It has been a topsy-turvy year for us in the Philippines. Our lives, our minds have been subjected to so many political and...and economic pressures. We saw how Erap, freed was subjected to so many obstacles to prevent him from running. We read how Noynoy easily got his presidential candidacy slot from his party with Mar Roxas abdicating his ambition. We also view now with concern how some so-called "godfather" of local code and proven opposition leader with his down-to-earth analyses of politics will now be receding into the background (but is endorsing his daughter to take his place, a case of dynastic urge, Senator Nene Pimentel; how Manny Villar had to wade through many accusations of holding on to real estate business tie-ups despite the requirement of divesting himself of commercial interests as all officials should; and many many more. Then we have also seen how the tentacles of political supremacy have been bolstered by tie-ups of politicians to political and economic gangsters like the Ampatuan whose warped mind of killing people is beyond sci-fi methods (or did he copy some of his techniques from the violent movies that had been shown in the country). So now we know victories at the polls are not just manipulated by people like Garci, in terms of numbers, but most of all by warlords whose hands dip in the baskets of power and finances of the peoples' coffers. Then, we also saw bodies and cities swept away by floods after huge typhoon Ondoy but only because the gates of the big 3 dams were opened altogether, simultaneously, and without regard for the consequences on the people. Yet no one has been charged for negligence, omission or commission of the crime. Or any crime for that matter involving high officials? ---to be continued.
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