IS NOYNOY THE NUISANCE?

What it takes to Lose People’s Interest

Is it not annoying when people claim they are better than everyone else? That they flaunt their well-off names and actually depend on it to have whatever it is they want to do? As if they themselves were sanctified by the names they inherited?

There is no question about the revered Cory Aquino in her role during EDSA I. She symbolizes the millions of Filipino who jam-packed Metro Manila streets to bring down the tyranny of Ferdinand Marcos. She was the “symbol”; and for that she was loved. But even the People Power icon was not immune to public ridicule nor is she incapable of committing mistakes. Our beloved Cory was not a saint and the public knows that. The same goes with the late Archbishop Cardinal Sin, who like Cory, was also the emblem of people’s peaceful revolt. But the revered bishop also committed his own oversights, human that he is.

Sen. Noynoy Aquino appears to actually think very highly of himself. It was as if the Aquinos were made sacred and that the presidential post was his by matter of birth right; like a spoiled brat that takes everything as “justly” his. Isn’t that annoying enough? “Nakakahiyang magbuhat ng sariling bangko”, is a cliché that Noynoy should actually keep in mind. Hearing him of how spotless he seems to be compared with the other presidential aspirants is very overbearing indeed. His bragging should mark him a “nuisance” to the voting public.

What has Noynoy made in the context of his name? What was it that pushed him to ever embrace a challenge as hard as the presidency, when he knows he had done nothing “worthwhile” in his second “senateship”? His political career remained “spotless” of biases or graft riddled programs simply because there was not a single program authored or started by him to ever start with. He was nothing but a suit inside the Senate floor for two consecutive terms. His claimed “untouched” name was made possible by his literal “inexistence” else evanescent career as a senator. Of course, who would pay attention to him when there he cannot offer something interesting that is worth the public’s attention? Ironically, this clean “ghost” also wants to haunt Malacañang. The absentee senator is now ambitioning to be the first ever absconding president.

Try and imagine just how Noynoy could possibly run the country like an empty suit walking. How will he survive the greedy wolves that are anxiously waiting to see him “trip” and turn himself into a laughing stock? Have we forgotten how Liberal Party biggies like former Sen. Franklin Drilon promised the public of reform in the hands of Gloria? What guarantees do we have that LP would not ditch Noynoy and queue their next favored TRAPO to take his place? Noynoy is among the “easy pickins” in Philippine politics. How long will it take for Drilon to sidetrack Noynoy who preys on his very family name? People accept every president’s fallibility as a natural blunder but not gullibility. Unfortunately, Noynoy exemplifies both at dangerous extents.