A post from Al Jacinto The DILG Secretary has no rightful involvement here. Yet he has inserted himself at the center of it, despite his zero experience in police matters. He has put himself in the way of smooth and efficient police operations, and put in harm’s way those very operations. Obviously, all this is aimed to provide Roxas the political exposure he needs to become a viable presidential candidate in 2016. But after the Napoles scandal in Manila and the fiasco in Zamboanga, he may no longer have any 2016 candidacy to speak of. The Moros, who have suffered heavy losses in the fighting where they were outnumbered 200 against one, are not likely to forget it was Roxas who shot down the idea of a “ceasefire” just because it came from his potential 2016 rival—Vice President Jejomar Binay. Neither are the Zamboangueños likely to forget that Roxas was the one ineptly coaching Aquino from behind while their once beautiful city was being destroyed, and tens of thousands of their own relatives, neighbors and friends were being driven out of their homes, before they were all razed to the ground. Nor are the soldiers likely to forget that they had to kill and risk getting killed for something they only half-understood, on a wretched combat pay and even more wretched field rations, while Roxas and his friends literally swam in millions, if not billions of the people’s pesos.
Posted on: Sat, 28 Sep 2013 12:57:55 +0000
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