The groom arrived at the church thirty minutes late, somber and teary eyed. His mother had to rush out to help him wear his barong tagalog. This must have piqued the priest so much that he started the ceremony railing at the vexatious delay. But the bride was very radiant in her wedding gown, and a smile exposing genuine exuberance as she walked down the aisle. Earlier, she had gone through such tedious preparation, waking up early, doing last minute instructions, make-up, and getting dressed. Everything’s set and everything’s done: from getting the marriage license, the wedding entourage, invitations, photographer, video, bridal car, booking a restaurant, hotel, and all other wedding essentials. This moment had got to be the joyous culmination.
While the wedding ceremony was progressing, the groom was fidgety and kept peeking at his cellphone. The time came for the exchange of vows, the highlight of this age-old ritual—the proclamation of their lifetime commitment to each other. The priest proceeded to ask the groom, in customary phrasing, if he will take the bride to be his wife. Just right before the groom could answer; a loud cry reverberated across the church hall: “No, stop the wedding!”, and the groom’s name being called twice. This came from a woman who just went in.
The groom turned, and with no hint of reluctance, went straight to the woman and embraced her. They darted out of the church, leaving everybody stunned, and the bride, shocked and horrified.
I just caught tonight an excerpt, on ANC, of Korina Sanchez’s exclusive interview with Rodolfo “Jun” Lozada, the man who testified on the controversial ZTE deal and confirmed what has already been postulated by many as the archetype of the chronic iniquities not only of this administration but of the past governments as well. From his revelations at the Senate, the only surprise, at least to me, is perhaps the scandalous amount of “commissions” involved – US$130,000,000.00. If true, it leaves me wondering how much dough these greedy bastards must have milked from those other multi-billion peso government projects.
Before I saw the interview, despite having seen some snippets of his appearance at the Senate, I reserved my opinion on him. He has already been impetuously compared by many to Clarissa Ocampo; and his testimony as the “tipping point” which presumably would lead to GMA’s downfall, as the many intractable (and already salivating) GMA critics would fancy it to be. Evidently, he is a far cry from Clarissa Ocampo, as the latter’s credibility was anchored on her being not part of the Mafia, but simply for her being a disinterested eyewitness. Notwithstanding all the drama and suspense that precede Jun Lozada’s face-off at the Senate, I suspect him to be another one of those guys who got an axe to grind, got pissed, and as retribution, ratted on his fellow thieves.
When I saw him respond to Korina’s questions, he struck me rather surprisingly as someone who is a pained and passionate idealist, who got caught up in the “system” where his professed ideals certainly have no place in the wheeling and dealing that continually goes on. The moment he chose to join the government he knew he had to cast those ideals aside. That he had to be a team player in order to function, and that he had to project that kind of persona acceptable to the coterie that wields the real power. He knew that he ultimately had to toe the line no matter his personal judgment. He accepted this reality. In fact, his candid admissions to the transgressions he committed proved that he gave in to the allurement of being in the circle of power – where one can practically do anything and get away with it. As that notorious aphorism says, “What are we in power for.”, clearly rings true. In short, he simply got sucked in. (more…)
He is Atty. Alan F. Siu - a thirty-something practicing lawyer based in Cebu City, Philippines. He also teaches at a local law school. His practice includes litigation, as well as corporate and tax consultancy. He likes to write. He just found out about blogging and decided to make it his welcome diversion. As much as possible, he veers from writing about Philippine politics (and politicians) which he looks down with utter disapprobation but ...on second thought - he might be tempted to scrawl up some lampoonery on the matter after all.
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