O’ Israel, get these people out of our country!
My deep slumbering leadership thoughts were ignited by Arnie’s FB status update. For how can a Filipino miss it? Most politicians start out with some very noble objective to better the lives of our countrymen. Di ba? Almost everyone. And yes, I’m sure, even the Ampatuans.
We have leaders in the country. But even if we all subconsciously know the answer already, dahil makulet ako, I still can’t help asking, hoping that i’m really wrong. but why is it that once they get connected with the government, they would easily get corrupted?
Aha! it must be the system. Maybe not. What about these people sitting on the system? Then it’s the person then, and not the system.
There’s no shortage of leaders. I’ve read quite a number of these noble politicians (pwe!) who have excellent backgrounds, model families, some of them even supported a number of charities, include those who would win sweepstakes over and over, even running jue-takes, but there truly is a leadership crisis in our country.
They always start with the best intentions in the world to save Filipino humankind. But we as Filipinos must be jurasically dysfunctional too, for we cannot seem to shake-off our idolatry type of submission to them. While we abhor dynasties, nepotism and favoritism, some of us seem to embrace the idea that only a select group of family, having been touched by some magic wand of the gods, are exempted from our abhorrence to the very concept that we fight and allow an entire clan to hold stacks of government positions and/or juicy portfolios. How lucky to be the chosen people of god. O’ Israel, get these people out of our country!
At times, I’d like to believe that maybe it’s just a matter of not developing future leaders. But, we’re not even lacking in that area. For when some people get into power, they not only hold and suck blood out of it, it would now become an exclusive club.
Viewed 21712 times by 5396 viewers
reynz is one Uragon and a Filipino-American, has many years of public accounting & auditing, broadcast investments, housing tax credits and equity investments as his background. Based in the US, he maintains his personal and humor blog at reyna elena dot com. A graduate of Aquinas U, he went to GWU and Temple U in the United States.
[...] criticizing a certain family that has the Philippine budget process in a stranglehold, for example: They always start with the best intentions in the world to save Filipino humankind. But we as Filipinos must be jurasically dysfunctional too, for we cannot seem to shake-off our [...]
This was my response I posted to the Indolent Indio site:
—
Israelis are really cute, they can invade me anytime hehehe! But your literal interpretation is incorrect. That’s not supposed to be interpreted literally. “Chosen people” go figure.
I’m a loyal Noynoy supporter, but I disagree with the President as far as the Abad Family is concerned. In my mind, the ethical piece was clearly missing in the appointment and it became the more distasteful with the media barrage of their qualification pronouncements. The irony now is that, with their qualification/credentials argument, this whole thing is now being seen as arrogance and abuse of power.
It’s wrong no matter which angle you look at it. It’s not about their credentials; it’s not about their qualifications. It’s about leadership, nurturing future leaders and believing and trusting other able & qualified Filipinos other than this family. It’s also very much about ethics and conflict of interest. It’s about equality of rule application. You don’t apply a different rule to your enemy and exempt your friends. You don’t create an environment that cultivates bad culture and gives rise to corrupt practices. Instead you prevent these conditions from happening.
These are my opinions. And no, I don’t use a thesaurus when I write. I don’t even have a grammar check. I write raw with no pretensions.
Thank you.