The anti-left gang hates Satur Ocampo and Liza Maza for not going for their equally right-wing figurehead Noynoy which is an opportunity for them to control the left. Noynoy in my point of view is a very far right individual (or better term would be ‘a complete bourgeoise’). His actions and words speak thus. In his new commercial, I can’t help but notice that he emphasized to ‘stop those who would aim to destabilize our country’. This leads me to suspect that he would be continuing the Oplan Bantay Laya which the Gloria Administration has failed in her term of 9 years. Even with a good purpose, the means by how this operation has been implemented has been tainted by Human Rights violations. Rather than talking about his negative platform, better yet is how can he continue the legacy of her mother in making a peace pact with the extreme left and making a genuine agrarian reform.

One point the Palatino made that I liked best was that if you are a leftist, you share the stigma of all of the leftists throughout the world and throughout history. I think that this is the common behaviour and an immaturity of thinking that our politics have. That the left is not a legitimate political presence.

I think Noynoy made a big mistake in not accepting the two. This paved an opportunity for Manny Villar with his pro-poor agenda to get the votes of the oppressed farmers by rich landowners. All the while Noynoy is still promising ‘not to steal’.

Left-leaning ideologues in the party-list system serve to add spice to the political menus being ‘cooked’ in the Malacanang rubber-stamped legislature by as much as a vote of viva voce.

Perhaps, it is time to disabuse our minds that the concept of leftists no longer means they are armed, underground, and out to overthrow the government of which they are clearly a part.

Bottomline, it is still worth listening to everything the left-leaning party list representatives they say during deliberations in Congress. That is as far as it goes.

So Trojan Horse? Who can betray the president in our given contemporary political culture? Just no one.

So what is the author’s recommended better approach? What are the “new categories”?

Joe

The Revolution is over! The red flag has been turned into a red rag. Pulang trapo in Pilipino.

NoNoy said that, right???? while he was also saying that the GMA administration should be Talsik Diyan for using executive privilege when not appearing before the legislature.

And if you go through the electoral mill in this country, you cannot be a “Trojan Horse” for long. The horse will be ground into a zillion pieces. Let the electorate sort out the pieces.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s appointed subalterns if they are smart and sophisticated enough, are a more sinister Trojan Horse. And remember these people invoke “executive privilege” and don’t appear before the legislature!

These people have just different ways of political beliefs. They do things differently. Or we just have differences in opinion. We are just human beings who think differently. We are not CLONES.

Therefore,when a political project remains trapped in old categories, how can it claim to be truly revolutionary?

Only if they’re the ones still trying to grab power. Also, they have vote.