You know why people are now thinking twice of supporting Grace Poe? Two reasons: first, she thinks like she's Wonderwoman, the glamorous version of Joan of Arc, out on a mission to "continue the legacy of her father".
Ask her--what legacy is she talking about? Her father is an accomplished thespian, the King of Filipino movies, the darling of the masses. FPJ did what a Marlon Brando did to Hollywood, or a Pierce Bronson to action movies.
His legacy is in enriching Filipino arts and culture. If Grace Poe wants to continue her father's "legacy", then, she's in the wrong business. She should continue her post as MTRCB or better yet, run for the presidency of MOWELFUND or assume the presidency of FPJ Productions.
The second reason is the most important---Poe abandoned her Filipino citizenship. Poe gave a reason that it was "love of family"---that's why she did it. She renounced her being a Filipino "out of love" for her family.
Out of love? Is it because your husband is a full-blooded American (not raised, but born). Poe says it did not diminish her love for her country.
Pooh. Bull. Crap.
Grace Poe should take a cue from what Filipino patriot Apolinario Mabini did a century hence.
Mabini was one of the officials of the First Philippine Republic under the traitor Emilio Aguinaldo. When Aguinaldo was arrested, the executioner of the Supremo became the executioner of thousands of Filipino patriots fighting under the Katipunan banner.
Aguinaldo obviously did nothing to abandon his Filipino citizenship but what he did was worst---he betrayed once more the Katipunan and cooperated with the new Colonialists--the Americans. He was no lame person, but what he did is more than being crippled--Aguinaldo was crippled in his mind and heart.
When Mabini was arrested, he was exiled to Guam. After spending his sentence. Mabini went back. He was offered American citizenship but he refused. Mabini at that time was already physically disabled. He could have lived a prosperous life, filled with love and monies and everything he needed. He refused.
When Poe elected to abandon her being Filipino, it was a conscious choice, not a matter of life and death. It was that easy for Poe---contrast that to Mabini who, until his last grasp, was asking for freedom. And freed he surely became.
Citizenship is a trifling matter for Poe. But for millions of Filipinos who both stay here and those working abroad, being Filipino is the next best thing that happened to them since the arrival of Facebook.
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Saturday, November 19, 2011
Testes, testes, Mike Testes...
So there. The perceived standoff between the State and Mrs. Arroyo came to an end yesterday, with the State and the People finally serving a warrant of arrest against the former president.
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and her minions tried to test(es) the will of this administration. They tried to escape the long arm of the law. They tried to agitate the people. They tried to portray Arroyo as a poor and sickly woman, who needs immediate medical attention. Instead of getting sympathy, Arroyo got were brickbats and laughs from the people whom she made fools and shamed during her 9-year rule.
Gloria Macapagagal-Arroyo is now under the custody of the State. She must answer a charge which everyone knows to be true---bastardizing the voice of the people last 2007. On Monday, another charge sheet will be filed against her, this time for that 2004 electoral fiasco. Inspite of her public admission that she called someone over the phone during the counting of the votes, Gloria was never charged during her term.
Now that several witnesses on the alleged electoral rigging operation already came out in the open, it is time for Gloria and her minions to suffer the punishment they so deserve.
The only question is---will we really see Mrs. Arroyo behind bars? Nope.
Mrs. Arroyo is now 64 years old. Definitely, her legal advisers would either prolong the proceedings so that she'll avoid the stench of Bilibid.
Under the law, those who reach 70 years old will not anymore suffer the ignominy of jail time.Anyway, it is sufficient for the people to know that the wheels of justice has moved in favor of the Filipino People.
As what Justice secretary Leila de Lima says, justice has been served.
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and her minions tried to test(es) the will of this administration. They tried to escape the long arm of the law. They tried to agitate the people. They tried to portray Arroyo as a poor and sickly woman, who needs immediate medical attention. Instead of getting sympathy, Arroyo got were brickbats and laughs from the people whom she made fools and shamed during her 9-year rule.
Gloria Macapagagal-Arroyo is now under the custody of the State. She must answer a charge which everyone knows to be true---bastardizing the voice of the people last 2007. On Monday, another charge sheet will be filed against her, this time for that 2004 electoral fiasco. Inspite of her public admission that she called someone over the phone during the counting of the votes, Gloria was never charged during her term.
Now that several witnesses on the alleged electoral rigging operation already came out in the open, it is time for Gloria and her minions to suffer the punishment they so deserve.
The only question is---will we really see Mrs. Arroyo behind bars? Nope.
Mrs. Arroyo is now 64 years old. Definitely, her legal advisers would either prolong the proceedings so that she'll avoid the stench of Bilibid.
Under the law, those who reach 70 years old will not anymore suffer the ignominy of jail time.Anyway, it is sufficient for the people to know that the wheels of justice has moved in favor of the Filipino People.
As what Justice secretary Leila de Lima says, justice has been served.
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