Impeachment complaints have ben filed, 2 as a matter fact, despite calls from the President not too. Such a move underscores the vacuum of leadership that is present and may just make the remaining 4 years of the President as lameduck. Some body else are in charge: the leftist bloc or his cousin.
If the HOR and the govt falls into the hands of the leftist, then hey have succeeded. Trojan horse at Quadcomm (as feared by some experts)
Such leadership vacuum will not do well for the coutry. There are other pressing problems as INC asserts on why they will conduct rallies. It will divide the nation. It is bad enough that Unity Team did not materialize; but a possible rift or at worse civil war can ignite. God forbids.
We hope that HOR and SEnate finds time for his energy sapping exercise. They are aware that this exercise will test their political power. If they fail to impeach SD in a proceeding, then they must kiss their political career goodbye.
We simply do not know the political clout or hold of SD or what she is capable of doing. That she can shock us with early mornign zoom threats is something else
What has the leadership from imperial Mindanao wrought upon the Philippines?
Many difficulties and disappointment:
1. Rising prices (inflation) brought upon by TRAIN law;
2. Rift in and weakening of the ruling party that brought the top leadership to power
3. Emerging economic concern regarding the change in the form of government
1. Prices of some essential commodities and services shot up due to excise taxes on fuel and some consumer goods brought about unprecedented increase prices. While the makers of the TRAIN law assured every one that price increase would be minimal, it is not. When cost of transporting goods and people goes up, a lot of price goes up. So the BSP has to react further by raising interest rates to rein in inflation causing financing costs to go up further putting pressure to raise price of goods. After previous managers of past administration have tried to put the sound economic environment in place for growth, the same was put into
shambles.
2. Lately there has been a squabble in the leadership of legislative body; the head of Congress (who is from Mindanao was replaced by somebody from Luzon, a former President charged with numerous counts of plunder. (the freedom of whom was made possible by the support of the latter in the formers race to the top) The grip of the top guy on the govt may be weakening
While the change in the power of legislature has been alleged to be upon the instigation of the family member, in a smart move, probably to strengthen hold on power, a new party was made which drew a lot of applicants. Of late, there is perceived rift, and factions emerging in the ruling party that brought the current head of state to power
3. And lately no less than the most senior of the economic manager (from Mindanao even) has expressed concern about the fiscal provision of the proposed charter change (federalism) that it would cause huge
budget deficit and which will downgrade the Philippines credit rating thus again increasing cost of borrowing money from world capital market. The economic managers were reported to shut up but that does not hide the big problem later on.From PDI - Economic managers cite risk of charter change proposal
The drafters of charter change are now rebuking the DOF finance for speaking now vs the draft in Senate hearing... because allegedly, the latter was consulted on the draft before submitting the same to the President. Does it matter that as an after thought, the hard realities were recongized
Many of the populace are victims suckers to political experiments that were purported to bring more benefits to the people and lessen poverty as promised. But are these political changes really good for all? One wonders if indeed they are. If within the cabinet, there are very serious doubts, what will be consequence to the nation 5 or 10 years hence. A typical case of fire and then aim. Only leadership from Mindanao can do that....
Rich and powerful countries continue to flex their muscles and cow PHL to submit to their whims: China with regards to Spratly's, Malaysia with regards to Sabah, and Taiwan with regards to allegedly killing of Taiwanese fisherman who intruded into PHL territory.
PHL does not have balls? But we are great in basketball, arent we?
Let us analyze the trade retaliatory acts of Taiwan: Taiwan about $4 billion worth to PHL, PHL imports $2 billion from Taiwan. Taiwan tourists only rank no 5 among arrivals. So maybe PHL economy and businessman may be resilient and flexible enough to make up for the losses.
