The Opposition

Sunday, April 4, 2010

One thing I don’t like about the so called “opposition” is they bank on the negative ratings of the president. They’re like parasites that feed on its hosts, in this case knowingly with only one intent – personal gain at the expense of parking the real issues. They don’t really care about the issues. They can’t talk about it because their ineptitude and inability to comprehend is too glaring a fact. They don’t really have a comprehensive understanding as to the “meat” of all these neither do they have a concrete, specific steps to resolve the issues that beset this country for generations. It’s a pity, nevertheless, it’s a fact but I am not bound neither compelled to vote for them. The likes of Noy, Erap and Villar can be taken out of the picture without spending a second of your time. I will not even waste a line of this writing as to why.

Fact - The president is perceived as corrupt. Fact - The president isn’t the most lovable person in this country; however, could you imagine where we would have been when most of the countries all over the world dipped in the quagmire of recession and economic crisis had it not because of her policies? On a personal note, I never lost my job and so as my friends who are hardworking and independent. These are the people who don’t point their fingers at the government for the personal mistakes that they’ve made or worse impute it to the petite lady in Malacañang. Give her a break. There are “personal” decisions that are entirely independent and have no connection to government functions, at least have the balls to admit that you made a “personal mistake” – personal accountability, people.

The vulnerability of the voting public, perhaps due to the latter’s dissatisfaction towards the president, is now being used by some politicians as a “campaign slogan” to advance their political ends. This is unfair. It’s not the issue. The issue is, what can you offer? By merely claiming that you’re in the “opposition” and that you oppose the current administration is barren. There is nothing there, honestly. One has to offer a concrete specific alternative to this administration, not just empty claims. It’s tiring.