angelo reyes

sad to hear about the death of a former major general in afp. imo, he was helpless, from watching the news earlier and the reporter's investigative shows from the 3 channels, i came to that conclusion. he was betrayed by his kumpare, and he was left all alone by the person he thought would help him.

it's really difficult to play in the world of politics, in the end, it's all about your own survival. arroyo, already has lots of problems from her zte scandal, and then one of her probably cronie killing 50 plus people and now garcia and the afp. what i find funny in this whole garcia-afp case is that the group of people who are "investigating" this case are they themselves not so-called "clean". i see it as: ung mga malalaki at matatabang buwaya sa senate and congress eh sila ang nag-iimbestiga sa mga maliliit na buwaya ng afp. they're talking abt 10million funds given to generals who retired, but what about the hundred millions in some big projects of the government. so, sa palagay ko kung mag-iimbestiga sila, ilagay nila ang taong di naman gumawa kahit kelan nung krimeng pinapataw nila dun sa akusado. may makikita ka bang ganun sa mga senador or congressman/woman.

and to think sa afp p lng un, isang institution lng yan, do you think ung pnp, wlang ganun or any branch of government don't have those kinds of thing happening. they can call it pabaon or whatever, but it's the same, corruption. and it's really really really funny that estrada is one of the two people who started this. hindi ba merong mga assets ang pamilya nila na di rin ma-explain kung san nanggaling ang pera. preho lng sila ng mga arroyo. i dont believe anyone in politics is clean. if you're in politics, you are automatically in a big institution where the system is already corrupt. and probably it's easier to get things done that way. so if you have the power and the money and other resources, you can get whatever you want done. so, i just look at the people inside that political arena, who are actually patriotic and doing things for their country while playing the game of politics.

there are people who are new and would like to make changes in politics, but their means are like trying to use a plastic knife to cut a big sturdy tree. it's utterly, useless. their intention is good, but looking at the big picture, the consequences of those actions, and the end result when the dust settles. i don't think their actions of bringing down garcia would result in anything at all. this case would be forgotten and people would move on. why do you think garcia hasn't killed himself yet, maybe it's because he has some high cards in his hands. there are big people who's going to support him because they don't want their corruption to be known as well. reyes, most probably, don't have those cards.

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i think, this will go on for a few months, and then it will be forgotten when another big issue surfaces. i just hope when they start something, they would think of the consequences and make sure they win and have made even a little change to the system. it's my opinion, that some politicians of course, don't want to have any organization other than themselves to investigate corruption, because then it will all be over and they can't make their government position a cash cow anymore. actually, if they would just allow to have every person in public office have transparent way of taking and spending money then there wouldn't be any problem. i mean, anong mahirap dun, kung i-d-declare ng pangulo, o eto ung natanggap ng congressman chuchu, tapos ung congressman sasabihin, d2 napunta ang bawat sentimo nung budget na binagay sa akin, pagkatapos merong mag-d-double check nung in-audit, eh di wlang problema, pero sa palagay mo naman, sino sa lahat ng mga nasa public office ang papayag sa ganun?