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This early, P-Noy fumbling bodes ill to the nation
By Al S. Mendoza
EARLY in the day, P-Noy is fumbling?
I guess, he is.
He recalled his very first memo on terminating all non-career government employees by June 30, the day he was sworn in as the nation’s 15th president.
He changed it to July 31.
Nothing wrong there, though. You make a mistake, made amends.
We are not perfect. Only God is.
What would be bad is, you let go a wrong.
Surely, you can’t right a wrong by committing another wrong.
P-Noy said he’d discard “wangwang” for himself. Meaning, even if the law allows him to use sirens while on land travel, he would not.
He cited numerous occasions that he said he had fallen victim of because of the “wangwang” culture on the road.
Leadership by example.
He also said his presidential convoy would stop at red lights.
Leadership by example.
No preferential treatment for him in a queue.
Leadership by example.
For his leadership by example, he was late twice already: 1) at a military parade where he was the guest of honor, 2) at a Mass at the Manila Cathedral to traditionally seek the Holy Spirit’s help for a new administration.
Some said to avoid such from happening again, P-Noy should reconsider and use “wangwang.”
He will not be criticized, they said.
As President, he is entitled to it.
But P-Noy is adamant.
He’ll stick to his guns. He said he’d wake up early and would leave early for his forthcoming appointments.
What a man.
If all of us are like him – leave early to meet our dates – Filipino time will be erased from the face of the Earth.
Oh, well, there’s one tribe that has long treated Filipino time as non-existent: The golfing tribe.
I am part of that tribe.
Golfers are clock men. They arrive on the dot.
When you tee off at 7 a.m., you should be within the vicinity of the tee box at least by 6:45 a.m.
By 6:55, you should be standing on your first tee box, or near it. If not, you could be penalized two strokes.
If you don’t show up at 7 a.m. sharp, if you don’t present yourself when your name is called to hit your first tee shot, you are disqualified.
Appeals are a no-no.
And, speaking of golf, P-Noy has named Lito Alvarez, golfer, Customs commissioner.
Lito’s appointment drew a sharp rebuke from many golfers, who know Lito to have been suspended at Alabang Country Club after he was found, together with his three other flightmates, guilty of cheating in the Mango Tee event in February.
Again, a P-Noy fumble?
I guess, yes.
I was told P-Noy had been informed about the cheating thing involving Lito.
He didn’t budge.
Integrity is key at Customs.
If P-Noy’s man at the second-biggest revenue collecting agency has a tarnished image, drat and darn.
Not just a fumble. Disaster.
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