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NO
DOUBT, THE BLAST RIGHT THAT KILLED REP. Wahab Akbar and there
others has delivered a message that is too real to disregard.
This
is not to divert from the fact that the police have zeroed
in on the Abu Sayyaf, the usual suspect, and in fact reported
several breaks including the identities and neutralization
of two of them.
The
irony isnot lost to most Filipinos however, the fact that
it is as much an ominous warning to the institution as it
is to its individual members who conduct themselves as though
they could not care less about public opinion.
Congress
has become the object os scorn and discain because of the
propensity of its members who belong to the majority block
to simply close ranks whenever there are perceived threats
to it and then run roughshod on them.
that
it has worked leaves little doubt given the continued perch
of its most prized object of worship. As to whether the tactic
will work all the time is althogether an entirely different
thing however.
The
attack on Akbar was a first, meaning that it was inconceivable
until it happened. Who would actually believe that a congressman
could be murdered right in the sacntity of his own home.
That
too is worth a minute of reflection for the others. At this
time, an impeachment case against the President is inconceivable.
Not that it has never been done before.
The
impeachment of ex-Pres. Erap Estrada is still fresh in the
minds of many people to prove that.
It
is just that Pres. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's minions have
mastered the art of closing their eyes and ears to all contrary
evidence whenever the bugle is sounded on an impeachment case.
And
yet, it does not mean that there will be no end to that. After
all, all things will eventually pass away. The present Congress
should be no exception.
If
Congress as a whole cannot rise above its petty partisan considerations,
then its individual members should take it upon themselves
to do so. In matters of conscience, the majority has no power.
In
a sense, Akbar is even more fortunate thatn most of his peers.
He was killed practically with his boots on. Although he was
no longer able to hear them, paeans were sung in his honor
as his loyal followers wept.
Those
who remain cannot be too sure they would be sent off with
just as much affect and adulation. The situation is too fluid
to even consider that.
The
call has been sounded. Those who have ears should listen.
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