DOSE OF THEIR OWN MEDICINE

By  Bayawanon

The majority believe most of the time on their gut feelings, do their gut feelings serve them right? They believed that Duterte is the savior of the Philippines, with the negative things happening with the peace and order situation and the economic woes the country is facing can we consider Duterte as a solution or a problem?

Does the decision of Duterte to abandon the judgment of the International Arbitral Court on the Law of the Seas giving victory to the Philippines over China in connection with the territorial protest of the former over the latter serve the best interest of the people? Does the act of Duterte in leaving the traditional allies of the Philippines like the United States and the European Union in favor of Russia and China serve the best interest of the country? Do the extra judicial killings in connection with Duterte's WAR ON DRUGS give satisfaction to the summum bunum or the highest good of every Filipino?

If the answer would be in the negative then Duterte is the dose of the medicine of the people who voted for him to the presidency because of their gut feeling, for the same seems to function as the problem and not the solution.

The people must use their discernment in every election that they have to participate, they must make use of their analysis and research on who would they vote for in every electoral process that they have to exercise, since their indecision would only take a toll on their children and their children's children future.

The people have decided wrongly many times in many electoral processes, can they not learn from the lessons of the past? They have elected a president who would reign for two decades only to mismanage the Philippine economy and to destroy people's lives by way of his martial rule, now the same leader is considered by many to be the best Filipino president ever. The people have elected many national leaders from the position of senators to presidents whom the people believe can save them from the quagmire of poverty, injustice and inequality but the situation is still there and even becoming worse.

They've elected such national leaders because they have so much hope in them which only turned into a VAIN HOPE when the same would fail them. These politicians like Duterte were also elected by the people via their political gut feelings, feelings which should not have reigned over political discernment for such gut feelings are not scientific and inaccurate. Such political gut feelings would simply lead to national perdition and the same would be an insult to any voter who would fail to chose wisely by tasting the disservice of their choice/s and would serve as a dose of the their own medicine when their choice cannot serve their best interest.

ON THE JOB TRAINING PRESIDENT

By Bayawanon

I consider the president as an ON THE JOB TRAINING individual on the following grounds to wit: 1.) He had no national experience prior to his assumption of the presidency; 2.) Local Chief Executive Officers like City Mayors like him do not have FOREIGN POLICIES; 3.) Local Chief Executive Officers like him basically do not have ECONOMIC POLICIES aside from the Local Tax Code as provided under the Local Government Code and the Long Term Development Plans of their localities if any but not really comparable to a National Economic Plan or Policy.

Because of the foregoing reasons I won't wonder why he can't deliver as a good leader of the land being inexperienced in the national leadership. In connection to this I would exhaustively discuss the three factors why he would just be an ON THE JOB TRAINING PRESIDENT of the land.

1.) HE HAD NO NATIONAL EXPERIENCE -- For a good president you must have a great if not a good national experience. President Ramon del Fierro Magsaysay was an outstanding congressman and National Defense Secretary before he was elected president because of his national experience which molded him to be a great president, he is regarded as the best president ever elected to led the Filipino people.

President Fidel Valdez Ramos had an extensive national experience being a former Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and being an ex National Defense guru. I consider him as the second greatest president of the Philippines by pulling out the Philippines from the Asian economic crisis during his time, and by properly addressing the power outages in Metro Manila and Luzon island during his time.

Our present Supreme National Leader had actually a national experience when he was elected congressman representing the illustrious City of Davao. It is true that congressmen are simply elected locally but they function nationally for they can legislate laws which are of national importance. Now the question would be like this, what did he do as a congressman when he was in the halls of congress before? The answer is NOTHING.

In connection to this it is expected that the present Supreme National Leader of the country cannot duplicate the feat of the abovementioned presidents for his lack of national experience, hence it is high time for us to cross fingers for him to improve his national leading skills.

2.) LOCAL CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS LIKE CITY MAYORS DO NOT HAVE FOREIGN POLICIES -- What can you expect from a former LOCAL LEADER who had no FOREIGN POLICIES when he becomes the president outrightly? Can he have a good FOREIGN POLICY? The answer would be a BIG NO , this fact can be gleaned from his so-called INDEPENDENT FOREIGN POLICY which unequivocally sides with Russia and China and which also clearly frowns at our traditional economic and international partners in the United States of America and the European Union.

It is also very clear that he has no international policy background by eventually turning his back from the very favorable decision of the International Arbitral Court of the Law of the Seas in favor of the Philippines and against China in the matter of the disputed Spratly islands and the South China Sea.

3.) LOCAL CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS LIKE CITY MAYORS DO NOT HAVE ECONOMIC POLICIES WHICH ARE COMPARABLE TO NATIONAL ECONOMIC POLICIES -- Basically, the economic policies of the Local Chief Executive Officers like the City Mayors are already provided for under the Local Government Code known otherwise as the Local Tax Code. What the
Local Chief Executive Officers like City Mayors need to do here is just to implement the law by way of tax collection through the Treasurer's Office.

Another economic policy of the Local Chief Executive Officers like the City Mayors would be found under their Long Term Development Plans, by the economic policies that can be found therein would simply be MICRO-ECONOMIC POLICIES which are simply minute and germ like compared to MACRO-ECONOMIC POLICIES of the national government.

By virtue of the foregoing grounds, facts and arguments it is very clear that the one supremely leading the Philippines is just a CITY MAYOR being over hyped-up,  addressed as the president of the land.

ECONOMIC MISMANAGEMENT

By Bayawanon

The war against drugs is good and I support it but the extra judicial killings attached to it is purely and simply inimical to human rights and should be frowned upon by the public for it clearly violates Article 3, Section 1 of the Philippine Constitution which provides "No person shall be deprived of his life, property or liberty without due process of law, nor shall anyone be deprived the equal protection of the law".

These extra judicial killings would also probably push out the prospective investors who would possibly venture business in the Philippines for the EJK's contribute much to the downward spiral of the peace and order situation of the country. Once the country is not peaceful the foreign investors would shy away from transacting business in the Philippines and this is probably the reason why the Philippine Peso is the worst performing currency in Southeast Asia and East Asia, this might be the reason why the Philippine Stock Exchange's performance is fluctuating and this is probably the rationale why the oil and fuel prices are skyrocketing.

These negative economic developments would also take a further toll to the economy for inflation would follow if the things that I have discussed above which are actually happening would come into being and these are actually negative indicators that the economy is not doing well.

You just imagine if these extra judicial killings would continue for the next five years and would also continually wreck havoc to the economy, will something be left for us after this administration?

Secondly, the president have many domestic policies that are very detrimental to the economy like his free WIFI program, his free medicine program, his free hospitalization program and his free college education program. These programs are actually good but in the long run would actually affect the economy, for how would you maintain these good programs of the government without money? Where shall you get the money in maintaining these programs aside from the pockets of the people in the form of taxes?

If taxes would skyrocket, another wave of inflation would hit us and the great probability of the ever perpetual increase of prices of commodities would continue and if this continues an ECONOMIC CRISIS would not be impossible.

Thirdly, the president is distancing from the two great traditional trading partners namely the United States of America and the European Union which may probably give the Philippines many investments. If these two gargantuan trading friends would leave us and divest their investments from the country do you think the Philippines can continue to be economically sound? The answer would then be a BIG NO for the Philippines is actually dependent on these traditional trading partners economically. In conjunction to this I'm hoping that the president would change his stance against the USA and the EU to avert economic repercussions out of his hostile actions against the same.

In view of the foregoing premises, I hope and pray that the president would review his peace and order and economic policies and formulate a wiser and realistic one to avert an ECONOMIC MISMANAGEMENT that might be a key for an eventual ECONOMIC CRISIS ... for the greater glory of the the greatest number. SO BE IT.