NOW that most of the mayors and the governor have presented their achievements in their first 100 days based on their campaign promises, one can surmise that those who took their accountabilities seriously can now be expected to proceed to expand and improve what they have started.

But to the chief executives who thought nothing of the first 100 days, it is likely that they will focus simply on their reelection bid in 2025 in the weeks and months ahead. But it is precisely these politicos that don’t deserve a reelection. They must be exposed early on for their failure to govern and possibly for involvement in corruption, if any.

To the trapos and political underachievers, lest they forget, there is the social media where their constituents can directly make them account for their inaction or for their failure to deliver the basic public services.  Gone are the days when the trapos can simply ignore their constituents.

Those who succeeded in buying their way to their posts can no longer easily assume that their accountabilities ended with their vote-buying. Communities are already well-informed of what can be expected from good governance… and they very well know that its’ their right to demand for it.

If, however, communities do not show any interest in good governance, then they deserve their incompetent corrupt elected official.

 

De Lima drama

FORMER Sen. Leila de Lima had the biggest scare of her life when she barely survived death at the hands of an Abu Sayyaf terrorist.  Her usual calm Sunday morning suddenly turned into a perilous nightmare when the terrorist barged into her cell and took her hostage. De Lima, detained for drug charges since 2016, was blindfolded and forced to sit on a chair, with her feet tied with a bath towel.  The detainee and two other terrorists were trying to escape from their Camp Crame jail in Quezon City.  He fled when his pals were cornered and eventually gunned down—but not after stabbing a police corporal trying to serve them their breakfast.  Fortunately, the cop survived.  But not De Lima’s hostage-taker.  He was shot dead while he was trying to receive bottled water he had requested from a police officer, who adroitly hid his gun from behind his waist not seen through a slightly opened window.

A real-life drama like no other.

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