Zubiri’s “election” sign of degradation of values

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Juan Miguel Zubiri was proclaimed a senator, despite his victory being attributed to the problematic Maguindanao vote, with one whistleblower dead. The Supreme Court splits itself in the middle when Aquilino Pimentel III petitioned the Court to stop Zubiri’s proclamation. Most of justices that are known to be close to Gloria Arroyo voted to turn down Pimentel’s petition.

Zubiri is now in a rather inenviable position of being known as senator of Maguindanao. He should not shake that image, since he is the senator from Maguindanao.

Manuel L. Quezon III echoes what is probably the most troubling sign of the times:

At the very least, all sides should take Zubiri at his word, when he says he will work doubly hard to prove that his critics’ misgivings about him are misguided.
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Only he, through legislation that makes a repeat of this year’s messy elections impossible, can turn a term of scorn into a badge of pride.

The logic behind the idea is simple: it is OK to cheat as long as you deliver, that you prove that you can do the job.

Sorry, says John Marzan, it doesn’t work that way. I agree.

This is a distressing development in our society. The degradation of simple values like honesty and integrity is scary; the emergence of the value of materialism even more so. This degradation, this apathy that had enabled Gloria Arroyo to remain in the Fortress despite the fact that she should have been booted out will enable Zubiri to erase the “senator from Maguindanao” monicker. He is OK as long as he delivers, most of us will say, despite the fact that he won via questionable means. Cheats are OK, as long as we earn our bread and get our latest gadgets and gossip.

And if the trend continues, all a mischievous politician has to do is to cheat and when “elected”, “prove” that he can deliver. We might as well ditch our election laws.

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NOTES:

1. Placeholder shows that with a little dash of command votes combined with “divine intervention”, you can get yourself elected.
2. John Marzan complains that despite a lower electricity consumption, his electricity bill is higher than last month’s. My mom noticed the same thing. Read your bill; Meralco (defensively) explains why.
3. The Philippine Experience points out the absurdity-stupidity of topsy-turvy decision making by Comelec.

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  3. this chuvah-faced chubiri better work double-time…whatever hell he raises will never vindicate him. only the paid, mindless supporters will be the rah-rah crowd wherever he goes!
    as to the country’s so-called supreme court…i’d say it really is a supreme(lackey) court!

  6. Hello po!

    Iba po ang name ni Zubiri sa dorm namin SENATOR LIPGLOSS.

    He’ll suffer the same fate as that of her boss GMA – hounded by legitimacy issue for the rest of their lives.

  8. Hi, Mam Soleil, unfortunately most of us have short memories.

    Hi, Arthur, that’s why we must put Zubiri to task. We need to begin correcting the errors.

    Hi, Sasha, according to the info printed on the bill, Meralco doesn’t stand to gain from the increase; they are just passing charges from the power supplier. That means Napocor, and that means the government. Wee.

    Hi, Mam Jowana, yes, six years of questionable mandate. To Zubiri, that’s a negligible price for victory.

    Sir MB, nuff said =P

  9. Arbet,

    I agree – the young ones of the country have to get cracking before their men of their generation completely plant their victory flag.

    Personally, the minute the COMELEC started fiddling with Bedol’s COCs and gesticulating that there was no election sabotage, I knew Zubiri would get in.

    I am so disgusted that I dare not say anything more for fear that I would puke.

    Anyway you turn in the labyrinth of power, dishonesty stares you down in the face.

    Again, I believe nothing more to expect of us oldies – our generation is so tainted it would take gallons of acid to clean us – the younger ‘uns, you, john, cvj, the others should take on the formidable task of righting the wrongs committed by my generation, djb’s, gloria’s (although must say she’s a good decade older than I), etc.

    Hope you don’t think I’m being patronizing.

  11. A legacy borne out of dishonesty. I will not forget Migz. He is a hall of shame-r and I will not stop pointing out how he stole the 12th senatorial seat.

    Moral degradation is what Migz and Gloria have cultivated. Though tainted, we oldies know can still turn things around, with the aid of the young ones of course.

  12. Hi, Mam Anna, my fear is that my own generation is going to fail too.

    Hi, Arthur, very true.

    Hi, Schumey, first we must reset our values, our sense of what is right and what is not.

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