Press Secretary Jesus Dureza and newly-installed Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile were not together this morning.

But the two stalwarts of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo gave the news media morsels to buzz about.

Saying the invocation at this morning’s Cabinet meeting, Mr. Dureza blurted out a prayer that took everyone by surprise, his boss included.

Interviewed on radio, Mr. Enrile asserted that he’ll be independent and then without missing a beat revealed his agenda.

It is interesting for the press secretary to use the words forebearance and tolerance. I am left wondering what the people in Malacanang thought was the message in the Pulse Asia 3Q survey that showed a further dip in Mrs. Arroyo’s trust and popularity ratings.

Enrile has barely warmed his seat but is already pushing the Cha-Cha agenda. Enrile had in the past proposed that charter change be effected through an elected Constitutional Convention.

It surely is a valid mechaniusm.

But with JPE the one espousing it, I can’t help but remember the 1971 ConCon and how Enrile’s president then used one Miguel Quintero as one his delegate-bagmen to ‘customize’ the draft fundamental law in the strongman’s favor.

Who was it who said “those who do not learn the lessons of history are condemned to repeat it”?

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