POLITICAL BOOMERANG

By Bayawanon

The president had offered the position of DRUG CZAR to the Vice President Leni Robredo, which the latter accepted. Due to the acceptance of the vice president to such a very important position, she became a co-chair of the PDEA or the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, which she co-chaired with General Aaron Aquino for a brief period.

Some political pundits would classify the offer of the president to the vice president the DRUG CZAR position as a political trap, because they would say that if the vice president would reject the offer, she would just then be considered as purely and simply a FAULT FINDER, she being a critic of the president's own DRUG WAR and had nothing to contribute to the solution of the decimation of the drug problem in the country, and if she would accept the offer, she would just then be laughed upon by the majority, since she had no capability in solving the drug menace.

To the shock of everyone, the vice president accepted the offer of the president to co-chair the PDEA. The Vice President then made giant steps that would probably eradicate, if not control the drug industry in the country. She consulted the big whigs of the Roman Catholic Church of the Philippines, the United States, the European Union, and the United Nations to help solve the drug problem of the country, much to the chagrin of the president.

The president eventually sacked the vice president from her new position because according to the former, the vice president had revealed state secrets to his political enemies like the Roman Catholic Church of the Philippines, the United States, the United Nations, the European Union, etc. in the matter of his own drug war.

Such an act of the president must be frowned upon, for the vice president was just doing her job to contribute to solving the drug problem of the Philippines. The president should have given the vice president enough opportunity in proving her worth in solving the drug crisis the country is facing right now and should have crossed party lines with the opposition in trying to solve the same.

The move of the president in sacking the vice president as co-chair of the PDEA actually did more harm than good to the intentions of the former to solve the drug problem of the country, and made the vice president looked more of a political martyr. The purpose of the president to trap the vice president as what the political pundits had predicted turned from a political trap against the vice president into a POLITICAL BOOMERANG against the president.

IRONY AT ITS BEST OR PURELY AND SIMPLY NAIVETE?

By Bayawanon

Majority of the people do not like the TRAIN LAW because it gives so much burden to them, but the surveys would tell everyone that the populace likes the way the president who batted for the TRAIN LAW in managing the country.

Most of the Filipinos do not like China for its Spratlys and South China Sea dominance over the Philippines and other neighboring countries, but the same people still give their trust to the president for effectively ruling the country.

Most of the citizens of the country believe that the number one political figure of the state is doing well as its Chief Executive despite the hardships the RICE TARIFFICATION LAW has given to the rice farmers.

The pro-administration people believe that their political idol is doing well as the Chief Manager of the nation despite the gargantuan loans with gigantic interests that he contracted from China.

Majority of the people do not like FEDERALISM, a system of government being foreseen as the divider of the country but the same people approve the performance of the prime national leader who bats for the aforementioned system of government.

What does the message of these developments convey to us? Will these scenarios tell us that majority of the Filipinos are that purely and simply naive or do these happenings be considered as GREAT IRONIES AT ITS BEST?

RICE TARIFFICATION LAW WREAKS HAVOC AGAINST THE LOCAL FARMERS

By Bayawanon

It is true that the RICE TARIFFICATION  LAW is lowering the prices of rice in the local market, hence it is now a big help to the consumers. But because of the flooding of foreign rice because of the RICE TARRIFICATION LAW, the local farmers' income is now affected since imported rice is now competing against their products.

The rice traders are now buying the local farmers' unhusked rice from Php 7.00 to Php 11.00 per kilo, thus making the local rice farmers doubting as to whether or not they would continue rice farming. Plenty of rice mills have temporarily ceased operations, because many farmers have not decided to mill their unhusked rice but instead stored the same for personal consumption.

It is true that the government may give subsidies to the rice farmers out of the tariffs from international rice exporters outside of the Philippines, but the question is this, will this really happen when everything in the rice production industry would all be in shambles?

As I have expected the RICE TARRIFICATION LAW would really wreak havoc against the local farmers because the same law withdraws regulatory powers to the NATIONAL FOOD AUTHORITY with regard to rice importation. It would clearly follow, that this law gives so many benefits to the rice exporters outside of the country and to the rice traders and gives burden to the local rice growers.

For the local rice growers to recover, Congress must amend this law, and for the same to push through, long and arduous debates shall be done first in the halls of the legislature. Secondly, if the old system would be reinstalled, the prices of well-milled rice would skyrocket anew and may affect the consuming public.

In connection to the foregoing problems with regard to the rice issue that I have discussed, Sen. Cynthia A. Villar, who is a non-agriculturist, must take proper steps to solve the enigma as regards to the crisis that she has done against the local rice farmers bypassing her infamous RICE TARRIFICATION LAW via correction of the same.

CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER WHICH THE PEOPLE HAVE NOT NOTICED

By Bayawanon

The people may not be aware of it, but according to the circumstances at hand, the Philippines is facing a CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER.

When the president told the Filipinos that he is going to pursue his DREADED DRUG WAR, it happened by getting rid almost all of the drug personalities in the country by way of DEATH PENALTY WITHOUT PASSING THE DEATH PENALTY LAW through his TOKHANG/E.J.K. ways. Such an act of the present national supreme leader is actually a CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER to the HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION OF THE THE COUNTRY.

When the president told every Filipino that he would pursue an INDEPENDENT FOREIGN POLICY,  the Philippines is already at the edge of a CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER, since the Philippines has actually made international treaties favorable to China and inimical to the Philippine interest.

When the National Supremo would actually abandon the decision of the International Tribunal of the Law of the Seas which rendered a decision in favor of the Philippines as regards its territorial dispute against China by not making any steps to enforce the same, there is already a CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER in losing the possibility that the Philippines can retain/retake the disputed territories which the Philippines owned before in favor of China.

When the Chief Executive of the country, espouses anti-poor economic policies like imposing SKYROCKETING TAXES to the detriment of the daily consumption of every citizen because the same give way to inflation of commodities, a CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER to the Philippine economy is actually looming.

When the most powerful person of the country tries to persecute his political; rivals by making sham accusations against them for him to silence the former, there is already a CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER as to the existing political institutions where his rivals are members and to the honor of his political rivals.

When the number political figure of the country disrespects women, personally berate people who are principle-wise are against him, name calls people, a CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER inimical to PHILIPPINE SOCIETAL MORALITY is actually in existence.

And when the people do not notice these happenings, and would even clap their hands in approval to these CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGERS the country are facing, there is already a CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER as to the patriotism, sobriety, propriety of each and every Filipino.

THE PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE VOTED FOR THE OPPOSITION SENATORIABLES IN THE LAST CONCLUDED ELECTIONS

Federalism is not very popular in the countryside nowadays, but the same political system may push through because the Senate is now composed of the SUPER MAJORITY coming from PDP-LABAN, HUGPONG NG PAGBABAGO and the coalition of some political parties like LDP and NP.

Federalism is going to divide the country as planned by the current national leadership into (18) eighteen different states. Each State shall have its own government independent and distinct from each other which is also composed of the legislative, executive and judicial departments, and each state shall also have each tax system aside from the tax system from the central government. This very expensive government will make the Philippines poorer.

The current national political system which is presidential/unitary system can only be changed by way of a charter change or constitutional change. The constitutional change proposed by President Duterte in order to shift the system of government from presidential/unitary to federal system was difficult to achieve in the last Congress (2016-2019) considering the larger number of opposition senators in the Senate who opposed the president's plan to change the system of governance,

With the SUPER MAJORITY of the SENATE siding with the president, it seems that FEDERALISM is on its way of existence which will also pave the way for national division and destruction.

Secondly, the TRAIN LAW 2 can be easily passed in the Senate because of the SUPER MAJORITY in the said august national legislative body. Taxes will skyrocket beyond what many could imagine hence, national doomsday is not far from reality.

The senators and the congressmen will turn into presidential robots and all of the measures that the president wishes to pass in both houses of Congress will push through with relatively no opposition thereby will destroy the so-called CHECK AND BALANCE DOCTRINE.

If only the OTSO DIRETSO or the opposition senatoriables have won the last and just concluded senatorial elections, the story could become different for they can check the executive department headed by the president with regard to its legislative agenda and democracy in the Philippines. With the loss of the opposition in the last senatorial elections, I have no other recourse but to cross my fingers and whisper to the heavens that my premonition won't come into fruition.

FORMULA TOWARDS NATIONAL ECONOMIC DESTRUCTION

By Bayawanon

The TRAIN LAW has taken effect already and it is now wreaking havoc in the countryside for it foments inflation. One of the effects of the TRAIN LAW is the skyrocketing prices of rice as opposed to the campaign promise of the president of having cheaper rice as cheap as Php 15.00 per kilo.

Now, the palace by way of Congress has taken bold steps to arrest the so-called RICE PROBLEM by passing the RICE TARIFFICATION LAW. In connection with this law, the National Food Authority will stop licensing and registering entities engaged in rice trading.

Due to the said development rice importation would be as prevalent than before and foreign rice would probably flood in the local market. The truth would tell us that the Philippines is lagging behind her Asian neighbors with regard to rice production, hence the recent passage of the RICE TARIFFICATION LAW would make the problem worse because importation of rice from other countries is no longer regulated.

Secondly, RICE HOARDING on the part of the local rice traders would be a possibility since their CLASS is also deregulated, thus the government is also losing control over them. In connection to this, RICE HOARDERS can easily hide rice products, and when the public lacks the supply of rice, the hoarders may release the rice to the consuming public for business at a much higher price.

It is true that the government can get sizable amount of money from the tariffs it can have from foreign rice importers, but the same importers can easily get back the tariffs they give to the government because they have the free movements of business with regard to rice trading in the Philippines which are not controlled by the government anymore.

With the recent economic slow down due to the TRAIN LAW and by virtue of the passage of the RICE TARIFFICATION LAW, an economic crisis is a possibility, and if that would happen, one can safely say that the steps of the government for an economic turn around like the TRAIN LAW and the RICE TARRIFICATION LAW are not actually steps towards economic leapfrog but a FORMULA TOWARDS NATIONAL ECONOMIC DESTRUCTION.

ONLY A MATTER OF POGI POINTS

By Bayawanon

The rehabilitation of Boracay and the Manila Bay are acts of the president which are very good for the environment and are worthy of praises since these tourist destinations are actually dirty and need to be cleaned up for the betterment of the tourism industry. But to me, these acts of the president are mere POGI POINTS for him to cover his mismanagement of the country.

The good deeds of the president are actually outweighed by his misdeeds which destroy the country. The cleaning up of Boracay and Manila Bay cannot actually outweigh the more than four thousand deaths which happened in connection with the president's war on drugs.

The good deeds of the president can easily be inundated by his indecision of importing Chinese workers over and above the locals, by his indecision of abandoning the decision of the International Tribunal on the Law of the Seas granting victory in favor to the Philippines and against China as regards the territorial row between the two counties in re the Spratlys, by ordering the killings of the Catholic Bishops, by calling GOD as stupid, by his sexist remarks against women, by defending his son and his peers in the matter of alleged drug trade and smuggling.

The good deeds of the president can easily be erased by the high taxes his government is imposing against the taxpayers, by preferring his peers as to granting of contracts in government against their business rivals, by prosecuting his political enemies and by freeing his political allies alleged and accused of corruption, etc. etc.

With things going from good to worst in the Philippines in his national leadership, it seems like his good acts of cleaning up Boracay and Manila Bay are acts of plasticity, that the same are just mere POGI POINTS for him to let the unbelievers believe him and the ones following him praise him like their god.

SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE PEOPLE'S MINDS

By Bayawanon

Is it normal for the people who support a leader who curses GOD, order the execution of the Bishops and a leader who espouse extra-judicial killings? Is it normal for the people who support the national leader who turned his back from being patriotic by almost selling the Philippines islands to the foreigners?

Is it normal for the people who support a national leader who does not have that so-called POLITICAL CORRECTNESS because his words that are hooked up by media internationally are actually against the morals of man?

Is it normal for the people who clap their hands because of the so-called social cleansing but does not care about the state of the economy of the country?

If the people condone such kind of a leader, then there must be a problem with their minds. The leader is elected by the citizens themselves is the MIRROR of what kind of people they are.

If the national leader whom the people have voted upon is the MIRROR of what kind of voters they are, are the PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES nowadays, bloodthirsty, immoral, corrupt, naive and godless?

When the president hurls insults to his enemies, everything he discusses is considered to be regular and when the opposition take barbs against him everyone in the Philippines raises their eyebrows. Is that the way morons love their leader-moron too?

Former U.S. Senator and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry once said that in America, the people have the right to be crazy, now can I safely say that it is also applicable in the Philippines?