Soldier's Pen
By BGen. Alexander Cabales (Ret.)
More of
the ‘Matuwid na Daan’
An old friend who regularly reads my column
commented that she could not appreciate my particular article-"Corona
Case, A Model for Good Governance"-because it dealt so much more of other
matters than about the case of Corona itself.
Since the title mentions the name of the former Chief Justice, she
somehow expected that I would be tackling more about him. Perhaps, the title of that article should
have been different.
She was right! That article had a rather long narrative about
the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Chairman Jose Maria Sison getting
a younger CPP member pregnant with his illegitimate child. I cited this grave
error or weakness in the top echelons of the CPP before proceeding with the
Corona case.
As mentioned, the impeachment of the former Chief Justice for
betrayal of public trust could become a good model or parameter for judging the
virtues of other top government officials in the future. Therefore, it results to good governance if
implemented to everyone.
Yet it may be a dangerous precedence because our President may
not be able to make everybody toe the line especially his friends and buddies,
most of whom are now occupying top positions of confidence in the government
hierarchy. It is dangerous in the sense
that if this higher expectation of the Filipino people could not be fulfilled,
it would surely cause a greater feeling of dissatisfaction and may result to
unrest, at the least.
The CPP is an organization composed of dedicated, idealistic
and disciplined members. They have the
brightest bunch of leaders and during many times in the past, they almost
succeeded in taking over the government.
Yet, they remain to be human and from time to time they are racked with
some of the scandals that weakened the organization. They had a number of blunders, too, like the
famous Operation "Ahos" and the Operation "Zombie" when
they killed their members en masse and buried them in shallow graves.
My article on the matter therefore insinuated that the
dedication, idealism and discipline of the people surrounding the President
should be more than that of the CPP for him to be able to implement what he wants
to happen. He should have the strong
will to discipline even his close allies and buddies.
Kumander Dante (Bernabe Buscayno) "cried like a baby"
(as narrated by Professor Miclat, a former CPP member who was present during
the incident) when he learned of Sison's indiscretion and grave abuse of
power.
He must have cried because of great remorse for killing many of
their good and dedicated comrades in the past for simple and sometimes
unconfirmed reports of sexual opportunism.
He cried also because he could not afford to kill his good friend
despite his grave and confirmed misconduct.
President Aquino may have all the good intentions for our
country, but can he do the 'Matuwid na Daan' that he is preaching? Or would he be quick to defend his buddies as
what he had done many times in the past? Would he just simply look the other
way and pretend that everything is fine?
Or would he just also "cry like a baby" when a dear
friend commits a violation against his 'Matuwid na Daan' program?
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