CONGRESS’ POLITICAL EXPERIMENTS SCATHING ECONOMY MORE HARDER THAN MARTIAL LAW TIMES: AN ANALYSIS
A lot of ordinary people are probably rethinking their personal position on most prominent political issues that haunted the Philippines’ political spectrum bringing up a backlash on the economy which is now slowly getting into a downtrend swing, than martial law times.
During the Marcos times, the least among many, insurgency problem soar up as a result of the widespread crack on political enemies. However, the nationwide development program such as national electrification, farm-to-market roads, and foreign policy work stimulation on Filipino workers, communications and many other infrastructures projects were realized through foreign debts with IMF and World Bank. Literally, these projects are even enjoyed today by many Filipinos.
Although in some quarters, political stalwarts made use of the political dictatorship of Marcos as a political dump of these entire political debacles that shook the Filipino psyche; but when reflecting back the old days as compared today, better days is more likely a great impression among Filipinos who lived the Marcos time. The political fulcrum during the prime Marcos times is more controlled and manageable that even political wizards can say far no less.
Today, we have been experiencing a lot worst of economic shambles when every governmental instrumentality get even attention from a greater power on top of it all---the People. The political structure, some said, is manipulated with corrupt cultures. Far more than that the business world has adopted already a flex on complicated networks that can get to it even beyond the mandate of laws, and are more certainly getting into the economy with the chief aim of controlling the market playground.
Partisan politics has greater influence over National Security. Political players belonging from a different mass of parties are taking charge of their own flocks, drawing all to compete in order to survive, negotiate in order to gain a flap to fly out the political air, bribe to earn trust, give dole-outs to earn sympathy, offer jobs in order to mobilize, threat and counter-threat, and many others, in a grand stand of loop to get a share of the political power.
These political players are providing a hallway of opportunities where the rich political figures are the source of their own lifeblood. Dummies are the institute of graft and corruption; the tree of glories grows out well within its own anonymity and description is the abhorred part; it may either kill you or drag you out of the playing court. Resistance or a counteraction is a great gamble for a few, but, it can still be pursued with impunity or by destruction, of sort, either ways may fall short to too many.
Why?...It’s democracy!...a syndicated democracy by a powerful few.
News like ZTE scandal, Euro generals, Fertilizer Scam, Hello Garci, Senate Leadership shift, Supreme Court fill up of justices, rollback of prices in fuel oil, rollback of fares, and many other more issues can stimulate the minds of many ordinary people. They seem to agree that indeed our government is corrupt and that whoever is going to run the government, graft and corruption will still be present in anyway.
On the other hand, the media is easily drawn in to this hype because some or few people with money can wield power at their own will. They have a clear-cut agenda and short-listed mission to achieve for their very own common good. They control the economic playground by influencing the media to play either side of the coin. A greater bid can make up the rest of its sinister plans, and they can only make this up when they were able to establish credibility because they certainly believe credibility is not left to chance but of action and focus. Money can bring credibility out of its own charm.
The issue of “Impeachment” is getting headway. The players are still the same with the addition of one. They call him the rogue house speaker or sometimes “Joe De Bola”. Of course, this situation only reveals the truth that in politics, you do not have permanent friends or permanent enemies. Ally today, who knows tomorrow, he can be an enemy; or enemy today, tomorrow ally.
As much as many are observing, the political hiccups today is getting worst than the political pains during the Marcos regime; and in my own opinion, this cannot end unless honest people take action. But, the question is, where can we find them?
During the Marcos times, the least among many, insurgency problem soar up as a result of the widespread crack on political enemies. However, the nationwide development program such as national electrification, farm-to-market roads, and foreign policy work stimulation on Filipino workers, communications and many other infrastructures projects were realized through foreign debts with IMF and World Bank. Literally, these projects are even enjoyed today by many Filipinos.
Although in some quarters, political stalwarts made use of the political dictatorship of Marcos as a political dump of these entire political debacles that shook the Filipino psyche; but when reflecting back the old days as compared today, better days is more likely a great impression among Filipinos who lived the Marcos time. The political fulcrum during the prime Marcos times is more controlled and manageable that even political wizards can say far no less.
Today, we have been experiencing a lot worst of economic shambles when every governmental instrumentality get even attention from a greater power on top of it all---the People. The political structure, some said, is manipulated with corrupt cultures. Far more than that the business world has adopted already a flex on complicated networks that can get to it even beyond the mandate of laws, and are more certainly getting into the economy with the chief aim of controlling the market playground.
Partisan politics has greater influence over National Security. Political players belonging from a different mass of parties are taking charge of their own flocks, drawing all to compete in order to survive, negotiate in order to gain a flap to fly out the political air, bribe to earn trust, give dole-outs to earn sympathy, offer jobs in order to mobilize, threat and counter-threat, and many others, in a grand stand of loop to get a share of the political power.
These political players are providing a hallway of opportunities where the rich political figures are the source of their own lifeblood. Dummies are the institute of graft and corruption; the tree of glories grows out well within its own anonymity and description is the abhorred part; it may either kill you or drag you out of the playing court. Resistance or a counteraction is a great gamble for a few, but, it can still be pursued with impunity or by destruction, of sort, either ways may fall short to too many.
Why?...It’s democracy!...a syndicated democracy by a powerful few.
News like ZTE scandal, Euro generals, Fertilizer Scam, Hello Garci, Senate Leadership shift, Supreme Court fill up of justices, rollback of prices in fuel oil, rollback of fares, and many other more issues can stimulate the minds of many ordinary people. They seem to agree that indeed our government is corrupt and that whoever is going to run the government, graft and corruption will still be present in anyway.
On the other hand, the media is easily drawn in to this hype because some or few people with money can wield power at their own will. They have a clear-cut agenda and short-listed mission to achieve for their very own common good. They control the economic playground by influencing the media to play either side of the coin. A greater bid can make up the rest of its sinister plans, and they can only make this up when they were able to establish credibility because they certainly believe credibility is not left to chance but of action and focus. Money can bring credibility out of its own charm.
The issue of “Impeachment” is getting headway. The players are still the same with the addition of one. They call him the rogue house speaker or sometimes “Joe De Bola”. Of course, this situation only reveals the truth that in politics, you do not have permanent friends or permanent enemies. Ally today, who knows tomorrow, he can be an enemy; or enemy today, tomorrow ally.
As much as many are observing, the political hiccups today is getting worst than the political pains during the Marcos regime; and in my own opinion, this cannot end unless honest people take action. But, the question is, where can we find them?
posted by Unknown | Thursday, November 20, 2008
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