While conceding that currently we only see 3 people lining
up to succeed PNoy, that should not be the root cause for alarm. What we should
worry about is that the porkers and their feudal masters will not be out of the
way before PNoy exits. We should not simply be asked again to select the lesser
evil among the following three frontrunners: one who seems harmless but had not
been as effective as many would want him to be, another who is a man of action
but with a questionable record on human rights or a traditional politician who
cannot seem to shake off allegations of corruption. If we can already see a
clear way to finally end the root of corruption in our country, an anointed one,
who may or may not be one of the 3, will appear to lend a hand to our rescue
before PNoy’s term ends. There is no need to push the panic button.
After the demise of the “pork barrel”, a very important
development should be in place before 2016: an implementable anti-dynasty law
to wean the basic masses from the clutches of patronage politics that will
allow them to join the ranks of enlightened people fighting to end this
decades-old political system. Surprisingly many opinion makers are seen to be
in a ”feeding frenzy” against PNoy administration’s normal incompetence and not
on the more important abolition of patronage politics. The current issue on the
handling and after-effects of Super Typhoon Yolanda presents a perfect but
questionable opportunity for diversion and camouflage.
While our population has breached the 100 million mark and
the number of our poor growing as fast as the gap between our one per cent and
the rest of the 99, the situation WILL be reversed once endemic corruption is
checked.
