The criminal is right behind you, Jun.

 

I am indignant. Seeing Jun Lozada being dragged away in broad daylight for an alleged crime of perjury and people just shrug their shoulders, sighing that’s just the way things are in this country. And now Mike Defensor who brought the charge of perjury is appealing to the public to understand him as he was just trying to vindicate himself. What’s there to vindicate, Mike? Have you seen you lately? Filing a charge and then flying off to US to watch the Pacquiao-Hatton fight rather than follow the proceedings from here? I almost threw my slippers at the telly.

 

The authorities couldn’t have picked a better time. They could have done it next week but right now is just perfect. Juday-Ryan wedding, holiday Friday thus the long weekend, the “president” will be abroad and everyone will be focusing on the Vegas prize-fight Sunday. By then, news on J.Lo’s arrest would have gone stale.

 

In this country, absurdity piles up on absurdity.  Imagine these:  the Court of Appeals overturning the rape conviction of Marine Lance Cpl. Daniel Smith saying that what happened between him and Nicole was ‘a spontaneous, unplanned, romantic episode’, Jovito Palparan being introduced as representative of the people, Secretaries, Chavit Singson and Lito “Gumamela” Atienza behaving like issues of national defense and environment respectively, is secondary only to their multi-million bet in Vegas. All that in a span of almost just one month. Now the sad truth is, hindi ka binabangungot. Your biggest nightmare happened last 2004 when ‘Ate Glo’ called Garci to make her win by one million votes which to me, is the biggest crime of all.

 

for a more in-depth view, here’s my favorite columnist’s take.

 

http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/columns/view/20090505-203108/The-empress-new-clothes

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