Inspite of his so-called "crudeness" and his "lack of decorum", Rody Duterte continues to create tremendous impact in the minds and consciousness of so many people, including the so-called moralizing elite. Many have commended against him, especially those comments which many people found "offensive" some of them about Pope Francis and extra judicial executions. Publicity operators are hard at work, especially from the camps of competing presidentiables, trying to find even the minutest fault at Duterte.
Duterte's propaganda strategy is as old as Methuselah, but it works, mainly because it strives to be disruptive. Yes, disruptive communication works in eliciting reaction. However, managing such a strategy is like walking on tightrope.
Why is Duterte's message resonading so much with millions of Filipinos? Simple. At the onset, the rules of the game were set---expect him to be "himself" --a straight shooter, a trash talker, a living quotable quote. And the surveys show that people already accepted him like that. Don't be amazed because there were so many people like Duterte who preceeded him, and like him, had been a darling of the crowd inspite of their "crass" behavior.
We had so many people praising and honoring Antonio Luna for his big words. We had Manilenos treating Mayor Arsenio Lacson like god when he was fighting the maton of Manila. We were praising Mayor Alfredo "Dirty Harry" Lim for his liquidation squads and other public personalities
Big words define an individual. And Duterte is no exception.
What Duterte is trying to do is engage the Big Boys. At this early, Duterte wants to see if he can engage them to a fight. The "Big Boys" are the players of this political game, many of whom are self-moralizing shits trying to hide what they really do---rob and steal us blind.
Duterte is here not to do that but to reform. And you cannot reform something if they think of you as small as an ant. You need to be big. And bigness here in this country, in this society, means you have the "balls" to take on the more crass people wearing expensive suits.
Nababastusan ka ke Duterte? Bakit hindi ka nababastusan sa ginagawa sa iyo ng mga may-ari ng malalaking kumpanyang nagnanakaw sa iyo ng bilyon-bilyon?
nahihintakutan ka sa pagpatay? bakit, ilang bata at matatanda ang namamatay sa gutom araw-araw? ilang milyon ang pinapatay ng kahirapan sa araw-araw? at ilang milyong Pilipino din ang namamatay dahil sa kapabayaan ng pamahalaan?
nagagaslawan ka sa pagiging babaero ni Duterte? tell me, how many mistresses exist and living in our midst? how many politicos maintain one or two or more paramours?
babaero? Just look at Joseph Estrada. Don't tell me that San Juan mayor Guia Gomez is not a mistress?
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Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Saturday, October 31, 2015
The Re-Emergence of the Concept of a Caudillo (The Man on Horseback)
Nearly thirty years of liberal democracy and most of us are again, yearning for a strong-man rule. Many of the people I have spoken to, told me that it is but useless to register since Rody Duterte is not running anyway. Duterte, for them, represents the solution to problems--he carries with him the strong man label.
Duterte came from humble beginnings and became a national figure when he single-handedly brought back peace and development to Davao. Decades past, Davao was no man's land. Bandits and criminals roam the streets, killing and victimizing people left and right. Many people had no jobs because businessmen were afraid of setting up shop in the country's biggest city because of lawlessness. People were disrespectful of the law, and they do what they want to do.
Enter Duterte. He impressed the people by his strict policy of enforcement. He forbade smoking and set an example. When people got themselves arrested and according to tales, Duterte even arrested and punished his own relatives, people began noticing him.
When Mayor Duterte gave a series of orders against criminals, especially drug lords, and when some of them were seen floating in the rivers or seen dead at one dark alley, people began to see hope. The wild Davao which was formerly the stomping ground of the criminally insane, was now, fighting back against its former demons.
As soon as peace and order came back, businesses also slowly operated and the local economy began to recover. People are now not afraid of going out of their houses. People began transacting with other people and thus, gave rise to a very active consumer market. Consumer confidence rose and this encouraged businesses to further increase their presence in Davao.
Now, Davao City is no more a dead man's land but a vibrant economy, one of the stellar ones down South.
Actually, to be fair, there are also several other Local Government executives with similar Duterte-like qualities and most of the time, these people succeed in implementing the law to the letter and encouraging people to further support the government and maintain peace and order.
Duterte has no secrets to hide. The only thing which he did was actually implement the law. And by doing so, people loved him. What does this tell us?
1. We don't need a dictator. What we need are men and women of principle, those who will not back down from Bullies especially those with sinister and selfish plans to enrich themselves using public funds. Credit that to the very nature of the system which we are now in, a system that allows the wanton plunder by the few of the funds of the many.
We don't need a dictator---we need a strong government peopled by principled men and women who will truly implement the law without regard for anybody. We need people who will neither flinch nor back out when pressured by Big Business especially those with multi-billion peso projects with the government.
2. We don't need people whose families and friends have interests in government projects. We don't need people whose sole motivation for running for office is wealth protection. What we need are men and women whose sole mission is wealth creation for the many.
3. We don't need one person managing our affairs but a Council peopled with similar minded individuals whose task is simple---maintain and protect the interests of the People as expressed in the Constitution and the laws against those who want to exploit the weaknesses of the system for their personal gain.
For us to achieve this, we need the ascendant generation to focus more on building a party whose members are men and women of principle. We need an ideology that would guide the Party and would provide the direction for this country to take for the next thirty years.
Without a party, there can never be a unified movement strong enough to counter the traditional ones which lord it over our affairs.
Duterte came from humble beginnings and became a national figure when he single-handedly brought back peace and development to Davao. Decades past, Davao was no man's land. Bandits and criminals roam the streets, killing and victimizing people left and right. Many people had no jobs because businessmen were afraid of setting up shop in the country's biggest city because of lawlessness. People were disrespectful of the law, and they do what they want to do.
Enter Duterte. He impressed the people by his strict policy of enforcement. He forbade smoking and set an example. When people got themselves arrested and according to tales, Duterte even arrested and punished his own relatives, people began noticing him.
When Mayor Duterte gave a series of orders against criminals, especially drug lords, and when some of them were seen floating in the rivers or seen dead at one dark alley, people began to see hope. The wild Davao which was formerly the stomping ground of the criminally insane, was now, fighting back against its former demons.
As soon as peace and order came back, businesses also slowly operated and the local economy began to recover. People are now not afraid of going out of their houses. People began transacting with other people and thus, gave rise to a very active consumer market. Consumer confidence rose and this encouraged businesses to further increase their presence in Davao.
Now, Davao City is no more a dead man's land but a vibrant economy, one of the stellar ones down South.
Actually, to be fair, there are also several other Local Government executives with similar Duterte-like qualities and most of the time, these people succeed in implementing the law to the letter and encouraging people to further support the government and maintain peace and order.
Duterte has no secrets to hide. The only thing which he did was actually implement the law. And by doing so, people loved him. What does this tell us?
1. We don't need a dictator. What we need are men and women of principle, those who will not back down from Bullies especially those with sinister and selfish plans to enrich themselves using public funds. Credit that to the very nature of the system which we are now in, a system that allows the wanton plunder by the few of the funds of the many.
We don't need a dictator---we need a strong government peopled by principled men and women who will truly implement the law without regard for anybody. We need people who will neither flinch nor back out when pressured by Big Business especially those with multi-billion peso projects with the government.
2. We don't need people whose families and friends have interests in government projects. We don't need people whose sole motivation for running for office is wealth protection. What we need are men and women whose sole mission is wealth creation for the many.
3. We don't need one person managing our affairs but a Council peopled with similar minded individuals whose task is simple---maintain and protect the interests of the People as expressed in the Constitution and the laws against those who want to exploit the weaknesses of the system for their personal gain.
For us to achieve this, we need the ascendant generation to focus more on building a party whose members are men and women of principle. We need an ideology that would guide the Party and would provide the direction for this country to take for the next thirty years.
Without a party, there can never be a unified movement strong enough to counter the traditional ones which lord it over our affairs.
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