Re: other pinoys response to glorings admission that she knew there was bs in the nbn deal before she signed it
- From: marcgeren@xxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2008 09:35:35 -0800 (PST)
Any other president can build the same number of roads, airports, sea
ports and even outperform her.
Any other president can get us the same rate of economic growth and
even outperform her.
Any other president can modernize our AFP and PNP in order to
transform it into an effective and efficient fighting force and even
outperform her.
So, you see? There's not much of anything that she can claim to have
done so well or brag about.
The people didn't support the call for her ouster during the Garci
scandal because the people recognized that the same trapos are behind
that call. The people just don't want another EDSA 2 to fool them. Not
the EDSA 2 itself, because it is still a worthy action. What's
detestable is that the people who have taken over aren't measuring up
to the people's desires and aspirations.
Sec. Neri's tag on PGMA will lasts until PGMA makes the courageous
move to satisfy the people's call for transparency and justice. One of
which is punishing the guilty, whoever they may be and not by simply
correcting the flaws in our procurement system.
Neri's tag plus the Garci scandal and the resounding tales of Mike and
Mikey Arroyo's involvement in smuggling are just solidifying the
accusations hurled at President Gloria Arroyo and that of Neri's tag
on her.
To soften the impact of that tag and the bad image brought about by
the number of abuse and corruption implicated on the first family, I
suggest these to give PGMA a rallying point to redeem her family's
reputation.
1) Implement the computerization of the election system now so the
people can again lay their trust on our election system.
2) Patch up the loopholes that breed corruption in the procurement
system, utilization of all govt. funds and the justice system.
3) Modernization of the AFP and PNP to really turn these into an
effective and efficient defenders of the country, so that we can end
the rebellion, and have the capacity to control terrorism and crimes
effectively.
4) Remove the Pork Barrel Fund so that lawmakers will now focus solely
on making laws and that only those who really want to serve the nation
will end up in the halls of Congress.
An alternative would be to instead of allocate the fund to all
municipal LGUs and then the municipal units will allocate the fund
evenly to all barrangay units as much as possible. A reasonable
fraction maybe allocated for infrastructure devt. that will benefit
the whole municipality and the improvement of basic services.
The governors may have their own share of the CDF and focus on
projects that would benefit the entire province like tourism projects
and major infrastructure projects.
The Congressmen will have no power or anything on the utilization of
these funds. Their only job is to monitor and check for any anomalies.
The Senators' funds should also be stopped.
If PGMA can satisfy the people that she is implementing these now,
then she may gain the rallying point to redeem her family's
reputation.
This will serve as her beneficial legacy to the Filipino people.
At least, her administration can boast of something remarkable that
she has done. It's a legacy that she may claim.
But if there's no clear direction in sight leading to these
corrections, then it is the duty of all Filipinos to do their part in
reminding the leadership, especially President Arroyo, that we are
closely watching and our temper has its limits and that we aren't
ignorant of what's happening around.
If the leadership remains numb, deaf and blind to the people's voice,
then PGMA and all must be reminded that the EDSA spirit was never dead
and that it shall take a stand when all legal means are "being
subdued" and any hope is lost.
Alfred Alexander Marasigan
Manila, Philippines
getflipzi@xxxxxxxxx
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