A damning dilemma
| TABLETS OF STONE |
 |
| Larry Faraon, OP |
This is a country where choices are always favors. And within the context of this country’s mired and wounded political praxis, it becomes a root cause of corruption since such choices become invoices for political ploys or strategies for some other bigger favors.
For instance, for the critics and detractors of the GMA administration, the appointment of the new Chief Justice of the Supreme Court on the eve of a major electoral exercise would fall into that category of “strategic choice” which may put this country’s political future into deeper peril and mess.
But the issue presents a dilemma; a damning one. On the one hand, there is the realistic apprehension that in the event of an election failure and deadlock, the Supreme Court which acts as the final arbiter in election contentions and conflicts would find it difficult to wrest from the web of “utang na loob” in making its decision, especially when practically all of them are appointees of Gloria Arroyo whose political stakes are as clear as day. The fear is real and that reality is threatening the only democratic right of the every citizen in this country especially the poor, whose voices are heard through their silent choices...MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
ALTERNATE URL: http://www.tribune.net.ph/commentary/20100321com5.html
0 comments
Post a Comment