It’s Christmas time.
Everyone looks forward to the get a whiff from delicious traditional dishes, sizzling sisig and grilled barbeque . Instead, the air reeks with stench from the gutters of political cesspool because of the thugs at war eerr… tug of war game the president elect and the midnight appointed Supreme Court judge is currently playing.
Political analysts express contradicting views about the consequence of the political catfight. Intellectualized and brilliant interpretations on “what would be” spurred and cramped the internet. Free for all fracas and exchange of spicy rebuttals between the parties at odds have been hugging the headlines both to the entertainment of vultures in the politics watching the fray from the bleachers but to the dismay of billions of daily earners who break bones from sunrise to sunset just to make both ends meet.
Children who look forward to see Santa’s smiles pasted on magazine covers instead, see senator-judges clad in P5,000 worth magenta or red togas with gold sash and frozen in firing squad stance captured in panoramic pictures. Sadly, those innocent eyes are devoid of clues why.
For goodness sake! The yearlong dizzying roller coaster ride of economic and political instability and unpredictable oil price rollbacks and hikes have already benumbed the public. This season is the only time of the year where we want nothing but to be happy and to bask " in the spirit of Christmas exchanging cheap gifts while singing " Kasadya" and Ania Kami". We must not allow the tug of war between the “justice crown” and the “Malacanang denizen” and political balderdash spoil this season we celebrate.
Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago once expressed concern about the lack of legal background of some fellow senators who will act as judges during Corona’s trial. “Since not all senators are lawyers, or if they studied law but never practiced in a trial court, they might depend too heavily on their consultants, and in effect it might be the consultants who are casting the vote during the final decision,” the senator who is a former Quezon City Regional Trial Court judge herself said.
But it doesn’t take a lawyer to understand what is happening now. Even a lowly sidewalk vendor understands that the root of this political melee is greed and hunger for power.
It's christmas time!! Let’s leave the grilling of Justice Corona to the senators while we grill pork chops for noche Buena.
Lord Salisbury once said, if you believe the doctors, nothing is wholesome; if you believe the theologians, nothing is innocent; if you believe the military, nothing is safe.
What if we believe in lawyers then?
Scary. Duh.
Political analysts express contradicting views about the consequence of the political catfight. Intellectualized and brilliant interpretations on “what would be” spurred and cramped the internet. Free for all fracas and exchange of spicy rebuttals between the parties at odds have been hugging the headlines both to the entertainment of vultures in the politics watching the fray from the bleachers but to the dismay of billions of daily earners who break bones from sunrise to sunset just to make both ends meet.
Children who look forward to see Santa’s smiles pasted on magazine covers instead, see senator-judges clad in P5,000 worth magenta or red togas with gold sash and frozen in firing squad stance captured in panoramic pictures. Sadly, those innocent eyes are devoid of clues why.
For goodness sake! The yearlong dizzying roller coaster ride of economic and political instability and unpredictable oil price rollbacks and hikes have already benumbed the public. This season is the only time of the year where we want nothing but to be happy and to bask " in the spirit of Christmas exchanging cheap gifts while singing " Kasadya" and Ania Kami". We must not allow the tug of war between the “justice crown” and the “Malacanang denizen” and political balderdash spoil this season we celebrate.
Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago once expressed concern about the lack of legal background of some fellow senators who will act as judges during Corona’s trial. “Since not all senators are lawyers, or if they studied law but never practiced in a trial court, they might depend too heavily on their consultants, and in effect it might be the consultants who are casting the vote during the final decision,” the senator who is a former Quezon City Regional Trial Court judge herself said.
But it doesn’t take a lawyer to understand what is happening now. Even a lowly sidewalk vendor understands that the root of this political melee is greed and hunger for power.
It's christmas time!! Let’s leave the grilling of Justice Corona to the senators while we grill pork chops for noche Buena.
Lord Salisbury once said, if you believe the doctors, nothing is wholesome; if you believe the theologians, nothing is innocent; if you believe the military, nothing is safe.
What if we believe in lawyers then?
Scary. Duh.
No man/woman who tries to pursue an ideal in his/her own way is without enemies-Daisy Bates
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