I have a problem.
My old friend, Cerge Remonde, is telling us in his capacity as Press Secretary that National Security Adviser is “acting in his personal capacity” in proposing that a “transition government” be formed.
Cerge told Radyo ng Bayan:
The actions of Secretary Gonzales in so far as those so-called transition councils are concerned, are entirely his own.He has no authority from the Cabinet and from the President and therefore only Secretary Gonzales can clarify those issues.Gonzales’ being the head of the Partido Demokratiko Sosyalista ng Pilipinas (PDSP) might have influenced some of his initiatives as national security adviser. We are not alarmed. We are a bit used to such kind of initiatives coming from Secretary Gonzales. Sometimes he does things not as National Security Adviser but as head of the PDSP.
How can this be, Cerge, when Mr. Gonzales, like you, is an alter ego of the President?
How can this be, Cerge, when Mr. Gonzales is the presidential ego in the National Security Council and the National Intelligence Coordination Agency?
How can this be, Cerge, when Mr. Gonzales, like you, has a solemn oath to uphold the rule of law an hold the Constitution sacred?
For the life of me, Cerge, I cannot stomach Mr. Gonzales’ brazen act of treason and why you insist that Gonzales “is acting on his own.”
A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear. The traitor is the plague. - Marcus Tullius Cicero, Ancient Roman Lawyer
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In the broadest sense of the concept of national security as discussed in a committee hearing in the House of Representatives, the National Security Adviser is himself a disconcerting “national security risk”.
Now that apparently he operates as the poster boy himself but operates within very heart of the officialdom without getting as much as an official rebuke, then perhaps, we can draw some even more disconcerting conclusions that such “acts” of this Gonzales enjoy some “valid license”.
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The fears raised by Ding (personally glad he is back at FV after a long while)are not less symptomatic of the kind of “acts” that we see being done by our appointed as well as elected bureaucrats.
But I trust that the officers of the AFP (never mind the PNP) are actually monitoring the activities of this Gonzales and as soon as they find valid proof of acts amounting to treason, the National Security Adviser will be dealt with accordingly, that I trust.
And Ding, remember my earlier impressions of Cerge Remonde, your friend?
Hi Prime. Yes I do remember.
Note my disappointment over how Cerge is handling/mishanling this.
I am not one to judge on impulse as you prolly know. I’d rather give people enough rope…
Ding, good to hear from you again.
I have written several comments here on FV with the “T” word in them, but then erased them and sent them to their electronic grave, because it is not for me, the outsider, to make such grave accusations. And yet, I see officials undermining the foundations of the Constitution and what it represents and wonder why no one sees this as damaging.
Thank you for calling Mr. Gonzales out. If his views are personal, he should be fired or resign so that he can properly make them as a private citizen. In his official capacity – which he can never escape, even in his private life – he has no business undermining the constitution. And all the rationalizations he or anyone else might throw forth do not change the essence of what he is doing . . .
And a large pack of Representatives operating for self-interest over the good of the nation in order to serve their patron . . . are equally at fault . . .
Joe
Hi joe.
In times long past traitors were drawn and quartered.
Here it seems they are given succor.
Casting the wider net, he he?
Good your back unless you had special reasons to have been away too long. No, I am not asking you to explain, I thought that maybe, you are taking the walk to the “exit” on a silent mode which I will never have wished.
I am about inclined to do so but what the heck?
None of that sort, Prime.
I live on line :)
Facebook is the culprit.
Oh Facebook, I have just begun to like it on account of high school friends of mine who found me.
See you in facebook on of these days.
Tara :)
@ joe, your “I see officials undermining the foundations of the Constitution and what it represents and wonder why no one sees this as damaging.”
This reminds me of the uproar of certain officials about the warning aired several days ago by former defense chief Avelino Cruz.
Note the disconnect?
Yep.
J
The Philippines is the only country where high ranking government
officials can commit treason, subvert the established government,
and get away with it.
In other countries, these people would have been arrested and
jailed. The President is the number one person that is subverting the established government. Attempting to grab power and perpetuating herself in office. In stable Democratic government, she would have been overthrown a long time ago. The late Pres. Nixon of the U.S. was an example. He resigned, rather than being impeached.
‘and why you insist that Gonzales “is acting on his own.” ‘
Hmmm. For a seasoned journalist, you are showing some naivete. :)
C’est de rigueur that your friend Remonde talks the talk.
Kailangan pa bang imemorize yan?
These people think we are all dumb like themselves…
Exasperation bro…
Ding,
In “Termites from Within”, I wrote:
“Thus grievous treason and subversion committed against the motherland was perpetrated not by the murderous thugs and misguided elements of our society, but by the very people in the corridors of power, who paradoxically, were sworn to uphold the law and be the zealot guardians of its citadel. The termites of our society were having a field day.”
… to include Oakwood mutiny.
But it speaks well for Pinas that Trillanes, et al remain in jail.
MAPECON anyone?
Considering how unpopular this government is to the citizens, those people in the corridors of powers in the government are like cornered mad dogs…biting and gnawing and growling like crazies.