Prologue and Epilogue of the Magdalo Group

On April 08, 2008, Tuesday, Judge Oscar Pimentel of the Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 148 handed down the court’s verdict on Captains Milo Maestrocampo and Gerardo Gambala who were identified as prime-movers of the Oakwood mutiny on July 27, 2003. Both rogue soldiers were sentenced to up to 40 years in prison. On the other hand, the court also imposed a 6 to 12 years imprisonment on seven other officers identified as Captains Albert Baloloy, John Andres and Alvin Ebreo, Lieutenants Lawrence Luis Somera, Florentino Somera, Christopher Brian Yasay and Cleo-Dongga-As, for participating in the attempted mutiny. Justice has been served. Perhaps at this point, nobody would want to contest the court’s decision on the fate of these junior officers, except, for their lawyers of course. Since the Magdalo Group has evidently placed the whole country in troubles and their agenda was brought about with the wrong kind of approach, it’s about time for them to face the consequences. Several military careers have been trashed, several families have been affected, but these soldiers have to accept it no matter how bitter it is. For these soldiers, idealism should have been the way of life, but little did they know that being idealistic is prone to being exploited. Too bad, these soldiers are not that familiar with the realities of life… much more, the system. The Armed Forces of the Philippines may be riddled with corruption, irregularities and scoundrels but an ideal system simply does not exist. A total reform cannot be done overnight. It will take years and such reform may have started with these soldiers if they have not been taken advantaged by politicians, power grabbers and opportunists. It was quite obvious that unscrupulous groups or individuals are behind the mutiny, much more, for the destabilization attempt to bring down the President, so that they can take over juicy positions for their own good. Magdalo members has already been convicted and Sen Antonio Trillanes is not far from having the same fate, but destabilizers, power grabbers and opportunists remains scot-free. These people with their own personal ambitions will never cease until they get what they want. The bad thing is that some of them belong to the opposition groups, the Senate, the Lower House, the local communists and the business sectors. Who knows? Some of them, at this point in time, may be brewing some nasty things against the present administration since they are far from giving up. Destabilizers just lost their pawns, which are the Magdalo Group, but they still have the money and alternatives to go on with their crooked plans against the leadership…

OF PRESIDENTIABLES AND COMMUNISTS…

Senators Manuel Villar, Panfilio Lacson, Loren Legarda, Jinggoy Estrada… what do they have in common? Of course, they all wanted to be the next President of this Republic. So much grandstanding was seen on the tri-media for the past few months. This bunch of personalities has been all-around clinging to juicy issues. From the Manila Peninsula incident to the NBN anomalies; they have stayed on camera focus so that every household will see their face and hopefully vote for them in 2010. For a traditional politician (TRAPO), every effort of acting out in front of the camera is but a normal thing to do, since a free airtime once in a while adds up to the people’s familiarity on their faces. However, with the fact that these politicians made tie-ups with the local communist movement, they are evidently playing with fire. At the height of Rodolfo “Jun” Lozada’s revelations regarding the NBN deal anomalies, these senators sprouted like mushrooms, eager to grab the opportunity of going with the trend and hopefully, to jack-up their “pogi” or “ganda points”. At this point, the local communists, with Satur Ocampo tagging along his BAYAN MUNA communist supporters are so bright to exploit the situation and offered alliance with the unwitting senators, which, the politicians unthinkingly accepted. It was quite incomprehensive for the sensible people of this country that the law-makers have the guts to corroborate themselves with the enemy of the state. Everybody knows that the CPP-NPA-NDF’s main objective is to bring down the administration and they have tried doing that by exploiting the mess Jun Lozada has made. Protest actions were held, an Interfaith Rally was initiated, the church meddled with politics, the youth was impelled in joining street actions etc.. Such scenario was a wet dream for Satur Ocampo and his goons since a little inch more and it was supposedly a total mayhem. However, the handsome and beautiful senators were nowhere in sight, manifesting that they are playing safe for the outcome of the supposedly destabilization activities. Surely, these witty senators will only come out if everything was clear and the President was already ousted. Coming out in the open during the still unpredictable scenario may blemish their names if a revolution failed to materialize. It was clear that the senators want it “well-done”… not “medium rare”. As of now, the all-time ever-assuming genius of the local communist was scratching his head why these senators left them in the open. By now, Satur Ocampo decided not anymore to tag along these senators who seemingly does not have the drive to crush the administration, but rather, are only interested only in their political careers comes 2010. On the contrary, the communist are keen in bringing down the administration since it remained to be their utmost goal. With the contradicting objectives, the alliance between the Senators (read: Presidentiables) and the local communists has been tarnished, but both of them are far from giving up their goal. One is to be the next leader thru traditional politics, while the other is to ruin democracy and instill communisms. For the thinking majority, both of which will not help the country…

Konting focus naman dyan…

Para sa mga Senador, Congressman, pulitiko, oposisyon at mga walang magawang manggagawa sa gobyerno… konting focus naman dyan! Pagod na kami sa walang katapusang senate hearing na walang nangyayari! sawa na kami sa pagmumukha ni Jun Lozada! At nabibingi na kami balitaktakan na walang patutunguhan! Panahon na para pagtuunan nyo naman ng pansin ang totoong problema ng bayan. Ang patuloy na pagtaas ng krudo, bakit parang walang pumapansin sa inyo? Alam nating lahat na malaki ang nagiging epekto nito sa pang-araw araw na buhay naming mga ordinaryong mamamayan ngunit, kibit-balikat lang kayo… dahil ba sa di naman kayo masyadong apektado at malaki ang kita nyo sa mga raket nyo? Ang napapabalitang rice shortage… ano na ang naging aksyon nyo dito? Nakagawa na ba ng batas para ma-proteksyonan ang karamihan sa mga Pilipino na kanin ang kinakain araw-araw? Sa tingin ko wala pa… kasi kung meron eh hindi tayo mamomroblema sa kakulangan sa bigas. Ano na nga kaya ang laban natin sa mga rice hoarders? Ang pagbagsak ng stock market ng Estados Unidos. Hindi nyo ba naisip na walang kalaban-laban ang ekonomiya ng Pilipinas at siguradong maapektuhan ang kabuhayan natin? Maraming problema ang dapat harapin at gawan ng paraan. Ngunit kapansin-pansin sa inyo na mas-concern pa kayo sa mga walang kwentang isyu na di naman talaga makakatulong sa atin. Paano na aasenso ang ating bayan kung puro testimonya na lang ng mga senate witnesses ang gusto ninyong pakinggan? Paano maiiwasan ang pagbaba ng ekonomiya kung puro destabilisasyon na lang ang pagtutuunan ng pansin? Paano magiging secured ang kinabukasan namin kung puro schedule ng rally na lang ang pag-uusapan? Para sa mga pulitiko na puro pa-pogi na lang ang iniisip… pakiusap lang, magtrabaho naman kayo para sa ikabubuti ng nakararami! Tantanan nyo muna yang 2010 eleksyon at gawan muna ng paraan ang mga problemang hinaharap ng bayan. Isantabi nyo muna ang mga isyung hindi naman talaga makakatulong sa ikauunlad ng buhay natin. Meron pang natitirang panahong para mapatunayan nyo na nararapat pa kayong manatili matapos ang 2010 elections. Kung talagang mga public servants kayo, alam ninyo ang inyong trabaho at ito ang inyong ginagampanan. Para naman dun sa mga nagmimistulang gutom sa media mileage, lumayas na lang kayo sa serbisyo at mag-artista na lang… sa ganyang paraan, laging naka-focus sa inyo ang media. Hindi na naming kailangan ng mga trapo na puro sideline ang inaatupag… Mag-focus naman kayo sa trabaho nyo!