Now Showing: My Amnesia Boy
I have been tuned-in on this Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing since this lunch time and if you are following me on Twitter, you will see there my sentiments (and violent reactions) on some of the a.holes of the Armed Forces.
First, there was General Garcia and his now-famous-line-of-the-day “With due respect your honor, I am invoking my right against self-incrimination”, hence not shedding a light on the dark trail of corruption in the Military.
And there’s this General Jacinto “Limot” Ligot who, just like some of his comrades, have been diagnosed with selective amnesia (I tell you man, dinaig pa niya si Colonel Rabusa na nai-stroke).
The Philippines may seem to be going to the dogs with these men.
But I beg to disagree.
We still have Heidi Mendoza, the ex-Commission on Audit auditor, who shed the light of truth on this issue. Personally, I was in tears during the last part of this hearing when Heidi broke down and cried, asking Senator Guingona to spare her from being the resource person of the Commission on Audit (because some of the men at the Commission on Audit are accusing her of tainting the reputation of the commission).
How cruel! Here in the Philippines, kung sino pa ang nagsasabi ng totoo at nagbubunyag ng mga anomalya, sila pa ang parang mga suspect na takot na takot sa kahihinatnan nila.
But I believe that there is still hope.
With persons like Heidi Mendoza, the Philippines will surely see the light of a new country someday. We need more people like her. And all of us can be like her in our own little ways.
There’s still hope for the Philippines.
Viva Filipinas! Padayon!