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There is a fundamental flaw in this society when we allow persons with self-serving interests to act as our national broker to salvation.  Still, we take it as a given if we have fools who claim to have talked with God and then start his own religion or Bible-mangling group.  But we are doubly screwed if we allow the same cuckoos to be our political spokespersons.  While we allow them their metaphysical delusions, we should never allow them their political illusions.  In such a case, we end up as we always have been: fucked up while we cry to high heavens “Eh-men!”   

       Philippine society achieved a great leap when we declared a separation of church and state.  That way, we reduced our social enemies from four to three—the imperialists, the feudal lords and the traditional politicians.  Since then, we expected the church to be our ally against the social sins the three are committing against us.  To be fair, many churches try to be with the people in the issues of environment, poverty, corruption, morality, human rights, peace, justice and the like.  But time and again, we wake up to such revelations as that made by the oh-so-intelligent (pwe!) Rep. Annie Rosa Susano who boasted she can’t be criticized by the church for supporting gloria’s charter change because she just gave them four million pesos a couple of weeks back.

     What makes me angrier is the news I just heard—El Shaddai’s Mike Velarde has invited gma to the huge anti-charter change rally on Sunday, December 17. I hope it’s not true but I hear that gma is contemplating on coming.

    The rally was society’s expression of anger at gma’s shameless machinations to amend the charter to legitimize her troubled presidency and to benefit her political allies.  Velarde’s decision, if true, is not a Christian act; it is decision of an utterly stupid person.  Does he think that gma would genuinely ask forgiveness for her sins when she sees the throng assembled?  She is the person who had the gall to say sorry to an offense she still claims to have not committed just to save her burnt ass!  She is the person who praised a butcher in Maj. General Jovito S. Palparan.

     Because of what Velarde reportedly did, several questions beg to be asked.  Who asked him to invite gloria without consulting the other groups organizing the rally?  What considerations were there to compel him to do so?  Money?  Influence?  More sweetheart loans for his property projects?

     But will I be seriously surprised if he did?  After all, he is the man that he is.  He was Erap’s supporter before he changed allegiance when gloria became president.  He is the guy whose fashion sense shames Kuya Germs—fuschia colored jackets profuse with sequins.  He is the guy who asks his flock to turn their umbrellas upside down when it is raining cats and dogs, promising them of a deluge of graces from heavens. He is the guy who asks the misled faithful to jump up and down like frogs to show their faith.  He is the guy who delivers to gloria an audience while the rest of the country is virtually stupefied with the brazenness of her illegal and immoral acts.

       I apologize to those who may be offended when they read this—especially El Shaddai members (like my beloved Auntie Cena).  Understand, though, I am offended as well by Velarde’s antics when he plays traditional politics while using his followers as his horse.  More importantly, the people may yet again lose this much-needed chance to amply show the ruling elite our collective disgust at their persons and their interests.

       May the Mike Velardes of this world be forgiven.  Eh-men?