A Vicious Cycle
February 12, 2008
" The worst form of corruption is the corruption of the best." – St. Thomas Aquinas
A vicious pattern is becoming evident. First, a brazen act. Then blatant and shameless lies to cover up a criminal act.
It started with the Garci tapes and Bunye's infamous "I have 2 CDs". More recently, prior to the Lozada revelations, there was the Palace payola payoff scandal – the scam was to have Ulap and Kampi own up to giving out the money, thereby testing the limits of people's credulity.
And now this – Palace officials suddenly fabricating a web of lies, in yet another attempt to suppress the truth and pervert justice.
It should be clear by now – the whole executive branch, as well as the Lower House, are determined to protect the interests of one family, and not of the Filipino people as they were sworn to do. Jun Lozada's reminder is timely: "Ang Pilipino ay hindi iisang pamilya lang. Ang Pilipino ay isang bansa."
But how have we, as a nation, come to this pass? It is because, we, the Filipino people, have tolerated it for so long with our silence. This has emboldened this administration to inflict upon us the same vicious cycle again and again, with each new round with more impunity.
One can argue that there are valid concerns – the impoverished are too busy putting food on the table, the middle class are busy applying for work abroad, the business sector worries about rocking an upbeat economy, the alternatives are not clear, etc. And so we settle for what we think is the lesser evil. But look at where this choice has brought us.
We call on our people. If you still cannot find it in your heart to declare your outrage publicly, can you at least join in praying for Jun Lozada and his family. President Cory Aquino and the La Salle Brothers will be celebrating mass at the La Salle Greenhills grounds on Sunday, Feb. 17, 10 am for that purpose – pray for Jun and his family?
Let us proclaim as one, "Sa Totoo Tayo!"
The Black & White Movement
Contact: Vicente R. Romano III, 0920.961.5610
Leah Navarro. 0917.898.1857
A vicious pattern is becoming evident. First, a brazen act. Then blatant and shameless lies to cover up a criminal act.
It started with the Garci tapes and Bunye's infamous "I have 2 CDs". More recently, prior to the Lozada revelations, there was the Palace payola payoff scandal – the scam was to have Ulap and Kampi own up to giving out the money, thereby testing the limits of people's credulity.
And now this – Palace officials suddenly fabricating a web of lies, in yet another attempt to suppress the truth and pervert justice.
It should be clear by now – the whole executive branch, as well as the Lower House, are determined to protect the interests of one family, and not of the Filipino people as they were sworn to do. Jun Lozada's reminder is timely: "Ang Pilipino ay hindi iisang pamilya lang. Ang Pilipino ay isang bansa."
But how have we, as a nation, come to this pass? It is because, we, the Filipino people, have tolerated it for so long with our silence. This has emboldened this administration to inflict upon us the same vicious cycle again and again, with each new round with more impunity.
One can argue that there are valid concerns – the impoverished are too busy putting food on the table, the middle class are busy applying for work abroad, the business sector worries about rocking an upbeat economy, the alternatives are not clear, etc. And so we settle for what we think is the lesser evil. But look at where this choice has brought us.
We call on our people. If you still cannot find it in your heart to declare your outrage publicly, can you at least join in praying for Jun Lozada and his family. President Cory Aquino and the La Salle Brothers will be celebrating mass at the La Salle Greenhills grounds on Sunday, Feb. 17, 10 am for that purpose – pray for Jun and his family?
Let us proclaim as one, "Sa Totoo Tayo!"
The Black & White Movement
Contact: Vicente R. Romano III, 0920.961.5610
Leah Navarro. 0917.898.1857