General Admission
Betrayal of public trust
By Al S. Mendoza
I humbly give way to my buddy, Rico Agcaoili, the brilliant lawyer from Quezon Province whose dear roots he proudly points to Ilocandia, and who is presently the president of plush Baguio Country Club in the City of Pines:
“The ‘Laglag Bala’ menace continues to haunt many victims young and old alike. Unless already being done, I suggest that the DOJ Secretary immediately order that Inquest Fiscals be assigned to all International Airports in the Philippines with the mandate to immediately conduct inquest and resolve all cases of prohibited items allegedly found and confiscated in the luggage of passengers.”
Rico A has texted the above to his lawyer-brothers called Upsilonian Lawyers and Advocates for Peace Prosperity and Social Justice (ULAP). Very timely, buddy.
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If Manny Pacquiao were senator today, would he have done the incredible by spearheading a loud call for a Senate probe to what Atty. Agcaoili called, the “Laglag Bala” menace victimizing our poor kababayans at the airport’s radar/screen-laden check-through en route to their final destination?
I guess not.
His record as congressman of Sarangani Province’s lone district speaks for itself: In 70 sessions of the 16th Congress, Pacquiao attended only four times.
Unacceptable, right?
You get voted to an honorable office by a people that had entrusted complete trust in your capability to serve—and you repay them with an absent-riddled attendance sheet?
Omigosh! If that’s not betrayal of public trust, what is?
It is not that Pacquiao loved to absent himself?
It is that he spent much of his time training for his fights while he was congressman?
It is that he spent much of his time fighting instead of legislating as his political position mandates him to be?
It is that he spent much of his time earning billions while leaving his constituents practically orphaned during his three-year reign as congressman of Sarangani?
That is why I can’t blame Rene Saguisag for continuously bombarding Pacquiao with unspeakable venom, both in print and in oral.
Like Rene, I also praise Pacquiao to high heavens for his contributions to not only Philippine boxing but to global boxing, as well. Enormously monstrous.
But for Pacquiao to enter public service through politics while at the same time to remain as an active boxer—that’s a big no-no!
You can’t serve two masters at the same time.
One God is one God is one God.
I shudder at the thought of a Pacquiao being a senator after the May 2016 polls.
More so at the specter of a Pacquiao transforming from congressman to senator brought on by unintelligent voting. Again.
Whew! Enough already! #@*&+%!
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