MAR'S 'YOLANDA' AID SUSPICIOUS BECAUSE...

A personal friend has just asked me why do a lot of people look at DILG Sec. Mar Roxas’ aid tour to Yolanda victims as an advanced campaign for his presidential ambition.

I gave her four reasons.

Una, ang pagtawag kay Mar ni DOTC Sec. Joseph Emilio Abaya ng ‘President Mar” sa naturang pagbibigay-tulong. Pangalawa, ang pagiging host ni Abaya sa naturang okasyon. Pangatlo, ang TIMING ng pagbibigay ng tulong.

Pang-apat: Hindi dapat si Mar LANG ang namigay ng tulong.

Malacanang, and Abaya, are insisting that the ‘President Mar’ address of the DOTC secretary was meant for Roxas’ being president of the Liberal Party.

Gusto pa tayong GAWING BOBO, mga kababayan.

First: Mar is indeed the president of the Liberal Party BUT the ‘Yolanda’ aid tour IS NOT AN EVENT OR PROJECT OF THE LP. THE MONEY GIVEN TO ‘YOLANDA’ VICTIMS BELONGS TO THE GOVERNMENT, NOT TO THE LP.

So there’s no MORAL AND LOGICAL JUSTIFICATION for Abaya to address Roxas as President Mar.

Maliban na lang kung aaminin ng Malacanang, at ni Abaya na pera ng LP ang ipinamigay sa ‘mga biktima ni Yolanda’, o kaya ay GANOONG KATANGA si Abaya pagdating sa kagandahang asal.

Na SIGURADO AKONG PAREHONG di aaminin ninuman.

Second: The aid was distributed locally in areas devastated by ‘Yolanda’ So WHY were local talents nor chosen as hosts instead of Abaya, who is one of the TOP officials of the LP?

I’d bet a month’s salary that there were victims who were qualified, or probably even more qualified,  to stand as masters of ceremonies during the event.

Third: It’s been some five months since ‘Yolanda’ struck.

But it’s ONLY NOW that FINANCIAL AID was distributed, at a time when Mar is YET TO APPEAR in the ratings compared to other presidential hopefuls like Vice-President Jejomar Binay.

Pang-apat: KALIKASAN, AT HINDI KAGULUHANG POLITIKAL sa mga lokal na pamahalaan, ang pinagmulan ni ‘Yolanda.’ At ang tulong pinansyal ay para sa pagkain, gamot at iba pang emergency na pangangailangan ng mga biktima

In other words, DISASTER RELIEF, which is NOT A PRIMARY FUNCTION OF MAR AS DILG SECRETARY.

So it should have been PNoy or DSWD Sec. Dinky Soliman who should have distributed the aid and not Roxas. And I still would like to think that PNopy and his boys are NOT TOO STUPID NOT TO REALIZE THIS.

Still, the job was given to Mar. Why? Your guess is as good as mine, boys and girls.  30