Lenny Robredo Must be Very Careful in making Promises this Early which is not yet even Within the Campaign Perios
Posted on Saturday, 7 November 2015
Lenny
Robredo Must be Very Careful
In
Making Promises this Early which is not yet even
Within
the Campaign Period
By Apolinario Villalobos
I am still shocked by the bold promise of
Lenny Robredo who is the running mate of Roxas for the 2016 election, as the
latter’s Vice-Presidential candidate. She boldly declares over the airlanes
“…ibibigay ko sa inyo ang lahat sa buhay ko…” (I will give you everything in my
life), referring perhaps to her promise to work for the Filipinos if she wins
as vice-president. Whoever made that speech for her must be out of his or her
mind, for he or she did not even think that the lady senator has a family, and
she is a single mom after her husband Jess, who until an untimely death was not
confirmed by Pnoy as Secretary of DILG. Ironically and shamelessly, the
administration is using the popularity of the downtrodden Jess, for their
selfish motive. And, to complete the
exploit, they turned their attention to the widow, Lenny, a neophyte politician
and whom the Liberal Party has perceived as a “clean” one yet, and therefore, a
“noble” pawn for another grand plan.
Definitely, Lenny cannot give 100 percent
of her time to the country, as all her children need her, and with the youngest
trying to finish her studies, yet. In the first place, she should have not used
such ludicrous speech that has immediately aligned her with the rest of the
good-for-nothing-but-promises-only politicians. It made her an instant “trapo”
(traditional politician)….so unfortunate, indeed for such a refined lady who
has been waylaid by hollow ideals and false promises. She should have used a better sounding but simple, honest and
motherly statement, instead. Indications
are very clear that she will be used for the selfish motives of the people who
are trying to evade legal prosecution if Roxas loses. Now, being the last choice, as there has been
no other ambitious politician left to take the risk of mumbling the “matuwid na
daan” mantra after a long and tedious courting of Grace Poe has failed, Lenny
is now providing second voice to the songs of Roxas about the legendary
“matuwid na daan”.
If Lenny Robredo wins due to political
manipulations, as she must, to give support to Roxas as grandly planned, that
will be the end of her “clean image”, though, not her political career. For as
long as she is attached to the team of Pnoy, she will definitely suffer the same
disgust and ridicule thrown to them by the disgruntled Filipinos who know what
are really happening….Filipinos who are not blinded by falsehood. In the
meantime, she will be safe in the shadow of Pnoy and company….until no
opposition has assumed authority in years to come. But, if along the way, her innate principle
about honest living prevails and make her decide to resign….that would be a
whammy victory for Pnoy, Mar, and their cohorts, and they may not even give a damn
about the road she will take next, as she has done her part – provide a
softening element to the hardened bad image of the administration!
When the youngest Robredo daughter gave a
speech at the televised wake of her father, she sort of compared herself to
Kris Aquino who became popular after her father, Benigno, Sr. was slain. She
even jokingly asked, if she will also become an actress like Kris whose
popularity has been magnified when her mother, Cory became President. Is the
dream of the youngest daughter of the would-be-vice-president played an
important role in Lenny’s decision to finally accept the invitation of Pnoy and
company?
Filipinos should be wary of politicians who
swear by the name of God and willing to be struck by lightning…and willing to
sacrifice their whole life, just to show that they are sincere in their
promise. All of those who are in position did it during their campaigns in the
past…and God knows what happened to the poor Philippines!
My disgusted feeling dictates that my
wholehearted support for Lenny Robredo ends where her manipulation by the
greedy begins…
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