CHARISMA STRONGER THAN A SUPER TYPHOON

By Bayawanon

The people keep on praising the president because he is good despite the blunders that he had committed. Imagine the Extra Judicial Killings that he spearheaded against the so-called bad elements in the society especially the drug personalities, the abandonment of the decision of the International Tribunal of the Law of the Seas in relation of the Philippine victory over China as regards the Philippines' territorial claims in the Spratlys, the gargantuan loan of the Philippines from China with huge interest rates, the passage of the anti-poor Comprehensive Tax Reform Program, the political persecution that he had committed against his detractors like Senator Leila de Lima, Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales, Commission on Human Rights Chairman Chito Gascon etc., the non implementation of his campaign promise of decontractualization of the private sector, the hero's burial of Ferdinand Marcos, a former dictator, etc,etc,

Despite these blunders the president had committed, the majority of the people still love him. Why? Can they not discern what is right from wrong? Does it mean that they do not care about our political situation anymore? Or they simply enjoy the damage that he is doing to the country?

Many people are happy about the Extra-Judicial Killings that are happening nowadays against the drug addicts, drug pushers, drug lords but they are not pushing for the annihilation of other undesirables in the community like the corrupt government officials, prostitutes, pimps, tax evaders, illegal gamblers, big time and small time thieves. Why? Are the other criminals and undesirables more special than the drug personalities?

The people are mum as regards to the Philippine Claim in the Spratlys which Duterte has ideally abandoned. All they care about are the acts of the president where they feel like they were benefitted, like the free college tuition fee, the free hospitalization, free medicine, the extension of the lifespan of the driver's licenses, the extension of the lifespan of the passports which PRACTICALLY helped them BUT IN REALITY PULLED DOWN THE ECONOMY. Why are these presidential acts inimical to the economy? These moves which are popular to the people are not good for the economy simply because these are DEAD INVESTMENTS of the government for the plain and simple reason that the government does not get any pecuniary gains out of it, the government simply does not get an ROI or RETURN OF INVESTMENTS out of these.

With the way things are going right now it seems like the people are out of logic in believing that the president is good or maybe he has a CHARISMA so strong and even much stronger than a SUPER TYPHOON.