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OPINION / LOCAL NEWS
PHILIPPINE ASIAN NEWS TODAY April 16 - 30, 2016
The Presidentiables
The Tall Order
By Ramon Datol
Duterte, First ‘Gagong’
Presidente?
Mar Roxas and Jojo
Binay stood tall during the last
Comelec-sanctioned presidential
debate held in Dagupan City
last April 24 with Sen. Miriam
Santiago coming off with the
usual feisty stance. She could
have dominated the debate kung
di lang kitang-kitang iniinda ang
sakit niya. If Madam Miriam is
in A-1 condition and physically
fit, hands down, she’ll eat to the
bones her foes and be the next
president after May 9 elections.
Kahit sina Ka Digong at Ka Jojo
idolo si Madam Miriam, eh, kaya
lang…
Madam Miriam is ‘low-bat’
and only 50% charged up for the
long battle.
*****
Mar and Jojo both presented
their programs of government
ng maliwanag, Grace Poe
used her being a woman in
presenting her program na
parang Nanay. We already
have two woman presidents
at walang nangyare. Enuff na
for a third. Digong exploited
his kalyeng salita at image to
the hilt anew with ‘sasakay
siya sa jetski, pupuntahan ang
barkong pandigma ng China at
ilalagay ang Philippine Flag sa
lugar nila.’ Everyone
knows na ‘bola’ lang
salita
ni
Digong
para mapatawa ang audience.
Never na magagawa or gagawin
yon ni Duterte or any other
Pinoy. And his other program
of government? Dahil Grade 1
pa lang, nangongopya na raw
siya…
Kokopyahin na lang ni
Duterte yong ke Sen. Miriam!
*****
And besides, Duterte made
himself ‘Gago’ when he stressed
it in his statements about the
rape of a woman. “Iyong mga
gago, ganoon magsalita.” Iyon
ang pinakatotoo sa sinabi ni Rody
Duterte noong pinagtanggol
niya ang kanyang “rape joke.”
(Panoorin ninyo sa YouTube,
nasa 13:48.) Ang problema
lang, ang daming dinamay ni
Mayor Digong sa pagiging gago.
Kasi hindi lang kababaihan ang
nilapastangan ni Duterte noong
pinagtanggol niya ang kanyang
“rape joke.” Ininsulto rin niya
ang mga mahihirap, lalo ang
ang mga kalalakihan. Ang tingin
ni Duterte, matapos makipag
sagupaan sa mga kriminal e
natural lang na magbiro tungkol
sa panggagahasa sa mga
biktima? Tingin ni Duterte, dahil
sa sobrang galit, ‘alang problema
kung sabihin mong sana nakasali
ka sa rape? Ganoon talaga e.
Ganoon talaga ang mga galing
“sa ibaba,” silang mga galing sa
hirap. Ito ang tumingkad dahil sa
mga pinagsasabi ni Duterte, lalo
na’t marami pa ring sumusuporta
sa kanya: Lakas pa rin talaga ng
kulturang pa-macho sa mga
Pilipino. Marami sa atin dumaan
dito, tinuruang isipin na lampa
ang mga babae, sexual object,
walang alam.
Gago lang pala ang dapat
maniniwala ke Duterte?
*****
Malapit na ang eleksyon.
Daming pinangako ni Duterte.
Na susugpuin daw niya ang lahat
ng krimen. Na wawasakin daw
ang mga pwersa ng korupsyon.
Na gagawin daw niyang tahimik
at maginhawa ang buhay sa
buong Pilipinas. Na uubusin niya
ang lahat ng drug pushers at
users sa buong bansa sa loob ng
3 hanggang 6 na buwan. Balikan
ninyo lahat ng sinabi ni Mayor
Rody Duterte. Tapos sa bawat
isang sinabi, sa bawat pangako,
balikan ninyo rin iyong isa pa
niyang sinabi…..
“Iyong mga gago, ganoon
magsalita.”
*****
Condemnation of Mayor
Duterte continues with the camp
of Liberal Party presidential
candidate Manuel Roxas II
calling him an embarrassment
to the nation and a threat to
the security and well-being of
overseas Filipino workers after
Duterte challenged Australia
and the USA to cut ties with the
Philippines after the two foreign
envoys reacted on Digong’s
rape joke on Australian lady
missionary raped and killed in
1989. Various women’s groups
have filed a complaint with the
Commission on Human Rights
(CHR) against Duterte over his
comments on a rape victim. The
letter-complaint, filed by a group
representing “women insulted,
shocked and outraged” by the
tough-talking mayor’s remarks
urged the CHR to probe Duterte
for violating the Magna Carta
of Women. They said Duterte’s
actions put “in peril the future of
many children and young women
who are potential victims of
violence against women.” “What
protection and redress would
they expect in a society where
men tolerate such violation?”
the complaint stated. Ang what
was Digong’s reaction on the
women’s complaint? Simple
lang naman po….
‘You go to hell.’
*****
The Filipinos who are
among the most active social
media users had also acquired
the ability to filter which among
the messages can be trusted
and those that go “viral,” which
means messages that are passed
on the most, are taken as gospel
truth. The recent YouTube that
went viral, that of Mayor Rodrigo
Duterte expressing what appears
to be his hidden lust for an
Australian missionary who was
slain after being raped during
a 1989 prison riot in Davao,
attested to the power of social
media. The video, the moment
it was posted, generated
thousands of views that resulted
in regular broadcast and print
media to take notice. By the end
of the day, the dirty Duterte joke
had circled the world as it also
called the attention of global
news outfits. Duterte tried to
rationalize his actions, saying
that the joke was his way of
expressing anger at the slaying
of the missionary, who, by the
way, he kept saying looked like
an American movie actress.
Duterte’s
refusal
to
acknowledge his mistake, nor
even show had an ounce of
remorse, made matters worse.
Instead of the issue dying down,
it reignited, and circled the world
for the second time, in a matter
of two days. There were even
suggestions in some stories
of poking ridicule on Filipinos
for even considering a person
with an unstable mind for the
presidency, not saying that a
comedian has lately been made
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