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Just say sorry C.R.O.S.S.R.O.A.D.S Jonathan De la Cruz 01/19/2011

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Just say sorry

C.R.O.S.S.R.O.A.D.S
Jonathan De la Cruz
01/19/2011
Here’s the unsolicited advice of a certain Dado Manahan, an avid listener of our daily radio program Karambola over dwIZ 882, about the L’ Affaire Porsche now enveloping P-Noy and his administration: First, P-Noy should say “I am Sorry” for behaving as if he is just an ordinary official, not the highest elective official of the land; he has to behave like the sensitive, compassionate and responsible leader that he should and claims to be; Second, he should show all the documents related to this purchase, i.e., deed of sale, tax payment, registration, etc., to show that it was indeed a clean sale not a hush, hush one; Third, he should ask the reported seller and presidential friend, Manny Dimaculangan, to make himself available to media and show not only the documents relative to this sale but to tell his own story as a hard working enterpreneur who has earned his keep the proper way, paid his taxes and, for all intents and purposes, a good citizen who just happens to share a passion for fancy and fast cars with P-Noy. Fourth, he should seriously think of selling the car, maybe to his sister Kris who happens to be the richest in the brood, and if by any chance she fancies giving this to him as a gift so be it and finally, ask his apologists to stop their round of brownnosing. It is sickening already.

In fine, what Manahan and two or three other listeners are trying to say is for P-Noy to come clean and stop defending this purchase as if it was simply a private, personal matter. It cannot be simply that..... MORE

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