‘… there is reason for social media to be all abuzz. The question is: will it stay abuzz until the (headless) chicken comes home to roost?’
THE President has not yet celebrated his first year in office and already the political excitement is rising.
At a time when administrations should be settling down to focus on the tough work ahead, it seems the BBM administration still has to spend valuable capital — political or otherwise — just to put its house in order.
I have tried to avoid political discussions with friends since after the elections but I have noticed that more and more are sharing their kuro-kuro in chat groups. And mind you these are not yellow-lives or Duterte loyalists; they include those who actually voted for or even campaigned for BBM. And almost to a man the comments are the same — what’s happening? What’s the game plan? And “who is in charge?”
The latter comment is actually an indictment of sorts as it seems to imply that the administration is acting like a headless chicken moving this way and that without any clear sense of direction. Which is not a fair description, but life isn’t fair, yes?
The changes in the leadership of the Defense and uniformed services are curious, if not bothersome, in the way they were apparently executed. It appears that some of the characters involved didn’t know anything until social media broke the news. Now, that ain’t too professional, yes? I would think that no matter what the Chief Executive felt towards, say, the Chief of Staff or the OIC at the DND, a modicum of respect for their records and their persons should have merited a proper notice. Reminds me of many professional basketball players who wake up one morning only to find out from the grapevine that they were being canned by their teams — something I and the coaches of the now defunct Coca-Cola PBA franchise made sure didn’t happen to our own players during our 10-year existence.
Of course, the conversation with the soon-to-be-traded player was never easy, but we had to do it as a sign of respect. And respect begets respect.
That’s why reading about how one party claims it was treated in the rigodon left me disappointed and sad.
I was also surprised at the designation of an SND, having been of the mind that the reason why an OIC had been named in the first place was because he was just a place-holder for someone who failed in his Senate run and was now subject to the one-year appointments ban. That’s no longer in the cards, I guess?
So even I wonder who is orchestrating all these moves on behalf of the President, which seem like missteps to many? Then again maybe the apparent missteps are intentional from the long view of a strategist — and it will take some time before we comprehend the wisdom in these moves.
Until then, there is reason for social media to be all abuzz. The question is: will it stay abuzz until the (headless) chicken comes home to roost?
