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A disastrous first decade ZOOMING IN Rudy Romero 01/04/2010

Tuesday, January 5, 2010


A disastrous first decade


ZOOMING IN

Rudy Romero
01/04/2010

On Jan.23, 2001, 13 months into the first decade of the 21st century, the person whom a civilian-instigated military
coup d’ etat stood before the media at the San Juan restaurant of publisher Max Soliven and made the following statement: “Do not send your resumés to my husband because they will just go into the waste basket.”

That declaration sounded great, but I had a strong feeling that Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo would not live to her promise and that there would be no such thing as non-involvement by Jose Miguel “Mike” Arroyo in the affairs of government. My feeling was borne out by subsequent events, for very soon thereafter, in quick succession, appointment papers were issued to Mike Arroyo’s Makati Central Rotary Club cronies.

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