Marathon: 12th of 15 parts

GMA's faults from a leftist's perspective

You either like or hate a person. I have seen Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (GMA) from a bright side in a previous post in this blog (Lakas ng Milenyo). Now it's time to see her from my dark, negative side. GMA is a devil, willing to propagate nothing but the gain of the already rich or her allies. For her, order is the most important. This is why she tries to water down all political rallies or demonstrations against her. But what the majority of Filipinos don't understand is that the basis for people to go against the current government is sound.

If you can't get along, that's fine. This is the reason why I am here; I'll try best to show the position of a leftist, and why GMA, the current president of the Republic of the Philippines, is the number one enemy of the Filipinos. The left is for equality. Everybody owns everything in a communist setting. There is no private ownership. Public ownership is the one and only type of ownership recognized by the state. All for one and one for all. From a democratic perspective, it looks as if there would be no drive for excellence or efficiency in a politically-left community. But when it is examined more closely, it can be done. When everybody in the state thinks as one, i.e. thinks and does things for the good of the state, then the multiplier and auspicious cycle goes on and on, like being in a state of perpetual motion. Accordingly, well-run communist countries have the inherent capacity for self-sufficiency, well-capable of surviving and even flourishing during a period of isolation.

GMA is bent on the maintenance of foreign hegemony over the Philippine markets. Nothing whatsoever has been done to stop or slow down the influx of imported goods to our islands. If this is not discontinued, then damage could be so great that getting up from this knockout since the time of colonizers be automatically be futile. Nationalism is an intrinsic characteristic of the left. It basks in nationalist propaganda on any kind of mass media.

GMA is crazy on anything about development. She matters little on the effects of the large-scale mining on Philippine mountains on the environment and public health. Safety is not prioritized over monetary profit. On the long run, if this goes unabated, we shall have spent more for public health and immeasurable losses in terms of human productivity over the meager earning from uncontrolled environmental exploitation in terms of magnitude and rate. The good of the many, of the majority should be first.

GMA is for the increase of taxes. This was done in many ways, with the EVAT being the most notorious. It is taxes on almost all goods from the previous rate of 10% to 12%. This was done even if the same amount of revenue could be covered if the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) was efficient in tax collection and not blemished with red tape as it currently is. Taxes were increased even if extreme corruption in government offices is continuous. Plunder is unacceptable in any organization. Taxes should be well thought of and it should be sincere in addressing problems. It should not be done if there are other solutions. It should not be done just because it is convenient.

GMA cheats; she's a certified liar who has the stomach to make promises. She cheated in the election. Everybody knows. Some people know it but they accept it by rationalizing that Fernando Poe Jr. (FPJ) is a great actor but a ridiculous president. Some people think that they currently can do little about the situation, just like I. The Garci tapes revealed everything. I don't know what happened to our justice system. Why is GMA still in office? If she is not the deserving winner, then why is her ass still in the Malacañan Palace? If the justice system failed us, then we should have taken action to unseat her. We don't or shouldn't want an insincere leader running our country. Honesty is supreme in a society of equals.

Democracy betrayed itself in the Philippines. The greatest example was during GMA's stint.