The Gentleman in President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines
Posted on Wednesday, 28 September 2016
THE GENTLEMAN IN PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE
By Apolinario Villalobos
JUST BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT APOLOGIZED TO
THE PERSONALITIES WHOSE CONNECTION HE COULD NOT SEE IN THE LATEST DRUG MATRIX
PRESENTED TO HIM, DOES NOT MEAN THAT HE COULD HAVE ERRED IN HIS PAST
PRONOUNCEMENTS THAT IMPLICATED MANY OFFICIALS BASED ON THE PREVIOUS LISTS.
HIS BRAVE AND GENTLEMANLY APOLOGIES JUST
SHOW THAT HE IS SERIOUSLY ANALYSING REPORTS GIVEN TO HIM….THAT HE IS NOT THE
TYPE WHO EASILY BELIEVES IN EVERYTHING REPORTED TO HIM. WHAT HE HAS NOT DIVULGED
IS, PERHAPS, HIS BARRAGE OF REPRIMAND TO THE GUYS WHO GAVE HIM THE ERRONEOUS
REPORT AND HIS WARNING TO THEM TO BE EXTRA CAREFUL NEXT TIME WHICH IS A NORMAL
REACTION OF A SUPERIOR TO HIS SUBORDINATE.
HE
SHOULD BE CREDITED FOR BEING TRANSPARENT IN TELLING THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE RESULT
OF HIS ANALYSIS, AS HE COULD JUST HAVE KEPT IT TO HIMSELF, TREATING IT AS A
CONFIDENTIAL MATTER BETWEEN HIM AND THOSE WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE. WHAT IS VERY
COMMENDABLE IS HIS OUTRIGHT DECLARATION THAT HE IS ASSUMING THE RESPONSIBILITY
FOR THOSE WHO HAVE COMMITED THE MISTAKE.
HIS APOLOGETIC STANCE BROUGHT TO MY MIND
THE FORMER PRESIDENT PNOY AQUINO, WHO DESPITE BLUNDERS WAS NEVER HEARD TO HAVE
UTTERED A SINGLE APOLOGY. AQUINO’S PREDECESSOR, GLORIA ARROYO DESPITE THE
DOUBTS IN HER SINCERITY, SAID HER FAMOUS, “ I AM SORRY” ADDRESSED TO THE FILIPINOS, AS
REGARDS THE “GARCI ISSUE” THAT REINSTATED HER AS PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES.
IN HIS DEPARTURE SPEECH AT THE MANILA
INTERNATIONAL AIPORT TERMINAL 2 PRIOR TO HIS FLIGHT TO VIETNAM ON THE SAME DAY
THAT DE LIMA CALLED THE PRESSCON, DUTERTE ALSO SINCERELY MENTIONED ABOUT HIS
BEING A PERSON OF MANY FAULTS. HOW MANY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS CAN DO THAT? ON
THE CONTRARY THERE IS A GENERAL ATTITUDE AMONG THE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ABOUT
THEIR BEING “IMMACULATELY HONEST” DESPITE MANIFESTATIONS, COVERT AND BLATANTLY
DISPLAYED… OF THEIR REPUGNANT DISHONESTY!
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