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DESTABILIZATION:
ART OF PANDEMONIUM
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(Amid
the week-long histrionics against the Arroyo administration,
we are giving way to this campus-like youthful piece by an e-mail
sender who identified himself as 19-year old Ralph Rey C. Supremo
of 13 New Calceta St., Tagbilaran City, Bohol and currently
enrolled as BSN-2 in Holy Name University through his given
e-mail address at kyaralph@yahoo.com)
Political chaos and moral tribulation are not new scenes in
our national setting. Tiers upon tiers of sociological and political
mayhem have haunted our land since it's inauguration as a Republic,
but what do we do? The radical response of the self-righteous
and the anarchists would be successive stampedes of massive
gatherings and indiscriminate use of human rights for expression.
Chaotic rallies, dramatic
lachrymal exhibitions, and moral or political manipulations
through the media and the Church are just some of the many tools
in the insurgence arsenal.
Insurgents are all around us, they act and seem to be very normal
citizens but deep inside them hides a sinister demeanor. Insurgence
presents towards our country the greatest challenge we have
yet to overcome. Numerous political troughs have resonated within
the decade, most of which are magnified by the opposition. "Hello
Garci" and the so-called "NBN-ZTE Deal Scandal"
are what seem to be gigantic acts of corruption done by the
Arroyo Administration since its inception. But is it all true?
I would gladly opine it to be NO. As far the past and present
investigations of these issues are concerned, they can all be
classified as misleading. Misleading in a sense that most of
the investigations are done improperly due to the techniques
that are not in league with the Constitution.
Senate Inquiries may be dug out as mere politically-motivated
squabbles between Partisans with personal vested interests of
political gain. The mere fact that Senators posses an immunity
that protects them from charges of seemingly seditious statements
with no moral ground or concrete evidence makes the Senate's
"NBN-ZTE" investigation not very credible. The Senate
should not take part in hearings for the Constitution mandates
that only the courts are to settle matters of legal arguments
such as the "NBN-ZTE" investigation. Witnesses are
also to be scrutinized and investigated deeply before they are
hailed as heroes and celebrity-like entities who are worshiped
and idolized as infallible. Of what I have been educated on,
no man is infallible but the Pope himself who is Christ's representative
to his people on Earth and so directly symmetrizing Jesus to
a mere man with questionable sincerity and integrity is a blasphemy!
The Religious and the laity must reflect on that and remain
neutral throughout their service as guardians of the people's
Faith and Morality, not as means of political maneuvering that
only destroy our democracy and further disable our already impaired
government. God himself treats the just and the unjust fairly
with His eyes of love,
mercy and forgiveness and so the Church should too. The Church
must not side with anyone but stand as a ballast of sobriety
and social guidance and promote
peace and unity among its people. The Church should serve as
the sanctuary for both the victim and the culprit.
Disarray and shame has enveloped the Philippines. Our international
neighbors may now see the Philippines as a pigsty of social,
political, and economic immaturity. This disarray is always
present in Metro Manila and that the region around the Nation's
capital is a ferocious community of frantic political combustion.
The flammability of Metro Manila regarding the alleged anomalies
behind the canceled "NBN-ZTE" contract between China
and the Philippines only narrates the volatile and somewhat
gullible nature of some Metro Manilans who easily partake in
political regressions and moral pavements of protest backed
by an unclear stand. Various allegations are always presented
without any concrete evidence except ridiculous hearsays, false
oaths and documents and that the political ruckus it brings
is like a fungus that persistently re-grows.
Let us all remember that the views of Metro Manila do not necessarily
reflect the views of majority of the Nation. Visayas and Mindanao
refuse to allow themselves to be used to satisfy the hunger
and lust for power and popular attention of some politicians
and that the extent of protests outside Metro Manila are minuscule
and are only attended by a handful of protesters. It is now
quite clear that the issue is weakening and that it barely grasps
the patriotism that it claims it is promoting. The best solution
and remedy to the sonorous anti-government uprising we are facing
now would be unity, peace, and sobriety.
The possible resignation of our current president will not solve
the corruption that taunts our country and will only usher in
dire negative consequences to our improving economy. Think first
and then listen. Weigh the odds and answer to reason and conscience.
Don't condemn anyone unless he/she is proven guilty. We are
all in the quest for truth but the truth may have already been
said but may have been twisted in the process or may at all
be of non-existence. We must start among ourselves in order
to annihilate corruption for changing our leaders will not help
us do that.
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