“Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them.” – ALBERT EIŃSTEIN
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Even as NEDA Chief Karl Chua made positive predictions for the country’s economic recovery this year and the next, these are being drowned and cast aside by the turbulent mudslinging and political pollution circulating around every nook and cranny.
In so many words, Leni Robredo, presidential aspirant declared that she was running for the highest post of the land to prevent another Marcos (BBM) from returning to power.
Robredo, who is wearing pink colors these days to veer away from the stigma of the defeated and decimated Yellow cult, is running under the 1Sambayan banner, a new political block that has remnants of the Noynoy presidency.
Running as an independent, she is parlaying the role of a Joan of Arc as if Bongbong Marcos is the contravida that must be prevented, killed and destroyed at all costs to save the Filipino people from evil.
If this is the only reason why Madam Leni is contesting the presidency, what is thus in store for the country in case she wins, by a stroke of magic or luck or whatever means?
She has no visible platform of government, no detailed advocacies for the poor, the marginalized and the minority, no visionary programs for the long haul vis-a-viz global developments – no nothing.
By this time, after close to six years of occupying the office situated just a heartbeat away from where PRRD holds court, Robredo is still groping in the dark, unable to understand the functions of her position, unable to categorically state the reasons WHY THE COUNTRY NEEDS HER.
Undoubtedly, despite the onset of this exasperating pandemic, honest thinking apolitical Filipinos can say – without fear of contradiction – that our countrymen are better off today – A LOT BETTER I MUST SAY – than they were six year ago.
SO, WHILE ROBREDO IS PRESENTING HERSELF AS A HEROINE TO SAVE US KUNO FROM ANOTHER MARCOS REIGN, DOES SHE HAVE THE QUALIFICATION, CREDENTIALS AND TRACK RECORD TO CONVINCE THE FILIPINO ELECTORATE THAT THE COUNTRY NEEDS HER?
Robredo should be lectured on – and learn from – our political history.
Diosdado Macapagal, the poor boy from Lubao, Pampanga, was in the same boat in 1957, a spare tire to then Pres. Carlos P. Garcia. Ignored by his Big Boss, he utilized his 1,460 days in office to tour the countryside, shaking hands with the IPs in the north and in the south, conferring with the remote villagers who did not know him from Adam, inquired about their needs and complaints and forthwith launched his presidential bid against a re-electionist incumbent.
Kong Dadong, the father of GMA, won by a mile, towing with him his vice-presidential partner, VP Emmanule Pelaez.
Can VP Leni, who errantly slips in his verbalizations and flip-flops every now and then, duplicate the Macapagal odyssey against the survey-leading BBM who is, from all appearances, being supported by Davao City Mayor Inday Sara and her millions of supporters nation-wide?
I will not go to great lengths to say that Smatrmatic, as alleged by many sectors, helped Leni grab the vice-presidency in 2016. I will not, even if prompted, say that she cheated.
But I will state here and now that Robredo, despite her nearly six years as VP, remains a tyro, a political neophyte who is not qualified to run for the highest post.
She is unprepared – emotionally, morally, mentally and spiritually.
She has categorically – vehemently at that – stated in previous video interviews that she was not interested in the presidency and that she was not going to run come the May 2022 national elections.
She is unsure of the political steps she was taking. It was very obvious that the Liberal stalwarts was using her as a bait to become the “apple” of PRRD’s ire but she could not ably defend herself because of the huge popular backing the Filipinos were giving the incumbent.
The PRRD administration has given the Filipinos so much that the next Malacanang occupant must be someone who can deliver the goods.
The yardstick must be to either duplicate or surpass PRRD’s achievements and accomplishments.
BECAUSE PINOYS DESERVE MORE. (EMAil your feedback to fredlumba@yahoo.com.) GOD BLESS THE PHILIPPINES!
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