Breaking silence

The floodgates have been closed, but it has in no way been secured. water is still flowing, and is now reaching more streams.

i have to give it to her, gloria has, thus far, been quite successful in hedging the very issue gnawing her now crumbling administration. from the hello garci tapes weeks ago to the gag order the other day, gloria is yet to face real trial in search for the truth. i wonder how much funds have been consumed in trying to patch up this obviously leaking mess. i wonder where such funds come from. how much longer can gloria keep this up, i wonder. how far can her funds stretch her administration? sometimes there isn't always fire when there's smoke, but if such smoke keeps building up, then something's gotta be aflame somewhere. and we have to look for it, don't we? otherwise, it may someday catch real fire and burn us with it in the process. we don't want that, do we?

when the garci tapes were exposed, gloria said to take our grievances to congress. we did, and i held my breath. when in congress, gloria's allies unashamedly turned it down (some solons saying their loyalty is to the president--i wonder what happens to loyalty to their constituents, the people who placed them in that position). they unashamedly did, and i was disappointed. clearly, the "take your grievances to congress" speech is a mere subterfuge to cling on to power. few days ago, she issued a gag order to officials who apparently know some "intimate details" on the election cover up, saying that senate inquiries are impeachment proceedings in disguise. they say it's legal, and i was furious. the nerve, the temerity to, one, openly and confidently withhold the truth from the people using, two, glaringly unconstitutional means. if this won't ignite what sense of patriotism is left in any Filipino's heart, i don't know what will.

as far as i'm concerned, until these allegations are addressed and the growing clamor for the truth has been put to rest, the republic of the philippines has no president.

she has tried to close the floodgates, but apparently, the current is too strong to give way. i say, let the water flow tumultuously, even if the gates are destroyed eventually. we cannot accept anything other than that.