THE President seems not to consider the revolutionary government as his first option for “genuine reform.” He said it and he said it again and again in “King’s English” (understandable English). That is President Digong especially when he is carried away by his “esprit de l’escalier” (wit from the staircase).
We do not blame the president because he is a good storyteller. His tales are too good to be true and we “love” him for that. He earns an epithet “Digong, the Punisher” for his being a “Prince Valiant” to those involved in drugs and even to the politicians (public officials) who are against the “Justice League.”
He made a good elegy (a poem or expression of lament, usually for the dead) to the soldiers and policemen who were killed in Marawi… and an option to some NPAs (New People’s Army) who would soon “be shot on sight.” For China, Russia, America, European Union, and for the United Nations Organization… our president would use “double entendre” (ambiguous statement with underlying meaning).
Those listening to him would end up smiling but confused. Sometimes the mainstream media would consider it a “faux pas” (socially unacceptable) but someone who knows psychology would say that the president is having one of his “Freudian slips” (a slip of the tongue that inadvertently reveals what’s on the mind of the speaker). That could be a “hobbyhorse” (a pet topic or argument).
Foreigners who cannot understand what is happening in our country and with our President are talking things with a grain of salt. To know the President better, they have to get used with his euphemism (phrase with more acceptable meaning). That could always happen especially when the President abandons his written speech and proceeds to extemporaneous speech.
Other than English, the President can speak Tagalog but he can be passionate in Cebuano. In his mind he got “idioticon” (a dictionary of dialect). In berating the elected corrupt government officials and his “President’s men” who turned out to be corrupt, he would always make use of his “innuendo” (subtle allusion)… and he is good in that.
Why is he uttering diabolic words? I may call it “bethologica.” His dirty words are substitutes for his inability to recall a strong word to condemn that is almost on the tip of his tongue. If President Digong is mad, you cannot expect him to talk with lyricism (poetically descriptive style). He accepted that his environment made him to be like that.
Sometimes media men covering his speech wrote the opposite to what he meant. Media people cannot be perfect at all times. I call it “lapsus calami” (a slip of the pen). That could be the reason why journalists should be very careful. We do not want them to be guilty of paradox. As proven, Asean and Apec leaders love President Digong because of this platform rhetoric.
