The Power of the Collective

Jump to Comments

“We condemn and oppose all kinds of corruption. There could be no ‘moderation of greed,” – IBP president Feliciano Bautista.

Too bad. It is because of moderate greed that Jun Lozada is now being ‘investigated’ for charges of corruption and nepotism by the powers-that-be. The Palace has already denounced claims that the investigation is their form of ganti for being dragged into the ZTE Scandal by the Pinoy Jedi Knight’s testimony. Amidst constant pressure and chilling threats to his and to his family’s safety, Lozada is still willing to continue appearing before the Senate on Monday, where he will he accompanied by his elder sister, Carmen, to testify that the PNP had forced her to sign the affidavit seeking security for her brother.

The DOJ (and I think from the Office of the Ombudsman as well) had issued a search warrant for Lozada’s former company, Philforest, to secure documents and financial statements that would ‘check’ Lozada’s credibility and sense of morality. Philforest officer-in-charge Erwin Krishna Santos said that he handed the documents to the officer who came to their office willingly. Lozada is now on the defense as his personal life is appearing in full view of the public.

To be fair, Lozada is not entirely unscathed from corruption. He admitted to his insurance fraud which Sen. Miriam Santiago exposed in the Senate and again, he said that he allows moderate greed in the government contracts to which he got involved. And I think that it is only fair to check Lozada’s background more discriminately though unearthing his skeletons in this manner is so cunningly characteristic of a trapo administration. The timing is so perfect; as if on cue, all fact-finding committees of the government, the Office of the Ombudsman and the DOJ nonetheless, are doing what they can to discredit and destroy the Pinoy Jedi Knight’s already tainted reputation.

I say carry on; let them do what they want of Lozada because, if they haven’t noticed it yet, they are helping the people become more infuriated with the government and with PGMA most importantly. Let them come and expose whatever piece of sin or baho Lozada has committed in the past; in that way, they are helping the public see how human he is. He is flawed and he is in no way perfect but the most commendable thing about him is that he had to guts to admit his faults. Have you ever heard a word of apology from the crooks and professional politicians? Have they ever admitted their boo-boos? No, of course not. They always have the usual excuse of black propaganda from their enemies e.g. Pakana lamang po ng aking mga kalaban sa politika ang mga balitang iyan. Wala pong katotohanan iyan… and then instead of shutting the hell up, they’d even continue with, ‘Si Sen. X nga po ang dapat na ma-imbestigahan kasi sya po yung may gantong kaso ng electoral fraud and corruption etc, etc, etc.’ They, the politicians of this great but crumbling nation, have only to point their fingers to their enemies and they have shifted the blame and spotlight to somebody else.

But what about ordinary people like Jun Lozada who have no power or connections to the government to save him from an agonizing free fall? Just look at what’s happening now and you’ll know that for people like our Pinoy Jedi Knight, he is rewarded with black mails and taunts from everyone he’s ever name dropped. He has no way of fighting back and this is where we should step in.

“The limits of a tyrant are defined by the patience of those whom he [she] oppresses,” – Trillanes and Lim

Should we support the mass call for PGMA to resign? Should we join the rally this Friday in Makati? What we need now is to be aware, be vigilant and be strong in our beliefs. Whatever we believe in, please, let us be guided accordingly.

10 Comments

Filed under 14th Congress, 2010 elections, DOJ, First Gentleman, GO, Integrated Bar of the Philippines, JDV, National Broadband Network, Noli de Castro, TU, VP Noli de Castro, ZTE Corp, ben abalos, brig. gen. danilo lim, impeachment complaint, joey de venecia III, jun lozada, mike defensor, moderate greed, mumblings, pgma, pinoy jedi knight, pinoy stuff, pnp, politica et.al, raul gonzales, rodolfo lozada, romy neri