The country is facing the loss of control of a great part of Mindanao while many Filipinos in the areas to be ceded are facing an oppressive imposition. Christians, Lumads and even Muslim groups such as the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) oppose the Bangso Moro Juridical Entity, a concept imposed by the British, US powers and their ally Malaysia to install their puppet Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in an area covering North Cotabato, Zamboanga and many provinces not in the present Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), plus the fossil fuel rich Liguasan Marsh and Sulu Sea.
Piñol added during the North Cotabato gathering, “This is why I hope the next president will be Erap. I pray it would be Erap… President Erap understands that Mindanao needs security above all. And it is on record that of all presidents, it was Erap who achieved the freedom from terror in Mindanao when he won the war against the MILF…”
Last year when the Yellow candidate announced his candidacy and some Edsa II recidivists (sorry for 2001 but balik-dilaw for 2010) rejoined the Yellows, I texted them: “I am absolutely certain the Philippines will lose Mindanao if your candidate makes it.”
I am now reaffirmed by Piñol’s statements. Truth to tell, the Yellow candidate went to Mindanao to “pray” before announcing his candidacy but actually consulted confidants like Chito Ayala on how Mindanaons would take the MoA-AD if he promised the same to the US in exchange for their support.
It is not surprising therefore that Ambassador Kristie Kenney was widely reported by Philippine media to have quipped in one TV show that she “wears yellow.” No wonder then that all the traditional institutions associated with western hegemony in the Philippines, particularly the Makati Business Club and the Catholic hierarchy, the “civil society” such as the Hyatt 10 (11 because lawyer Nonong Cruz was the real engineer of that attempted putsch in 2005), openly endorse or have joined the campaign of the Yellow candidate.
Also, the Yellow media which have been working to implant subliminal pro-Yellow candidate messages in their news reporting such as the full front page treatment of the “Cory Swatch” designed by Edsa people power crony Jaime Zobel de Ayala that didn’t do anything but attach a yellow strap which my watch repair man at the Edsa Central market could do better.
The real issue in the elections of 2010 is still the Filipino national interest versus the regime of neo-colonial slavery reigning since Edsa I and aggravated by Edsa II. The 1986 Cory led coup d’etat brought back Nur Misuari from political limbo and revived the MNLF that the Marcos government had already marginalized with the hard earned victories of the AFP. The 2001 Edsa II as well gave a return ticket to the already self-exiled MILF leader Hashim Salamat whom President Estrada had already vanquished in 2000. There is no doubt that the Edsa II was partly motivated by the US and British-Malaysian interests to restore their leverage in Mindanao and eventually Balkanize that part of the country to control its fossil fuel resources just as they have done in so many parts of the world, such as East Timor from Indonesia, Kuwait from Iraq, and have been attempting in Bolivia.
I don’t know if we can save Mindanao from Uncle Sam’s cake knife: With the charlatans in the Senate and the House, I see very little hope unless drastic change in leadership quality transpires. On the C-5 scam for example, Joker Arroyo is correct in saying that the entire Senate is guilty because they all approved the 2009 budget which included the insertions of Villar. We expect Joker Arroyo to lead the rest of the Senate in resigning their positions posthaste because of this admission on his part. The biggest loser in the current imbroglio are Villar and Alan Cayetano because they simply can’t stand on the argument that it’s all just politics and numbers. It was Villar’s chance to show that he could stand above politics and numbers and carry the day with a stirring defense of his innocence to win the nation’s heart — but obviously he could not and chose to hide behind his political surrogate.
Pimentel showed the nadir of his capabilities in his intervention about “insertions” and Jamby Madrigal should have just kept her piece because history records the facts about their family wealth:
From “Policing America’s Empire: The United States, the Philippines, and the Rise of the Surveillance State” by Alfred McCoy: “In a clear example of crony capitalism, Quezon, working through Governor Harrison, appointed the well-connected mestizo merchant Ramon Fernandez to the PNB Board in 1916. Three years later Fernandez and another PNB director, Vicente Madrigal, voted themselves interest-free personal loans for an ill-fated attempt to corner Manila’s hemp supply. The market collapsed, leaving the bank with 53,000 worthless bales of hemp and P2.2 million in bad loans that the PNB directors illegally wiped from the books.” They all seem hopelessly hypocritical and inane.
It’s time we return power to the people, keep Mindanao for the nation: “Ibalik ang Pwersa sa Masa.”
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