By Al S. Mendoza

 

FINALLY, it’s here.

Tomorrow, May 9, it is it.  We will elect a president.

As the famous Hemingway line goes, “The moment of truth.”

Do yourself a favor, please?

Do not vote for Bongbong Marcos.

You will insult yourself, if you do.

You will insult the Filipino people, if you do.

You will send the world doubling in mocking glee, if you do.

You will make the Filipino race the world’s shameless clown of all time, if you do.

And, if you do, you will never ever forgive yourself for having committed a crime against humanity.

And why is that?

We drove away the Marcoses for gruesome crimes against the Filipino people.

Letting them back in power would be the ultimate in madness.

How many times has it been said that the Marcoses plundered the Philippine economy for $10 billion-plus during their dreaded regime from 1972 to 1986?

If we want that to happen again, then go ahead, vote for Bongbong.

How many times has it been said that Bongbong’s father caused the brutal imprisonment, the torture, deaths and disappearances of thousands of nationalists, patriots and freedom fighters?

Not a single soul from the huge Marcos clan has ever apologized, nor even shown remor

Applause to the daughter (Wanna) of General Fabian Ver, the late lapdog of the late, unlamented Marcos the dictator, for standing up and expressing grief over the massive Marcos atrocities committed in those days of doom and gloom.

Although belatedly done, let’s doff our hats off to Wanna for her courage.

Nothing is late in this world, especially if such act is well-intentioned.

By the looks of it, Bongbong is incapable of repentance.

Isn’t he fixated in denying anything, including having lied through his teeth that he earned degrees from Oxford and Princeton?

He even boasted of having won a gold medal in a Milo sports event reserved for kiddies—when he was already 44 years old at the time of said competition.

God forbid because if he becomes president, he could just easily write off the P203 billion in estate taxes that the Marcoses owe the government.

And while we were asleep, didn’t Bongbong avoid paying his income taxes from 1982 to 1985?

He was found guilty for tax evasion, a verdict that the Supreme Court had ruled with finality.

So, if you want a tax evader as president, go ahead vote for Bongbong.

You want a convict to occupy Malacanang, go ahead vote for Bongbong.

You want a return to the Palace of the country’s most dreaded, hated, family ever, go ahead vote for Bongbong.

You know what?

Nine of 10 friends of mine keep pleading to anyone who cared to listen: Please, anybody but Bongbong.

They insist, “There’s no such thing as UniTeam.  Only a UniThief.”

The lone dissenting voice from my 10 friends is direct to the point: Please, make the country proud—vote for Leni.

Says he, “A vote for Leni is a vote for love of country.  She is decent, honest and, above all, she has a spotless record in her political career.”

Be a person of substance:  Vote correctly.

By the way, only two of my chosen 12 senators appear in the Magic 12 of the last survey.

I am not surprised.

I’m used to voting for non-winners.

No grumbling.

The truest of public servants seldom win.

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