If I Have a Chance to Talk to GMA
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo will be coming here in Hong Kong on Monday to encourage businessmen and investors to consider putting up business in the Philippines. This comes amidst the controversy about the alleged wiretapping scandal which featured her talking to Virgilio Garcillano of the Commission on Elections. I heard the taped conversation a few days ago over the live feed of DZBB. I'd say the voice is similar to hers but then let's face it: Michael V has a commercial in that station which showcased his talent of mimicking voices of Robin Padilla, Mike Enriquez and Bubble Gang's Bebang. Therefore, it's inconclusive that it was Madam President in the tape. As technology can almost uncover the soul of a human being, what more can it do to an aging voice tape, faking a video (remember the dozens of sex scandals?) or replace heads of porn stars with wholesome celebrities in photographs.
While I would like to have a fair treatment to GMA unless the voice has been proven to be hers, I scorn her for being mum to the issue, with only Presidential Spokesman Ignacio Bunye, whom in my opinion is not a credible person for such noble position, doing the blabbering, sometimes misquoted and misinterpreted by the media. Worse, while they deny the said accusation, they are attempting to suppress the hunger of the masses to hear the controversial tape for themselves. In a country that appreciates sensational stories -- from office gossip to the sexy mistresses of congressmen -- trying to seize the illegal copies circulated everywhere (but not in illegal DVD stalls) is like finding a needle in a haystack inside a dark barn. Is the effort of trying to prevent people from listening to it an indirect way of admitting that it was the President who was in the conversation with "Garci" about the election results during the time of canvassing? Well, thanks or no thanks to technology, the voice conversation can now be heard on ringing tones with matching pop synths in the background.
Back here in Hong Kong, United Filipinos in Hong Kong chairperson Dolores Balladares promises a wave of protest will greet the President's arrival here. I don't know this person nor this person knows me but if I may say, the group's name is a misnomer because it's just one of the multitudes of regionalistic groups scattered around the territory; there's United Ilocanos, United Bicolanos, United Ilonggos, United Warays. Scrap the name UNIFIL Ms Balladares, it's outright hypocrisy.
So when the President will be here, I must be working on an internal newsletter and minisite in the office and will have no time to greet her at Chek Lap Kok. But in the evening if given an hour to talk, I'd do the following:
* Ask her to face the controversy on national television on a degree little lesser than state of the nation address. In this case the Filipino people will have better idea of what's going on and not through other means which are mostly lies.
* Ask her to tell Ignacio Bunye to shut up because the more he talks the more he creates confusion. In the movie 'Bean', a distressed Peter McNicol calmly advised the quirky Rowan Atkinson to stay put and everything will be fine.
* Laud her for making work do the talk; but there are instances you need to talk to clear things up. Going to Hong Kong is translated as work but it's also translated as avoiding the chance to talk.
* Tell her to engage in a one on one debate with Senator Aquilino Pimentel televised on all stations. Maybe not, as it creates a deep division among Filipinos.
Perhaps I could add more but an hour is not enough to accomodate them. By then, I'd appreciate her time and would only show she values a common tao like me whom he refers to as a modern hero.
While I would like to have a fair treatment to GMA unless the voice has been proven to be hers, I scorn her for being mum to the issue, with only Presidential Spokesman Ignacio Bunye, whom in my opinion is not a credible person for such noble position, doing the blabbering, sometimes misquoted and misinterpreted by the media. Worse, while they deny the said accusation, they are attempting to suppress the hunger of the masses to hear the controversial tape for themselves. In a country that appreciates sensational stories -- from office gossip to the sexy mistresses of congressmen -- trying to seize the illegal copies circulated everywhere (but not in illegal DVD stalls) is like finding a needle in a haystack inside a dark barn. Is the effort of trying to prevent people from listening to it an indirect way of admitting that it was the President who was in the conversation with "Garci" about the election results during the time of canvassing? Well, thanks or no thanks to technology, the voice conversation can now be heard on ringing tones with matching pop synths in the background.
Back here in Hong Kong, United Filipinos in Hong Kong chairperson Dolores Balladares promises a wave of protest will greet the President's arrival here. I don't know this person nor this person knows me but if I may say, the group's name is a misnomer because it's just one of the multitudes of regionalistic groups scattered around the territory; there's United Ilocanos, United Bicolanos, United Ilonggos, United Warays. Scrap the name UNIFIL Ms Balladares, it's outright hypocrisy.
So when the President will be here, I must be working on an internal newsletter and minisite in the office and will have no time to greet her at Chek Lap Kok. But in the evening if given an hour to talk, I'd do the following:
* Ask her to face the controversy on national television on a degree little lesser than state of the nation address. In this case the Filipino people will have better idea of what's going on and not through other means which are mostly lies.
* Ask her to tell Ignacio Bunye to shut up because the more he talks the more he creates confusion. In the movie 'Bean', a distressed Peter McNicol calmly advised the quirky Rowan Atkinson to stay put and everything will be fine.
* Laud her for making work do the talk; but there are instances you need to talk to clear things up. Going to Hong Kong is translated as work but it's also translated as avoiding the chance to talk.
* Tell her to engage in a one on one debate with Senator Aquilino Pimentel televised on all stations. Maybe not, as it creates a deep division among Filipinos.
Perhaps I could add more but an hour is not enough to accomodate them. By then, I'd appreciate her time and would only show she values a common tao like me whom he refers to as a modern hero.
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