Lenny Robredo should Stop Being Tactless by Attacking the Campaign Style of Duterte
Posted on Sunday, 29 November 2015
Lenny
Robredo should Stop Being Tackless
By
Attacking the Campaign Style of Duterte
By Apolinario Villalobos
Lately, Duterte was practically forced to
declare that if Lenny Robredo does not like him, she does not like her also. In
the past, Duterte was mum about Robredo as the running mate of Roxas. Many are
wondering what made her utter such unsavory remarks about Duterte which is more
personal than political. First her ad lines, such as giving her all if voted to
the position, gave her an ugly trapo image…and now she is personally attacking
Duterte by saying that she does not like his campaign style. She has no
business in saying that because they are vying for different national
positions. It would be a pity if she did that to show Pnoy and the Liberal Party
that she is worth the opportunity given to her despite the fact that she was
the last choice. Clearly, she is showing a “sipsip” attitude, another mark of
an ugly “trapo”.
She must remember that she is just a
“beneficiary” of a grossly unfortunate circumstance – the death of her husband,
Jess Robredo who, Filipinos know was not given much importance while still
alive by the Aquino administration, as a “proposed cabinet official”, because
until the time of his death, he was not confirmed as Secretary of DILG. In
other words, I could surmise that had he not met the fatal accident, he would
still be on acting capacity, knowing the attitude of the President. And, she
would just be an obscure figure in their province. She also benefited from the
culture of the Filipinos who “love” the downtrodden…the “inaapi”…the lowly
“kasambahay”...and then she as the “widowed” helpless mother of female children
whose father was an “inaapi” “acting secretary”.
If ever, she should present a personality
that oozes with humility, and as an intelligent mother. She cannot show her
worth by being feisty in attacking the person of those running against the
candidates of “her” Liberal Party. As the Vice-President has no definite
position in the government, she should instead, present her views on many
issues that beset the country today, such as poverty, low wage, unemployment,
influx of foreign exploiters of natural resources, the Lumads, street children,
etc. With those, the voters will know that she is prepared for any position that
will be given to her by the elected president, be it Roxas or somebody from the
opposition.
If she is intelligent enough as what her
followers are trying to project, she should think twice before doing the dirty
trapo tricks because, even if she will be voted, especially, as the Filipinos
deem that the administration is trying to move heaven and earth to save Aquino
for being prosecuted if the opposition wins, the smear on her image will stay –
as long as she lives…a taint on her late husband’s name…not hers.
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