SUCH HYPOCRISY!

by Rey O. Arcilla
from MALAYA

(Does Davide mean he was not aware of the graft and corruption in the Arroyo regime?)

Prospero Pichay, the ruling coalition campaign manager, reportedly said that Ms. Gloria Arroyo is no longer an issue in this year’s elections as “she is not even running for reelection.”

Wrong! She is the issue. She is not running for reelection only because she is not allowed to by the Constitution.

Had she not shamelessly decided to run for Congress, Pichay would have been half right.HHH But she did. And she did, not because she wants to continue “serving the people” as she put it, but simply because she wants to continue wielding power. It is also a desperate attempt to shield her self from the fate that awaits her after June 30.

As I have said time and again, there is no getting away from all the evil deeds she and her conspirators have inflicted upon the people. The time of reckoning, retribution, if you will, nears.

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A picture is worth more than a thousand words, so the old adage goes. Look at the picture published in the papers below. Arroyo has the look of a just-scolded child putting up a brave face and being placated by an uncle who dished out the upbraiding himself.

What could US President Barack Hussain Obama have said to her that made her look as though she is smarting? My guess is that he emphatically reminded her of what he said about being on the wrong side of history. He must have told her he wants the forthcoming elections to push through and a smooth transition of power to the legitimate winner to take place.

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Which takes me to all the hot air about failure of elections. As I have repeatedly been saying, there will be no failure of elections for two reasons:

First, the people will not allow it. They have waited for what to them now seemed like an eternity to replace her without resorting to unconstitutional means. Their will shall not be thwarted again.

Second, Uncle Barack has already spoken. Arroyo will not dare give an illegal order to her minions, including AFP Chief Delfin Bangit who, to begin with, does not command the respect and support of a large number in the military hierarchy, to screw up the elections.

Whether we like it or not, the influence of the US over our political and economic life is quite pervasive. Sad. But that’s another story.

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Leading candidate Noynoy Aquino reportedly said that an endorsement from former president Fidel Ramos would be a boost to his presidential bid.

I disagree. Ramos is not exactly popular among the people, at least not anymore. The whispers about the anomalies allegedly committed during his administration have not stopped. An indication of that is the recent survey that said a large majority of the people considers a Ramos and Arroyo endorsement a kiss of death.

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Former Chief Justice Hilario Davide, Jr. recently resigned as Philippine Permanent Representative to the UN and joined the Aquino bandwagon so he could “campaign for change.”

Yeah, right!

Davide was in the UN post in New York for more than three years. He went there without confirmation from the Commission on Appointments which was in violation of the Constitution.

For three years, he had been representing and defending the Arroyo regime before the international community. And then, three months before he was to give up the post anyway, he suddenly resigns to campaign for Aquino “because the people can never forget and can never tolerate graft and corruption”, kuno.

Such hypocrisy! I wonder what Arroyo must think of him now.

Does he mean he was not aware at all of the graft and corruption in the Arroyo regime during the last three years he was defending it? He was not aware of the odious ZTE-NBN deal, the fertilizer scam, the lavish dinners at the Le Cirque restaurant in New York, etc., etc., ad nauseam?

Geez, was he in a different planet?

He resigned at a most convenient time (for him) mainly because he wanted to campaign for his son who is running for governor of Cebu – under the LP banner!

Davide was also quoted as saying he is campaigning hard (for the LP) “knowing that a victory will be sure for Noynoy and Mar and the entire LP.” Now, isn’t that a dead giveaway as to his real motive?

Suddenly, he is rumored to be a candidate for Foreign Secretary in an Aquino administration?!

And then there is mention of Arroyo’s itinerant future ex-Foreign Secretary, Alberto Romulo, joining the Aquino camp, something he had in fact already indicated months ago when he proclaimed publicly that he will support Aquino. Romulo is rumored to have asked for the ambassadorial post in Spain in exchange for that support.

As I have said often enough, while I agree that politics is addition, Noynoy must realize that undesirable characters who want to join his bandwagon will owe him, not the other way around.

I am voting for Aquino. But should he win and he start appointing to government positions characters like Davide and Romulo, I will be the first to criticize him.

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Speaking of Romulo, he is not yet home as of this writing (Monday). He and his wife did not return with Arroyo from Spain last week.

I asked DFA sources where he was and for what reason, nobody could say for certain. One said he remained in Madrid for speaking engagements. Another said rather derisively: “Huling hirit, para maka-biyahe pa.” At people’s expense, of course. Mentioned were Ireland and also Poland where he possibly might have been ordered to go by Arroyo to represent the Philippines in the state funeral of the late Polish president. As it turned out, no foreign dignitary could attend the funeral due to the cancellation of flights caused by the volcanic ash from Iceland.

The latest is that Romulo is in New York for some speaking engagement (?).

Well, our only consolation is that Romulo’s constant and ofentimes unnecessary traveling, courtesy of poor Juan de la Cruz, will soon be over. Oh, and his lady boss’ as well.

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There are 71 days left before the end on 30 June 2010 of the stolen presidency of Ms. Arroyo, courtesy of “Garci”, et al.

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Today is the 351st day of the third year of Jonas Burgos’ disappearance.

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20 April 2010 Email: roacrosshairs@yahoo.com