Feb 26, 2001
Snatch a P5,000 cell phone and get thrown in jail for months, even years. Plunder an entire nation's economy and feel free to hold almost nightly parties at your mansion. The justice system remains the same. Those with the Gold get out of jail free, while those with no resources rot in jail.
Unfortunately, instead of EDSA2 giving us a chance to address this problem squarely, politics remained the more important priority. So what if the nation is in a crisis. Elections are fun! They must continue no matter what. Because what is now important is that new turncoats keep their seats in order to protect the party for 2004. And for that to be real to political parties, is they need to find sources of funding. Hence, the people who should be charged as Imelda and her ilk should have been in 1986 are still scot-free. They were called cronies then. But today they are called "victims". Of course, they may be 'willing' victims to the politicians who extract campaign funds for them, but hey, at least they are spared from being lumped along with erap.
From the looks of it, Erap may be soon out of the woods too. Leaving the ordinary people, watching in amazement as the very people who collaborated with Erap to further their own selfish business interests are now considered 'victims' of the ex-President. Well, if they are victims, then the rest of the population are the casualties, the "DOA"s.
Let money talk in this banana republic. Go let those who would, grab their fifteen minutes of fame for a "victorious" revolt. Victorious for them, we guess, as they are now in power. Justice for the people? The people have served their purpose. They were needed to take down the Erapus and are needed no longer.
Still the bottom line remains. Until some people are charged and even punished, no foreign investor we spoke with will invest here, it just don't make any sense for them. And our children will grow up learning that the only way to happiness is via lots of money.
And it makes those who went to Edsa 2 kinda wonder what the TV specials on EDSA were all about. Oh- right, the 'new and improved' cronies had to make money- selling ad spots.
Note* No less than the new President shall be guesting at the launch of Manny Pangilinan's newest venture- his TV station and newspaper project rolled into one. Good PR by this Hong Kong based businessman. How can they now dare charge him with anything to do with Erap, after the president herself graces his new "business venture". Can she do that, knowing full well this man's involvement with Erap? Or is this the famous "new politics"?
Well, maybe in six months when the little press we have starts stifling stories to suit Pangilinan's profile as a man for all seasons we shall realize what a folly this was. After all, his company's influence on media is legendary.
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Snatch a P5,000 cell phone and get thrown in jail for months, even years. Plunder an entire nation's economy and feel free to hold almost nightly parties at your mansion. The justice system remains the same. Those with the Gold get out of jail free, while those with no resources rot in jail.
Unfortunately, instead of EDSA2 giving us a chance to address this problem squarely, politics remained the more important priority. So what if the nation is in a crisis. Elections are fun! They must continue no matter what. Because what is now important is that new turncoats keep their seats in order to protect the party for 2004. And for that to be real to political parties, is they need to find sources of funding. Hence, the people who should be charged as Imelda and her ilk should have been in 1986 are still scot-free. They were called cronies then. But today they are called "victims". Of course, they may be 'willing' victims to the politicians who extract campaign funds for them, but hey, at least they are spared from being lumped along with erap.
From the looks of it, Erap may be soon out of the woods too. Leaving the ordinary people, watching in amazement as the very people who collaborated with Erap to further their own selfish business interests are now considered 'victims' of the ex-President. Well, if they are victims, then the rest of the population are the casualties, the "DOA"s.
Let money talk in this banana republic. Go let those who would, grab their fifteen minutes of fame for a "victorious" revolt. Victorious for them, we guess, as they are now in power. Justice for the people? The people have served their purpose. They were needed to take down the Erapus and are needed no longer.
Still the bottom line remains. Until some people are charged and even punished, no foreign investor we spoke with will invest here, it just don't make any sense for them. And our children will grow up learning that the only way to happiness is via lots of money.
And it makes those who went to Edsa 2 kinda wonder what the TV specials on EDSA were all about. Oh- right, the 'new and improved' cronies had to make money- selling ad spots.
Note* No less than the new President shall be guesting at the launch of Manny Pangilinan's newest venture- his TV station and newspaper project rolled into one. Good PR by this Hong Kong based businessman. How can they now dare charge him with anything to do with Erap, after the president herself graces his new "business venture". Can she do that, knowing full well this man's involvement with Erap? Or is this the famous "new politics"?
Well, maybe in six months when the little press we have starts stifling stories to suit Pangilinan's profile as a man for all seasons we shall realize what a folly this was. After all, his company's influence on media is legendary.
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