Authorities

So do we really have the chance to feel happy with the way things are happening in our country especially the way our people and the government are behaving.

We can say that a lot of things are really very frustrating and you just feel not happy about. I can say that I feel more unhappy on the government side. People around the president are not really doing their jobs properly. They seem to be doing their jobs “for the president” and not for the country.

I guess we should learn so much from our children. Watching our children play, you can’t help but notice that never we have experience or observe from them that they side with those who cheated. They always chose to exclude or refuse to play with those who take advantage or made their way by cheating.

As in our current situation, we should have been relying on our “authorities”. Authorities I would mean those people who are suppose to be doing the right thing in order to decide or do the right thing for our problems.

One of these problems is to resolve the legitimacy of the president. So much should have been discovered with the coming out of the “garci tapes”. But some of our so called “authorities” chose to be silent or what we called as “play safe”. They are contented into being promoted or place in their current high positions. The revolving policy seems to be working for the president.

I am very much disappointed with regard to our military and police officials. The military officials especially when they refuse to disclose what really happened. For me I would be happy if they can clear the president convincingly. At least they should have really made an investigation and reported that no such thing (cheating) happened and the matter should have been resolved and they have done their job professionally. The people could really observe if the report were that convincing and were done in good faith. So the earlier they have made their actions the better for us also. But they have chosen to play it safe and they have done a very good job to their president. Nothing much for us Filipinos, nothing much for our country.

I do not like also their idea of having to follow the chain of command principle. For me it would have been better if this is just secondary. I would prefer that being a professional soldier or really out of exhibiting their being “the authority” they should have done what they believe to be the best thing, and that is to report what really have happened. In my opinion, there is really something there that they have chosen to be silent about. For if they are really confident that there was really nothing happened, they should have say so confidently and convincingly. I would also like to say that they shouldbe willing and should feel proud to follow the chain of command, not just made to follow because they have to. They should feel proud of their leaders and believe so much in them and this will make our milatary institution much more stronger.

Another thing is regarding our police officers. Why are they as if acting like as if they have a mission or purpose in performing their jobs? And it is very obvious that they are doing them likewise to their president. Dispersing rallies should not have been their primary objective. They should just be staying neutral and secure the place for the safety of the people. And there is also a difference between people trying to topple “the government” and trying to bring down a president or wishing her to resign. They are really showing their bias being readily sold to the idea that these people are “destabilizers”. They are not my idea of people of certain “authority”.

My idea of a good leader is that of believing with the ability of his/her chosen people to do their jobs in implementing laws, rules and regulations professionally. And everybody should be tested including himself/herself as a leader.

What is happening today is that being right or wrong is decided by how many will be in one’s favor not really with that is good or bad. The way they are interpreting the law and the constitution is the way that will be to their advantage.

I wish the “REAL AUTHORITIES” do come out and assert their being in authority to solve our country’s problems especially what is happening right now.