http://www.tribune.net.ph/commentary/20100113com5.html
This early, Sen.Noynoy Aquino’s cacique (landlord) roots are showing. And how!
After issuing all those goody-goody, pa-statesmanlike statements for sometime now as he enjoyed the limelight and the halo of a winner for most of the last quarter last year, the Tarlac solon has snapped and ranted to high heavens. He belittled the latest SWS poll (nabibili sa Quiapo) and pointedly snarled at fellow presidentiable Sen. Dick Gordon (I do not comment on the remarks of a poll tailender) when the latter asked him in a recent forum what has he actually done in his long years as a public servant. In classic cacique style much like Presidentita Cory’s langaw put down on her then Vice President Doy Laurel, his answers to legitimate questions amounted to nothing and/or of no moment.
Probably stunned by the results of the latest survey, the Tarlac solon went to town denigrating the same no end with that classic “Nabibili sa Quiapo... There are credible surveys and there are surveys that can be bought in Quiapo...” comment. Unbelievable. How Aquino and his colleagues at the Liberal Party now say that this SWS survey is a lot of bull and even a “buyable” one after praising the firm’s earlier surveys to high heavens is the height of pique. No, childishness and immaturity. It also bares a deep seated selectiveness, a very colored, intemperate and ultimately wicked view of the world. It is, in the words of a peasant group, classic cacique thinking. And, of the Central Luzon kind, at that, i.e., volatile, vindictive and, highly opportunistic. To think that his runningmate, Sen. Mar Roxas, upped his lead over Senator Legarda in that same survey. Now, I don’t want to go that far into psychology but what the Tarlac solon said in response to the question on his slipping ratings is definitely a no-no. It does not speak well of his preparedness to face the music, as it were, and, more importantly, if that is how he thinks in making life-and-death decisions on matters of high significance.
That put down on Senator Gordon reinforces that view. It is definitely wicked and uncalled for. If that is how he takes the views of a fellow senator asking a legitimate though tough questions, how much more ordinary folks who would like responsive and responsible answers to lingering issues about the solon’s character and, yes, track record. Such as, what is really his position on agrarian reform and Hacienda Luisita? Or, if that is too much, what about the Garchitorena scam and all other Carp palusots at that time? What about the matter of human rights and his mother’s record on this basic issue? What about corruption, dynastic operations and Kamag-Anak Inc.? What about his take on pork barrel and his use of his own allocations during his three terms as Tarlac representative and now as a senator? What about the RH bill and the question of population and development? What about the question of secessionism and the aspirations of the Bangsamoro people? What about the role of political parties in our maturing democracy? Or of the questions of loose firearms and private armies? What about the historical and cultural front and other concerns in that sector?
What about jobs generation, the BROs and the overseas employment program? What about fiscal incentives and our banking practices? What about Charter change and how he wants to go about it since he has in earlier times (unless he has now decided to forget) noted that there may indeed be legitimate constitutional issues which need to be looked into? What about our relations with the US, Japan, Asean, China and the Middle East, to name the more immediate concerns? What about the matter of international terrorism and the need for more security checks? These are just a few of the concerns on top of such basics as food, clothing, shelter, education and peace in our communities. Can we expect responsible answers not childish asides from Senator Noynoy and his team on these concerns? That is a question which has now loomed large in the minds of a growing number of our people as they get to know more about the character, temperament and mindset of the man who would like to be president riding high on the wings of his parents’ iconic heritage. We need answers not rantings.
Probably stunned by the results of the latest survey, the Tarlac solon went to town denigrating the same no end with that classic “Nabibili sa Quiapo... There are credible surveys and there are surveys that can be bought in Quiapo...” comment. Unbelievable. How Aquino and his colleagues at the Liberal Party now say that this SWS survey is a lot of bull and even a “buyable” one after praising the firm’s earlier surveys to high heavens is the height of pique. No, childishness and immaturity. It also bares a deep seated selectiveness, a very colored, intemperate and ultimately wicked view of the world. It is, in the words of a peasant group, classic cacique thinking. And, of the Central Luzon kind, at that, i.e., volatile, vindictive and, highly opportunistic. To think that his runningmate, Sen. Mar Roxas, upped his lead over Senator Legarda in that same survey. Now, I don’t want to go that far into psychology but what the Tarlac solon said in response to the question on his slipping ratings is definitely a no-no. It does not speak well of his preparedness to face the music, as it were, and, more importantly, if that is how he thinks in making life-and-death decisions on matters of high significance.
That put down on Senator Gordon reinforces that view. It is definitely wicked and uncalled for. If that is how he takes the views of a fellow senator asking a legitimate though tough questions, how much more ordinary folks who would like responsive and responsible answers to lingering issues about the solon’s character and, yes, track record. Such as, what is really his position on agrarian reform and Hacienda Luisita? Or, if that is too much, what about the Garchitorena scam and all other Carp palusots at that time? What about the matter of human rights and his mother’s record on this basic issue? What about corruption, dynastic operations and Kamag-Anak Inc.? What about his take on pork barrel and his use of his own allocations during his three terms as Tarlac representative and now as a senator? What about the RH bill and the question of population and development? What about the question of secessionism and the aspirations of the Bangsamoro people? What about the role of political parties in our maturing democracy? Or of the questions of loose firearms and private armies? What about the historical and cultural front and other concerns in that sector?
What about jobs generation, the BROs and the overseas employment program? What about fiscal incentives and our banking practices? What about Charter change and how he wants to go about it since he has in earlier times (unless he has now decided to forget) noted that there may indeed be legitimate constitutional issues which need to be looked into? What about our relations with the US, Japan, Asean, China and the Middle East, to name the more immediate concerns? What about the matter of international terrorism and the need for more security checks? These are just a few of the concerns on top of such basics as food, clothing, shelter, education and peace in our communities. Can we expect responsible answers not childish asides from Senator Noynoy and his team on these concerns? That is a question which has now loomed large in the minds of a growing number of our people as they get to know more about the character, temperament and mindset of the man who would like to be president riding high on the wings of his parents’ iconic heritage. We need answers not rantings.
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