Reality bites FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 06/12/2010

Reality bites

FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 06/12/2010 Here’s the reality: Every president who takes his oath of office really means it when he mouths the oath at that time. Here’s another reality: It doesn’t take long for a new president to remember what is really meant by that oath, or the memory of that determination he had on that day to do what is right and constitutional for the people slowly fades away, as the new president starts to realize that it is not as simple to stick to that oath, since government is much too complicated and, admit it or not, involves a lot of compromises and even opaque deals — opaque in the sense that there are just some deals that cannot be made public. Here’s yet another reality: The promises made by every new president made during the campaign period cannot be delivered — not in the first hundred days, and certainly not even in two years, even if there is full sincerity in giving out those promises — such as change and no corrruption, no poverty campaign spiel of Noynoy Aquino. Once in Malacañang, problems have to be faced realistically, never ideally, because government headed even by idealists have to face the reality of a corrupt government bureaucracy and eventually high officials, that cannot be eliminated with a magic wand. No head of government can, despite all the promises made, and even done in the most sincere fashion, can break up corrupt syndicates in virtually every agency and department in government.... MORE     Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100612com2.html

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