The controversial and anomalous national broadband deal between the government and Chinese telecommunications firm, ZTE Corp. is now getting out of hand. Just early this February, one star-witness fled at a time that he was supposed to appear before a Senate hearing.
A few days later, he came home crying in front of media people at a press conference, accompanied by nuns and, (alas!) the La Salle brothers. He claimed that he was abducted by what he perceived to be members of the Presidential Security Group the moment he stepped out from his plane coming from Hong Kong.
Forward to a mere week ago: Lozada is having a grand time in his life having campus tours and church tours all over the country as well as visiting Anti-GMA rallies from left to right! Hmmm…someting’s really wrong here…
One thing’s for sure, I’m heck sick of seeing Jun Lozada’ face gracing the headlines on TV news programs as well as the frontpage of every major daily in the land. People are calling for a another pepople power revolution, demanding the resignation of La Emperador+A, and the formation of a transitional government (the last one are words mentioned by no less than the one GMA toppled 7 years ago, Joseph Estrada). I think all this fame is getting to his head.
Although I’m all go applauding him for his expose over the anomalies in the multi-billion broadband deal, he is now letting himself (willingly) be used by the ever politically motivated senators and other staunch critics of the administration for their own agenda.
One fine example is Senadora Jamby “La Incompetencia” Madrigal, who’s looking for things she perceived as the working of Malacanang. Too bad she failed miserably as she was proven otherwise that she is indeed wrong. Proof? Maybe the “Copy for F.G.” document should skae up your memory banks. She believes that this certain document had something to do with the person with the initials she thinks, stands for either “First Gangster”, First Goon”, or “First Gentleman”. Oh, how low can she get! Instead of praises, she got bashed by the National Economic Development Authority as well as the Chinese Embassy as the copy she claims as authentic is not at all it is. The original document in actuallity have a handwritten note saying it is a copy for F.G.P of this certain division within NEDA. Now she’s calling for a probe on high tech trucks in Subic which are way out of her league (she’s the chairman on the women and youth committee after-all). Because of her incompetency, fellow Sen. Pia Cayetano reminded her of what she should be doing, but what she got is being called a horse by Jamby (Now should Judy Ann Santos endorse her again in 2010, she should think twic if she want her to be in government again).
Another is the ever anti-admin senator Ping Lacson. To prove that GMA and her husband had something to do with the NBN deal, he presented different people who claim to be witnesses of the said deal. Instead of giving concrete statements, what they gave are a bunch of inconsistent lies…If only Ping have thought of presenting them on one occasion and not on separte days…(Pasikat kasi na naman)
I’m not saying that the people from the adminstration are not at fault, people like CHED chair Romulo Neri should avoid hiding from the Senate and tell them what he really do know about the deal while he was still NEDA secretary, instead of excusing himself, citing executive privilege (which is way outdated because EO 464 barring executive officials from appearing in such session was recently called off).
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Going back to Lozada, i think he’s becoming more of a jerk than a hero. His loppy crybaby face is giving me more of a headache nowadays. Maybe beause of the media popularity he got from all this messes, he became overconfident and anything that he says is increasingly focused on Malacanang. He’s one liner stinit would be the now famous quote “Moderate your greed” eanred him praises from radical groups like Bayan, and Anakpawis. But what really reflects his overconfidence is his increasingly disturbing Malakanayang-related quoatable quote.
Now the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) led by its leader Archbishop Angel Lagdameo had made its apolitical stance towards the issue. Instead of accepting the rule of the many, some critical bishops rejected the stance, primarliyy the three bishops, Bishop Bacani of Novaliches, Bishop Oscar Cruz of Lingayen-Dagupan, and BIshop Deogracias Iniguez of Caloocan. Personally, what the CBCP did is right, other than unconstitutionally meddle themselves directly in politics.
The CBCP also recently barred priests from celebrating Mass with Jun Lozada in his provincial tour as he is (and actually is!) using the Holy Mass as a political venue. Instead of respecting the CBCP’s decision, he (a devout Catholic) remakred that even in having Mass, the Palace continues to stop him. Even before the CBCP had made the order, Lozada had previously remarked about this before when he, with Cory Aquino (whcih I no longer idolize), and his supporters were not allowed to have Mass at the Sto. Domingo Church because “the administration had made a pre-scheduled Mass there”. His reaction: “Pati ba naman sa simbahan…[sinusundan pa rin ako] ng Malakanyang”.
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Even on his campus tour, he made a career out of making bad remarks to the administration, without even proving yet in court they were in fact are directly involved with the overpricing of the NBN deal. I don’t know with you but what does many people know may not actually be true at all. Whar if the so-called truth may not be the truth that we were looking for?
During his tour at a Cebu-based school, a fellow compatriot who’s also sick of the Mayabang Lozada asked him a very “IN YOUR FACE” question. Jun never answered his question straightly, instead accusing him of being a “Malacanang supporter” or something like that (or maybe “Pati ba ndito, nagpapadala pa ang Malakanyang nang….”). My compatriot was booed by the audience and an obvious Lozada fan made kaladkad him out of the venue. He never answered his question but he’s still being praised?!
I’m more concerned at the different youth groups supporting for Jun Lozada and calling for GMA’s ouster. Especially those from Taft-based schools (I should know because CSB is one of them). They condemned the CBCP for not joining the cause, and blame GMA for not fulfilling her promises to the people. Other than that, any scandal that got attached to her husband, they tagged it to her. Unfair really, as in they won’t let themselves think things through thoroughly.
First of all, GMA is the leader of more than 84 million Filipinos. She’s on the job 24/7 so her hands is always full. LIke anyhuman being she makes mistakes, accidents even, especially if she’s sit at the highest political office in the country. Don’t expect her to be a perfect know-it-all whom you want her to give the people what they want. And when she falls and never met those expectations they blame her for not doing her job. BUt Let me ask you this: Other than the usual questions of what to expect once GMA did step down from her office, 1)Kung feeling niyo na parang naghihirap kayo, ba’t di kayo humingi ng tulog sa respective local officials niyo kasi responsable nila kayo sa lahat na oras, 2)Ba’t di kayo magreklamo ukol sa performance ng mga mayors, kaptian ninyo?, 3)Kayo ba, may ginawa kayo para umunlad ang PIlipinas?, 4)To he militants of UP, an increase in the tuition fee there is critically necessary that’s wy you have to forego with the increase. The last tuition fee increase was more than 20 years ago so it is but right to adjust them to 2008 levels. We all know that education is a right but not a privilege, how could UP give you the quality of education that you deserve if they lack the resources to give you one? 5)Are all arguments attached to Jun Lozada and the problems faced by the Philippines justifiable to have GMA removed from office? 6)GMA’s husband should be the one booed at not GMA. GMA already canceled the NBN deal way before it was implemented so why make sita to her?
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People, I tell you, that time for change is now. People Power yes, we do need but not a people power dictated by opportunist people and “nagmamakalinis” people like Cory Aquino and Jose de Venecia. Yes, we do need to search the truth but we don’t need people like JUn Lozada nor Erap to know what to do.
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To the La Salle Brothers, though there’s nothing wrong with keeping sanctuary to Jun, sana po talaga di kayo mahalo sa kaguluhang ito, and calling for Gloria’s resignation does not help either.
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To the youth of the nation, we have the power to change our country’s direction as we are to become the next set of leaders to this land. Let’s make a turn to the better by studying to become productive members of society that can really make effective change. Let us learn not from what was taught to us by our elders but to what we are being taught by our country now. Walang pag-asa kasi wala tayong ginagawa para dito, imbes na mag reklamo, magsumikap para magkaroon ng pagbbago sa bayan natin!
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Jun Lozada, ang yabang mo na!
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