Issue 8 A.Y. 1112
I thought the series of events that unfolded in our very eyes last week are controversial enough, the Supreme Court voted 8-6 in favor of the issuance of TRO to lift the hold departure order of the DOJ, then we saw a weak Gloria Macapagal Arroyo trying to leave the country to seek medical help abroad but Justice Secretary Leila De lima stopped GMA’s attempt in the process defying Supreme Court order on the ground that the Motion for Reconsideration that they have filled was not yet resolved by the high tribunal because of this action GMA was forced to go back to St. Lukes Medical Center in Taguig. But come this week we have realize that there are still yet to come, Pasay City Judge Jesus Mupas issued warrant of arrest to GMA because of her alleged participation in the 2007 electoral sabotage and was placed under hospital arrest. Indeed this is the most controversial topic in our nation today, it created debates from different people in our society because of the many perspectives that we can utilize to look at this particular topic so I’m aware that mine will only be part of this many perspectives.
The Great Jose Rizal once said, “Why independence, if the slaves of today will be the tyrants of tomorrow?” As far as GMA’s allies are concerned (In fact even some of President Aquino’s allies) we can use this framework to explain the story behind today’s biggest issue, they said that P-noy is taking this on a personal level it is evident when they impede GMA’s departure of the country even when it means defying the rule of the highest tribunal in the land. They also claimed that P-noy is using his influence to incarcerate GMA for the alleged cheating and corruption allegations. In effect of this according to them, P-noy is taking the short cut on his “Madaan na tuwid” virtue.
But GMA’s critics tells us another story, according to them it is just right for the Executive Branch to do that because the Motion for Reconsideration that the Government filled was not yet resolved by the SC and according to Justice Sereno the petitioner’s camp failed to comply with one of the conditions that was set by the high tribunal (The petitioners shall appoint a legal representative common to both of them who will receive subpoena, orders, and other legal processes on their behalf during their absence.) she also inquired why the petitioner is questioning a circular order which she created herself during her administration.
After laying down both sides of the argument it is just imperative for me to take a position. I believe the second argument represents the general will of our people, now why did I say so? One of the main reasons why Noynoy Aquino won the election is that they believe he will file cases against the alleged corruption and other misdeeds that the past administration have committed and in line with that he use the slogan “Kung walang corrupt walang mahirap!” that emphasizes his main flat form which is to somehow lessen the corrupt practices that was seen in the past government. Seeing this picture we can directly say that majority of our people want to know the truth behind these allegations. Somehow Arroyo’s camp kept on insisting her right to travel and I gave her that but just like Neal Cruz stated in his column “Every right has its limits.” that is when it is crosses the rights of other people and in this context it is the right of our people to know what had happened in their Government during those 9 years! Of course GMA camp defended that by saying she will seek medical help abroad because no one here is capable to perform the operation needed to cure her illness. Contrary to this claim Philippine Medical Association and the Health Secretary insisted that GMA is healing and the operation she needed can be perform in our country and even by a non specialize doctor! So at this point we would want to choose between the arguments of highly paid lawyers versus well established doctors. The Government even offered to send specialize doctor in our country if GMA really wanted a foreign doctor. Now, we can ask the inevitable question: Why does GMA insist on leaving the country? I know you can answer that question by yourself.
Now that the queen is falling down, we are about to see the repetition of the historic fall down of the king 10 years ago, as the song of Celine Dion goes “It’s all coming back to me now!”.
Romard Kevin Ramoso, 11A
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