MIRIAM DEFENSOR SANTIAGO
First of all, she is sick.
But even if she was in the pink of health, I would still not vote for
her.
Miriam touts herself as a no-nonsense, incorruptible public
servant, who is a master of the law and a diety of pickup lines. The latter a talent which earned for her a
slew of followers from the youth sector who lap up her jokes like she invented
comedy. She also thinks that everyone
not agreeing with her position is stupid.
Miriam is a product of consistent self-promotion. Be angry all the time, and she becomes no
nonsense. Call everyone who does not agree with her stupid and she has an
intelligence level all to herself.
Mingle with and entertain the young crowd and she becomes their darling, champion and
savior rolled into one fuming beast.
Why am I not voting for Miriam?
For years I have taken note of the political scene and
observed who is on whose side during times when true colors can be
revealed. And from what I have seen,
Miriam has shown time and again that she is not incorruptible. Sorry guys,
that’s true. In fact, she is as trapo as
they come; not hesitating to take advantage of situations that would benefit
her or her family, at the detriment of the people who she claims to serve.
Miriam
has made a name for herself as a person with encyclopaedic knowledge of the
law. However, if the doctrine “Those who have less in life must have more in
law” is to be followed, then she has shown in critical moments that she would not
hesitate to manipulate the law to benefit the high, the mighty, and the privileged.
Her young voters, enamored by her endearing combination of humor
and feistiness, are too young to remember that not too long ago, Miriam was
allied with corruption-personified Gloria Macapagal Arroyo -- practically
lawyering for her and her ilk in the Senate as they got involved in one putrid controversy
after another. Hello Garci and ZTE? Guess on whose side Miriam was? Why? Because GMA enlisted her husband as a
cabinet secretary, which goes to show that her and her family’s interests supersede
any others’.
More recently, Miriam was former chief justice Renato
Corona’s main defender in the impeachment court, interpreting the law to favor
a man who betrayed his sacred duty as the foremost abider and defender of the
law by having huge amounts of money (in peso and dollar denominations) that couldn’t
be possibly supported, let alone explained
or justified by his declared sources of income. (His recent death does not change that narrative)
Oh. And she also uses her senatorial budget to rent an
office in her very own building. Why? Because she can, and it is not illegal. Delicadeza is not in the legal system but it is
expected from someone who claims to be incorruptible.
But her most recent and perhaps most blatant betrayal of the Filipino people is her choice of Bongbong Marcos as his vice-presidential running mate. Miriam is always claiming that she would bring change and yet she chooses to promote a candidate that represents a family that is very much responsible for the rotten system that we have now.
Miriam is not going to win, but her greatest contribution might be BBM's ascension to a heart beat away from the presidency. One young facebook friend wondered aloud, if BBM was really corrupt, why would Miriam choose him as his VP?
I am just shaking my head when a vote for Miriam is now
being touted as a vote for principles. She was given enough chances to show how
her legal expertise can be of use to the many, instead she time and again chose
to abuse it protect the high and the
mighty.
Yes, I find her jokes and even her funny at times. But no.
She does not get my vote. I hope she doesn't get yours too.
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