EDITORIAL-CARTOONS: Stir-crazy
THE EDITOR
Choices in COVID-19 times
Ham-handed hit jobs
Was there something in the air around April Fool’s Day that caused people in the Duterte administration—led by the President, of course—to run off their mouths?
First, there was President Duterte himself in another late-night peroration warning common folk, and particularly the Left, that he would order “my soldiers, my police” to shoot at them if they dared to “disobey” lawful orders. Earlier that day, residents of a poor neighborhood in Quezon City had massed on Edsa to protest the lack of food relief.
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Again, what was all this about? Could it be that the administration and its clueless coven of political operators were simply testing the winds of public opinion? Had there been no fierce backlash against the ham-handed hit jobs on Sotto and Robredo, would the Palace have moved on to other targets it deems as “competition” to its muddled, shambolic efforts at addressing the public health crisis, bringing the lot down to its level so no one else gets to outshine and outperform the Big Boss? If so, it didn’t reckon with a testy public hunkered down in their homes with all the time to scrutinize their government, and clearly in no mood for such cheap, base antics.
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EDITORIAL – Stir-crazy
Confined to their homes for nearly three weeks now, some government officials must be suffering from cabin fever. A commissioner of the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission wants Vice President Leni Robredo investigated for what he claimed were her activities that compete with efforts of the national government to contain the coronavirus disease 2019 or COVID-19 pandemic.
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In this crisis, local government executives are hard-pressed enough to address the needs of their constituents, many of whom have lost their livelihoods and are worrying about how they will survive while at the same time avoiding infection. All officials, including the Vice President, should not be distracted from their efforts to help the nation get through the pandemic. This is a period that calls for all hands on deck. As one senator commented, officials who can’t help in this emergency should just put their mouths on quarantine. /The Philippine Star
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EDITORYAL – Huwag sulsulan ang mamamayan
NAKAHARAP sa mabigat na krisis ang bansa dahil sa pagkalat ng virus ng COVID-19. Pero sa kabila nito, nagagawa pa rin ng grupong Kadamay na sulsulan ang mamamayan para magkagulo. Gaya nang nangyari sa Bgy. San Roque, Pag-asa, Quezon City noong Miyerkules ng umaga. Nagtungo sa EDSA ang mga mahihirap na residente ng Bgy. San Roque dahil meron umanong ipamumudmod na relief goods. Pero nang dumating sila sa EDSA, nakita nila na may mga hawak na placards ang mga miyembro ng Kadamay at nagpoprotesta. Hanggang sa mayroon umanong nambato sa mga pulis at nagsimula nang magkagulo. May naghagis ng bote at kung anu-ano pa. Nagkahabulan at 21 ang naaresto. Inamin naman ng Kadamay sa isang radio interbyu kahapon, na grupo umano nila ang nagsagawa ng protesta.
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Ngayong may pandemic crisis, nanulsol na naman ang Kadamay para magkagulo. Dapat nang putulan ng sungay ang lider ng grupong ito para wala nang manulsol sa mamamayan. Ipakita na ng Presidente ang kanyang bangis sa Kadamay./ Pilipino Star Ngayon
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