We Should ALL Be Concerned Citizens

I came across another e-mail, a facebook alert actually, about a short letter regarding Noynoy's dirty tactics through Yellow columnists. It is definitely a good read, enjoy.

A Concerned Citizen Writes to Harvey Keh of Ateneo

April 2, 2010

Mr. Harvey S. Keh
Director for Youth Leadership and Social Entrepreneurship
Ateneo de Manila University - School of Government

Dear Harvey:

In the interest of our common humanity and sense of decency, I just want to share with you some thoughts about Noynoy Aquino and his rabid propagandists disguised as newspaper columnists.

First, this passage from the column yesterday by your fellow Philippine Daily Inquirer columnist Ms. Belinda Cunanan-Olivares entitled "Citizens' candidate":

"Frankly my stomach retches over the way the Aquino camp has gone into an extensive investigation of the details of this episode in utter disregard of compassion and decency. The elder Villar lady must have suffered immensely from the death of that young boy. Must that rival camp now rake up all the sordid details? The aim of the Noynoy camp in playing it up obviously is to prove that Villar was lying and inventing certain circumstances about his early life of poverty that, as his ads now say, enable him to connect to the greater masses who are poor. But surely there must be many other issues far more relevant to the life of the nation that ought to be debated than the circumstances around the illness and death of a young boy that his 87-year-old mother doubtless still mourns.

"What has happened to decency in our midst? The Aquino camp's ghoulish treatment of the young boy's death is just an example of the pettiness and cattiness that the Noynoy campaign has often displayed."

Second, this passage from the column yesterday by Philippine Star columnist Domini Torrevillas- Suarez entitled "Was Manny Villar poor?":

"It's funny, and sad, and very frustrating, to hear and read and witness the bashing of candidates in this campaign. Bashers trump up charges (remember how Manny was being trumpeted as owning a multi-million dollar worth mansion in Utah?), and call rival camps immoral. Says Manny: 'You guys are so different from people like me and the rest of the MBV supporters, because we cannot be as good, as holy, as virtuous as you hypocrites are.'"

And now, I would like to share with you my own feelings about this revolting state of affairs in our public discourse:

I share with Belinda's and Domini's utter revulsion over the ghoulishness of the Noynoy Aquino camp, but I must add that they overlooked the fact that this ghoulishness is surpassed a thousand times over by Inquirer columnists Solita Monsod and Conrad Dequiros as well as Philippine Star's William Esposo—all rabid propagandists of the Noynoy Aquino campaign disguised as newspaper columnists. On the basis of anonymous and unauthenticated documents supplied to them by the Noynoy Aquino camp itself, they viciously ran the demolition job against Manny Villar in practically the same words and with almost the same conclusions.

Now that their despicable act has began to backfire on them, they are now disowning in chorus their respective demolition jobs and their own reckless conclusions in their respective columns. The clueless Noynoy Aquino also denies on TV that he had any hand in the demolition job but has the gall to say that he agrees with its conclusions. Even Franklin Drilon of the Liberal Party has become a denial king, washing his hands off the affair like a Pilate on TV!

Noynoy Aquino, Franklin Drilon, Solita Monsod, Conrad Dequiros and William Esposo have overstepped the bounds of civilized behavior, and they have been prostituted two respectable newspapers by making them propaganda sheets in their overpowering desire to pave the way for themselves to Malacañang by hook or by crook. All five of them should be repudiated, condemned, and boycotted by all decent, self-respecting Filipinos! And Harvey, if you are truly sincere in your personal campaign for morally upright youth leaders and good governance, you should likewise repudiate and condemn such unbridled and unscrupulous acts by your political comrades-in- arms!

Sincerely,Sammy Abiertos