Ombusman Merceditas Gutierrez is on a fighting mode. After civil society leaders and former government officials filed an impeachment case against her, Gutierrez reportedly activated her publicists and immediately launched her own "people power." In a rally cum presscon at her turf today, Gutierrez lashed out at former Senate President Jovito Salonga who led the group that filed the complaint.
Gutierrez did'nt mince those hurtful words hurled against the 80 plus year old political and nationalist institution of this country. She accused Salonga of being "complacent" himself when he headed the PCGG.
Not content with what she did, she also targetted Dinky Soliman, whom she accused of just being a good karaoke singer when she was then welfare secretary. Gutierrez would have lambasted all of her detractors, and she would have accused them left and right of violations of public trust.
Her goal--deflect all these accusations against her and spread the blame by necessary implication and involvement. It's like admitting that she, indeed, may have probably been complacent; but those who accused her are as guilty as she is.
Good point Mrs. Ombusman. You may have a very good point in saying that these former government officials are as guilty as you are in violating the principle of public trust.
Like you, they may have committed the same mistakes and wasted public confidence in the institutions of government. Yes, you may be like them, that beneath those thick makeup and maskara lurks a soul so dark and so vicious that it allows evil to persists.
But, Mrs. Ombusman, your arguments are erroneous. As the foremost anti-graft and corrupt practices head, you should be the leader in this campaign.
The fact that you're not speaks of volumes about what you really are--the promoter of the very scourge that you're supposed to fight against.
So what if Salonga and all the rest of the motley crue abandoned their mandates when they were in power. That's the very thing why they are NOT in government right now. They have already made atonement and have been found worthy for the people's trust again.
Gutierrez will definitely fall, along with the leaders of this evil cabal. It will just be a matter of time.
When an Ombudsman Justice sits
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to be suspicious. She cannot stand
up and work. Too much gold bribes
is weighing her down.
She is like a dog barking on everybody to guard her loot.
that's right my friend. but she is more than a dog...she's a wasted one.
ReplyDeleteakala ko dati ok si ma'am merci. hindi pala. nakakapanlumo.
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