TALKING POINTS – A house of shame?

MANILA TIMES columnist Yen Makabenta is proposing the creation of a Hall of Shame (HoS) for public officials who have “dishonored and endangered our public life.”
In his column of March 11th, Makabenta postulated the following:
“The country should establish a hall of shame to remind our people of certain personages who deserve a corner in the nation’s collective memory for acts of disservice and dishonor to people and country.”
Talking Point fully concurs with Makabenta’s unique and brilliant idea. It deserves utmost consideration of right – thinking Filipinos.
The HOS is a fitting home for deceivers, liars, scoundrels, traitors and betrayers of public trust – people who have no shame, honor and conscience.
Now, what exactly and essentially is this hall of shame as conceived by the Times columnist?
Let’s listen to him: “Since we are now in the Age of the Internet and the Digital Revolution, the hall can be established and maintained on the Web. There will be no need for a physical hall. Only a Website.
Makabenta’s initial batch of “honorees” in the HOS consists of the nine Supreme Court justices who ruled that Grace Poe is qualified to run for President of the Republic of the Philippines.
They are: Maria Lourdes Sereno, Presbitero Velasco, Diosdado Peralta, Lucas Bersamin, Jose Perez, Jose Mendoza, Marvic Leonen, Francis Jordeleza, Benjamin Caguioa.
According to Makabenta, these nine justices “should be enrolled in the hall lest our people and the media forget their singular acts of cowardice and betrayal.’
Makabenta’s initial list of HOS “honorees” include the 20 senators who impeached former Chief Justice Renato Corona on order of President Noynoy, and who were allegedly rewarded with 50-100 million pesos DAP money.
The 20 senators are: Antonio Trillanes IV, Manuel Villar, Francis Escudero, Gregorio Honasan, Panfilo Lacson, Frankln Drilon, Juan Ponce Enrile, Sergio Osmena, Teofisto Guingona, Tito Sotto III, Aquilino Pimentel, Ralph Recto, Edgardo Angara, Alan Peter Cayetano, Pia Cayetano, Ramon Revillw, Francis Pangilinan, Loren Legarda, Lito Lapid, Jinggoy Estrada.
My own nominees for inclusion in the HOS are:
President BS Aquino 3rd – for incompetence and intellectual dishonesty;
Former PNP Chief Alan Purisima – for incompetence and indecent loyalty to P-Noy;
Manuel Roxas 2nd – for extreme poor performance as DILG Secretary and for blindly subservient to P-Noy’s “Daang Matuwid” slogan;
Florencio Abad – for being the architect of the unconstitutional DAP.
Dinky Soliman – for scandalous failure as DSWD Chief.
Malacanang apologists Sonny Coloma Jr. and Edwin Lacierda – for deodorizing BS Aquino’s lies and blunders, warped logic and arrogant posturings.
Janet Lim-Napoles should be in the house of shame albeit she is not a government figure.