AGAIN, I initially didn’t want to add my two cents worth in the brouhaha that is the “Arroyo Airport Drama”, kumita na yan nung isang gabi, at ang taas pa ng ratings! but what can i do when it's right there, in my face, invading my small screen, whether i like it or not! A few of you may think… wala ka namang puso, may sakit na nga yung tao… hello, she’s sick? O sige na nga, im not disputing that, my question is... HOW SERIOUSLY ILL and why go ahead with what the script says knowing they will be stopped by the immigration officers at the airport? sino ba director nyang dramang yan?(who's directing that drama?) If that was my own mother or my spouse and i hear on TV that she will be prevented from leaving the country by the Secretary of Justice AND knowing that a pack of wolves and vultures… este, mediamen and "uzis" will be waiting at the airport, would I still bring her there and subject her to that kind of stress, humiliation and bodily harm? OF COURSE NOT!!! If it was an absolute emergency and it was a life or death situation, maybe, BUT Mrs Arroyo COULD STILL WALK and could clearly talk for chrissakes! ano bang klaseng anak at asawa meron ang taong ito at hinayaan nilang mangyari yon sa kanilang ina at asawa? and they were all there to witness everything. o baka naman si Jose Miguel senior ang direktor, si junior ang assistant director at willing participant si mommy sa mga eksena sa airport! im sorry, pasensya na, i generally dont want to judge people BUT by subjecting me and the entire archipelago with THAT poorly directed drama, they have opened THEMSELVES to public judgment! The Arroyos clearly wanted to play the underdog on primetime TV but im afraid only a few bought her acting.
i think this is the dilema confronting the administration. They want to file the cases against the Arroyos and they want an airtight case. But of course, its not that easy. OBSTRUCT AND DELAY is the game. We have to understand that before Mrs Arroyo left Malacanan, she appointed her loyal henchmen in key positions in government because she knows that there are people just waiting for her to loose her “presidential immunity” to file cases after cases against her… “Mr. Cheap Justice” no less, the most famous of her midnight appointees and “Merci the Ombudsman” are appointed in their position for a reason… need I say more??? its not easy to get rid of these two, there's no way but through an impeachment, unless they resign of course, which we all know they will never willingly do. It took Pnoy more or less a year to get rid of one but the other is still there to make things difficult for him. Unfortunately for this government, Mr Arroyo himself is a lawyer and he and his wife Mrs Arroyo along with their apologists are not exactly a bunch of dimwits… they know how to manipulate the law and make it work for them and more importantly, “they know how to cover their tracks!” it will take forever, if it happens at all, before any case against them could proceed and prosper under the present circumstances, just like what happened in the case of another former president who is also a brilliant lawyer and a first class thief named “Ferdie”.
Now if you were Pnoy and you are faced with a co-equal branch of government dominated by Mrs Arroyo’s appointees led by “Mr Cheap Justice”, would you continue to be the nice guy and follow what the law says at all times considering that the final arbiter of all cases is the Supreme Court? OR, would you opt to make a "Herculean" decision and defy what the law says, in the process risking a constitutional crisis to deliver on a promise you made to your "bosses", the Filipino People, that you will make the Arroyos take responsibility for their sins? You bet its a tough question. it is a tough decision to make. sorry Pnoy, nobody said your job is going to be easy *Orz right? ^^* here's another kicker, barring "miraculous" events like his resignation or impeachment, Mr. Cheap Justice will still be in office even after Pnoy has finished his term. sorry Noy, that's democracy for you *Orz* this might be the reason why the president and the justice secretary are pretending to be ignorant of the law and undermining the Supreme Court... two words are probably haunting and taunting them night and day... the ARROYOs and IMPUNITY.
Pnoy and Sec. de Lima knows that the Right to Travel by the Arroyos are inherent in our constitution. They may not publicly admit it today but THEY KNOW. Every lawyer and law student in this country knows, most politically astute personality knows, some if not most man-on-the-street knows… heck, even I know! Why then you may ask do they STILL insist on defying the Supreme Court??? Maybe, just maybe, this phrase that was uttered by FPJ’s daughter recently is also at the core of their brains… “hindi lahat ng legal ay makatarungan” (not everything that is legal is just and fair). 
And because the government still stubbornly refuses to allow the Arroyos to leave the country(i dont entirely blame them), i can already imagine what the next line in the script would be in case the Supreme Court succeeds in enforcing the law with a little help from the Philippine National Police... as soon as the Arroyos reach Spain, they would ask for political asylum and their line would be, "Political Persecution by the Aquino government! We will never have a fair trial while Aquino is in power in the Philippines". wanna bet? and why Spain you may ask... recent history people. Spain is an uber "nice" former colonizer of this country that she(Spain) has accepted with open arms the convicted rapist and murderer of the Chiong Sisters of Cebu, Paco Larranaga, who happens to hold a dual citizenship(his father is a Spaniard, his mother a Filipino). He was transferred a few years ago from his Cebu jail and is now serving the rest of his sentence in Madrid. i'll let you people take a guess under whose administration this prisoner transfer happened. clue: this president is a she and she's just a little over 3feet tall with a Nora Aunor mole on her face^^ hehe just joking ^^ back to topic, what could prevent these "nice" people from Spain from according the same "niceties" and hospitality to the Arroyos whose language then can speak and whose roots and relatives are still in that country? nagtatanong lang po.
correct me if im wrong but i understand that in the majority decision there is a line/phrase written... "right to life"... by that do they mean, Mrs. Arroyo's life? whattttttt? anak ng !?#@!!! is there a pair of hands in Mrs Arroyo's throat squeezing life out of her!?! is her life in serious danger from someone? who the h*ll is threatening her life??? "right to life"... ano naman ang kinalaman ng linyang yan sa issue na to(what has that line got to do in this case?) isnt that line more often than not used by anti-abortion activists? if you have to use that line my dear magistrates of The Supreme Court of The Republic of the Philippines, at least make sure that her condition is a life or death situation that cannot be cured in this country!!! calm down *deep breaths*
o sige, papaawat na ko. Just one question to our honorable justices of the Supreme Court... Why was the decision to issue a TRO therefore allow the Arroyos to travel, SO SWIFTLY DECIDED BY YOUR COURTS??? Tons of cases are pending and rotting in your courts and yet you deemed this particular case urgent enough to render a decision immediately without even hearing the arguments of the other party, who just happens to be the government representing THE FILIPINO PEOPLE! You do understand why I’m asking this question right? this is the same question being asked by the ordinary Filipino who cant even get his/her case rolling at the Municipal Trial Court. Dont you think IT’S A FAIR ENOUGH QUESTION TO ASK?
UPDATE
7:30pm
Well, what do you know, the government has finally found a legal basis to keep Mrs Arroyo in the country(FOR NOW) and Mr. Cheap Justice cannot do anything about it (again, FOR NOW)^^ a warrant of arrest has been issued today for Gloria and the case is for Electoral Sabotage. Unfortunately for Gloria, in the Philippines, Electoral Sabotage is one of the few criminal cases where bail is never recommended. Her camp of course cried foul, saying the government railroded this case to stop her from leaving the country. folk's, that's a no-brainer, we all know that! Didnt they hear one of the Comelec comissioners admit that the possible plight/flight of Gloria was considered in deciding this case. i didnt hear them complain when the SC railroded the TRO in their favor ^^ now Pnoy is playing the good guy and ordering his men and women to treat the former president with respect and to allow a hospital or house arrest for her.
If there's one thing i've learned from this whole exercise, it is the power of the presidency. the 3 branches of government may be co-equal on paper but in reality, The Executive branch rules! Ordinary people wonder why some very rich men and women are willing to sell their souls for a crack at the presidency. On more than one occasion i would hear this comment from people, "mayaman na gusto pang mag presidente". I now realize that the attraction is not the money, its power that they are lusting after. They use the "kurakot" money to stay in power. Power in the wrong hands is extremely dangerous... discernment of the highest level is a must before choosing the person we want to occupy the Office of the President... meanwhile, check out the place where our former "acting" president will be detained and tell me if Justice is Fair...*credit to the uploader "pinaswatcher4*
