Dear Uncle Jessie,

How are you my dear uncle? Don’t tell me you are okay because I know you’re not.

It’s been a while since we last saw and spoke to each other noh? Well, you know naman uncle that I’m a little popular than you now and I’ve been very busy with my newfound social life. I think the last time we spoke was a long time ago and you were a congressman pa in Davao and that was in the 90’s. OMG, so that means you’re so old already! Like 107? Well, I hope you’re head doesn’t have agiw or cobwebs like those in old houses. Hahaha! Just kidding my dear uncle.

I know, you’re probably wondering why I wrote an open letter addressed to you here in Barrio Siete instead of emailing you but your staff won’t give me your contact information because you’re on a special assignment daw. Well, that’s fine with me. At least the people will know about my concerns.

Uncle, I saw you on tv yesterday and I must say I’m a bit worried because I think you are not in good shape and you looked very stressful. Even stressful than Yaya Indira finding out Comme des Garcons and Martin Margiela closed their Hongkong stores. In short, you look haggard. Is it because of your recent assignment?

That is the reason why I wrote my dear uncle, I need you to clarify a few things.

First of all, what are you doing there in Maguindanao my dear uncle? Don’t’ you think it’s a little delikado for you to be there? I know you’re the presidential adviser on Mindanao affairs and it’s your job to address the ‘problem’ in behalf of the president but for me, you’re presence there is too much. Do you really need to ‘negotiate’ and ‘mediate’ between those two feuding families? I know the massacre is not an ordinary case but don’t you want to leave the investigation to the government bodies in charge, like the NBI or PNP perhaps? Because what I’m seeing here is this. Two powerful families from the South are involved in the worst massacre of recent times. The perpetrators are said to be a friend of your boss and they were actually the ones who made her win the presidential elections. I don’t know if it’s because of cheating or what but the bottom line is, they are instrumental in putting her to where she is now.

Uncle, don’t you think it’s very obvious already who the culprits are? They even used the backhoe of the local provincial government to bury the murdered victims. Don’t you think it’s about time to question and detain them in the right venue and not you ‘negotiating’ inside the four walls of their gigantic mansion.
I remember Yaya Indira’s cousin Goygoy who was accused of killing somebody in a disco brawl even though he was out of town that time because he was driving for us in Tagaytay. He was immediately picked up and detained in jail for two weeks and Yaya Indira has to drive us home because our driver’s in jail. Meanwhile, 47 bodies have been recovered and the suspects are still enjoying the comforts of their homes. Don’t you think it’s unfair?

You know uncle, what worries me is if the grieving family will decide on their own and put justice in their hands. Let’s face it. Their beliefs is somewhat different from ours and it’s a scary situation. Really. What if it’s too late already and more lives will be sacrificed. I really hope that worst case scenario won’t happen.
I salute you uncle for doing your job but please, do it for the country and not because of what that bitch from the palace told you to do. She is not your boss my dear uncle.

The real boss is the Filipino people and the Filipino people wants justice. They want to see the perpetrators behind bars. Not behind the steel gates of their marble houses.

XOXO,
Eklat

photo credit:
just jared
mindanao economic development council

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Mel is is the ‘gurl’ behind “The Misadventures of Mel Beckham”. ‘She’ graduated with a double major in Management and Entrepreneurship. ‘She’ grew up in the city but now lives in the bukid near barrio siete juggling work as a farm manager, office secretary, messenger, construction worker, housemaid, make-up artist and babysitter. Despite ‘her’ busy schedule, ‘she’ finds the time to blog in between work, and errands using ‘her’ primitive mobile phone. ‘She’ plans to take ‘her’ MBA soon but ‘her’ multiple jobs prevent ‘her’ from doing so unless going to school will get ‘her’ paid to pay for ‘her’ utangs. Before ‘she’ dies, ‘she’ hopes of owning a pair of Louboutins, and landing on the cover of Vogue, kahit sa Vogue India lang. Whichever comes first.