EDITORIAL – Sacred butts

Here’s the latest joke. NAIA 1, erstwhile reputed as the world’s worst airport, is bound to lose that distinction. It’s chief rival? NAIA 3.
Funny this joke is. But yes, that’s the sad truth.
The reason is that government officials particularly the General Manager of the Manila International Airport Jose Angel Honrado and Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya are still in their government posts despite the notorious service track record they have shown as the shepherds of their respective agencies.
The same people who made boo-boos at the MRT system, crashing ceilings and malfunctioning air conditioners at the airport are at it again. Their ineptness, negligence and lack of foresight are by now, public knowledge.
At the time of the horrendous blackout last Saturday at NAIA 3 which left thousands of passengers stranded and 100 flights affected.
And where was Honrado at that time? Nowhere can he be found. The higher officials of this country too were perhaps busy peddling their bet Mar Roxas for the 2016 presidential elections.
Honrado reportedly came the following day, when the smoke of confusion cleared after the 5-hour blackout.
Secretary Abaya, the man at the helm of government transport was also busy with something else.
Angel and Abaya again escaped with an alibi, pointing the blame on Meralco who admitted the power outage was caused by the power firm but they were able to restore power at NAIA in 45 minutes. Clearly, Meralco should not be blamed for the long blackout.
So why did it stretch to 5 hours?
It’s the poor maintenance of the airport’s power system that’s the real culprit, not Meralco.
As it is, Honrado and Abaya would rather pass the buck.
The airports are one of the most vital and crucial public transport facilities which, common sense dictates, should not experience power outages. In the occasion of a power interruption, generator sets should kick in and infuse the power required.
The sad thing is, no these airports are not equipped with standby power that could last that long. That’s a very basic requirement, why in the world they missed this one out is definitely not excusable?
Despite the new boo-boos committed by these close men, President Aquino is content at the performance of these two government clowns who were merely told not to repeat the mistake again.
Just like that? Yes, just like that.
Makes people wonder, the spate of ineptitude shown by these two jesters in government agencies must have more than earned the demerits promised by President Aquino.
The two were rumored to be in the campaign trail of Roxas, reason why the NAIA 3 was practically left abandoned because its landlord was out politicking.
Reason why, they are also indispensable clowns whose butts are sacred.