Fakery--what singular act of statemanship?

My good friend and colleague Ding Gagelonia lauded Mrs. Gloria Arroyo for visiting Mrs. Aquino’s wake at the Manila Cathedral. He wrote that it was a singular act of statemanship?

What statemanship?

Is it being a stateman to visit Cory on her final day? Malacanang spinmeisters wanted us to believe that Mrs. Arroyo cut short her US trip just to see Cory. Crap. They never cut her trip short. In truth and in fact, Mrs. Arroyo was really slated to arrive today.

What statemanship?

When Mrs. Arroyo did that televised announcement directing the entire Nation to observe a ten day mourning period for Mrs. Aquino, that was not a sincere gesture. Mrs. Arroyo wanted to put a period to our feelings, by saying that we remember Cory only for that brief moment.

What statesmanship?

Everybody saw how Mrs. Arroyo acted like she really felt sad when Cory died, when, in truth and in fact, they partied like crazy in Washington, the very same day Tita Cory left us. Those precious few minutes prior to the taping of that televised announcement of Mrs. Arroyo that showed her laughing and smiling like a dog, was that statesmanship? Thanks to technology, we unmask pretenders like Arroyo.

What statemanship?

When Mrs. Arroyo ordered the withdrawal of Mrs. Aquino’s personal security, that was no statemanship? It was actually a statement coming from an evil one, that, evil do thrive in our midst.

And what statemanship?

When Mrs. Arroyo continues her plunder and when her men continue their plunder. When Arroyo continues to defy the JBC. And when Mrs. Arroyo continues to rule unjustly, that, in itself, and by itself, show that Mrs. Arroyo rebukes Mrs. Aquino every single day she stays in that office. There is no better way to say it that Mrs. Arroyo’s very existence is an anti-thesis of what Cory stood for, lived for and even died for.

The true and singular act of statesmanship that everyone expects from Mrs. Arroyo is very simple—stop promoting evil and immorality in this country. Resign and admit your sins.

That word statesmanship means absolutely nothing without the word “honesty” attached to it. Admit it—Mrs. Arroyo decided to visit Arroyo not because she wanted to but because she needed to. That’s the difference. And let us not be fooled.

Finally, what Mrs. Arroyo's act really meant to us was simply, it gave us a moment of retrospection, somewhat of an epiphany. It made us reflect how different Mrs. Arroyo is. That if Cory was honest, Mrs. Arroyo was dishonest. When Cory meant what she said and do things based on her honest and personal views about things, Mrs. Arroyo does things according to what her politics dictates her to.

That phony sad face of Mrs. Arroyo tells us all the more that we need to strive for rectification of History. That shows us the extreme necessity of ousting the very reason why we're so miserable.