HURAMENTADO SI SARA

PINAKAMAHIRAP ang kasalukuyang katayuan ni Sara Duterte. Hindi siya nalalayo sa isang nagwawalang huramentado. Inaway ni Sara ang lahat ng makita sa daan. Pinagtataga ng walang kumpay. Taga dito, taga doon. Walang naiwan na kakampi maliban sa dalawang itlog – Harry Roque at Sal Panelo.

May dalawa kampi sa kanya sa Camara de Representante – Kin. Bebot Alvarez ng Davao del Norte at Kin. Eliseo Ungab ng Davao. Itinuturing na mga mambabatas na walang kredibilidad at hindi sila sineseryoso. Wala silang hatak upang impluwensiyahan ang takbo ng paggawa ng batas at polisiya sa Camara. Bokya ang kredibilidad.

Hindi namin alam kung matino ang pag-iisip si Sara. Iwinasiwas ang tabak sa paniwalang hatak niyang pababa ang sinumang sumuway sa kanyang kagustuhan. Hindi siya sineseryoso ng mga mambabatas dahil batid nila na aburido si Sara at wala ito masulingan sa larangan ng pulitika.

Malaki ang tingin sa sarili ni Sara. Lubhang ekseherado. Hindi siya nalalayo sa isang prinsesita na ang tingin ay sa kanya umiikot ang mundo. Dahil inaway ni Sara ang buong mundo, hindi siya mabubuhay. Bago dumating ang 2025, tapos na siya.

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USAP-USAPAN ang tinawag na “EDSA Kuwatro” ng mga kasapi ng Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KoJaC). Hindi namin maintindihan kung paano nalipat ang EDSA sa Liwasang Bonifacio kung saan doon nagdaos ng rally ang tinatayang 150 kasapi ng bersyon ng people power revolt.

Hindi namin lubos na maintindihan kung bakit si Harry Roque ang naging mukha ng pag-aalburoto ng mga kasapi ng KoJaC. Walang kredibilidad si Harry at pinagtatawanan ng madla. Hindi bagay na si Harry ang nanguna sa KoJaC. Lihis sa katwiran ang ipinaglalaban ng KoJaC.

Ani Barry Gutierrez, dating mambabatas: “Yung dating galit sa rally, ngayon nananawagan ng rally. Yung dating binabalewala ang human rights, ngayon ibinabandila ang human rights. Yung dating isinasantabi ang Konstitusyon, ngayon gusto nang itaguyod ang Konstitusyon. Tanong lang: Bakit kami maniniwala sa inyo ngayon?”

Walang pumipigil sa sinuman na magkaroon ng mga pantasya at ilusyon. Pero lagyan kahit ng kaunting katwiran at katinuan ang ipinagbabawal. Sino ang susuporta sa nagpapanggap na “anak” ng Diyos? Sino ang kinukunsinti sa mga krimen umano na kanyang ginawa? Maghunos-dili sila sa paggamit ng salitang EDSA Kuwatro.

Hindi sumulong ang mass action ng KoJaC. Hindi pinansin ng publiko. Walang ipinuntos sa kamalayan ng publiko. Nililibak at pinagtatawanan. Si Harry Roque ay bida sa isang araw. Sa sumunod na araw, hindi na siya pinag-usapan. Hindi na siya nakita. Ganyan lang ang buhay, Harry. Minsan, nasa ibabaw at madalas, nasa ilalim.

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ISINULAT ito ng kaibigang Roly Eclevia sa kanyang social media account. Pakibasa:

Sara Duterte turns OVP into spy agency, buys info from herself, pays herself for the info

Vice President Sara Duterte is asking Congress for a P2 billion budget for her office next year, but for what purpose? Congresswoman France Castro wants to know. And, oh, yeah, how did she spend the P125 million confident fund granted to her the last time? That too.

Well, it looks like Ms. Duterte has turned the Office of the Vice President into an espionage and counter-espionage agency.

Here’s the breakdown of expenditure, based on a report Ms. Duterte submitted to the Commission on Audit, with my comments in brackets:

1) P40 million for food. [Did she stuff herself every minute of the day? With what? steaks, fine wines, caviar?]

2) P35 million for supplies. [If it is office supplies, that would mean a shipload of notebooks, paper of all kinds, pens and pencils, clips and staplers. Or maybe one of those supercomputers that will allow her to track down the digital footprints of the CIA, the KGB, the Mossad, UK’s M16, and China’s MSS, as well as Muslim terrorist groups such as the al Qaeda, Taliban, Hamas, whatever.]

3) P16 million for rental of safe houses. [Why would she need safe houses? for her private army? as rendition point, reminiscent of Gitmo, where she could waterboard her political enemies?]

4) P25 million for reward and information. [What sort of information? a brewing rebellion within the country? an imminent invasion? Who received the reward money and how was it apportioned among the recipients?]

5) P10 million travel expenses. [To where? And what modes of transport? commercial or private planes? ships, dirigibles, blimps, or hot-air balloons?]

If you believe this list of expenses as submitted, I have a bridge to sell.

A modicum of common sense, if you have it, will lead you to the conclusion that the Ms. Dutertr bought the information from herself, rewarded herself for the information, turned her residences—she has a number–into safe houses and collect the rent from and for herself, and incurred travel expenses doing it.

Observers say the money, all P125 million, was gone in 11 days. Did Ms. Duterte really spend that much in so short a time? Nonsense! It is more likely that she funneled the money to her own bank account or she withdrew and hid it somewhere. Maybe one room in her primary residence in Davao City contains banknotes stacked from floor to ceiling.

The country has laws against plunder. As it is widely understood without lawyers muddling the issue, plunder is the theft of government funds amounting to, or in excess of, P50 million, in which case no bail is allowed for the temporary liberty of the accused.

Under that definition, Ms. Duterte has committed the crime of plunder, and she should not be allowed to escape liability by simply categorizing the money stolen as confidential fund.