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Reverse mode VIEWPOINTS Archbishop Oscar V. Cruz 07/24/2011

Sunday, July 24, 2011

Reverse mode

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Archbishop Oscar V. Cruz
07/24/2011
In more simple words, the “Reverse Mode” means going backward — not moving forward, not forging ahead for whatever reason. Translated into the sphere of governance, there is an ineffective or stagnant administration — for one or all of the following reasons on the part of the national leadership: One, there is fear in going ahead. Two, there is lack of “political will” to go onwards. Three, there is no competence to move forward.

In other words, Malacañang has become an expert in looking behind and in blaming the past. Reason: It is disabled from remedying the sad present, from building for the near future. So far, it indulges in empty rhetoric as the country is becoming progressively more a Third World Country, as the Filipinos are suffering from more want and misery — notwithstanding all statistics on paper to the contrary. This is the living reality of “reverse mode” adopted by the present government..... MORE

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