to be taken into account indeed? For what sane purpose is the Imee-led Senate show?
It’s like water off a duck’s back -- all over. Look how silly and hideous (not only useless) things have metamorphosed just by looking at how the families of dead victims are currently being targeted for varied attacks, vilification, intimidation and harassment on social media. Deranged. “Godget” addicts.
I am concerned that the credibility of Senator Imee is thus far shrinking quickly. It won’t take long that no Filipino will believe her anymore because, for one, she’s a sister of the President whose leadership she has been criticizing, lambasting and fighting to high heavens as though she wants to overthrow a Marcos name again.
There’s no amount of drama that can negate open solid facts regarding the matter. And no FAMAS acting can convince right-thinking Filipinos that she’s sincere in what she’s doing -- versus her brother at that. Her heart is neither with the Dutertes nor with the nation. Moreover, for Senator Imee to play the role of a devil’s advocate, much less the way she’s doing it against her own blood is bizarre and incredulous to say the least, and farcical.
Kung sasakay man sa issue ang ating butihing senadora, I suggest na sumakay siya nang tama upang sasakyan din siya ng mga matino nating kababayan at matitino sa media. Isn’t she aware of Lito Camo’s 2018 hit lewd composition, “Sasakyan Kita”?
“The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.” -- Proverbs 12:15
Dear Madam Imee: Anything that you say and do in opposition to the policies, decisions and actions of the government of which your youngest sibling is the Chief Executive, will, should and must always be taken with a grain of salt if not seen merely as a telenovela act -- unless you publicly disown your being a Marcos or your being a sister to the President.
Ngayon ka lang naman po nagkaganyan. At kapatid mo pa ang nakaluklok sa Malacanang. How is that for a joke, Mr Juan dela Cruz?
Time will come that neither the BBM camp nor the Sara camp won’t take Imee Marcos seriously anymore. Haven’t the legislator-actress wondered why she lagged behind in recent surveys as a reelectionist senator? Senator Imee appears to be even more unbending, defensive and stony than Senator Bato. People are laughing (inside).
Justice. That’s the real “circus,” and that’s the one single important thing about the ICC-Duterte “clatter and rattle” which nasty and ugly noise it produces is what the noisy, fanatical throngs have been trying to conceive and hatch -- to muddle the real issue, sidetrack discussions, gather “affections,” stir troubles and victimize the victims further and more. Panggulo lamang po talaga ang mga panggugulo na ginagawa nila. Ano pa po ba?
Let me state a refreshing probability at this point, dear countrymen: The arrested former president could be having his soul-searching moments inside his ICC detention cell, alone by himself. Could it be that he is beginning to come to terms with reality and the truth, unknowingly with God inside his little room? Well, nobody knows. But what could have led him to advise his supporters lately, “Don’t meddle in the ICC case”?
The wheel of justice (and mercy) is finally grinding and grinding resolutely. Isn’t the Marcos Jr. administration deserving of a “kudos” for what has happened? It is great and remarkable, a phenomenon -- but only because we are in a time of political hypomania and psychiatry.