Arctic Beetle

Sure enough, I am not the first one to spew out moans of disapproval and spits of disgust at Ampatuan Jr. who by the power of Satan came out unscathed against the bullets aimed at him while he was being sent to the local airport. Now if there were also weapons of sexual assault and gallons of semen that were flung at him in midair, that would have been quite close the the vengeance he rightfully deserves. Further disfiguring of his disfigured body that reflects its inside wouldn’t hurt too. Total organism annihilation and his detritus being sent to the outer space  sounds fair enough for a clan and a bunch of journalists murdered, only if the universe wasn’t an ethereal cosmos. Only one conclusion could be made and that is he doesn’t deserve to be in any place other than hell’s newest circle especially fabricated for him.

If the human race is the paragon and criterion of how intelligent every organism on the planet is, then I am very ashamed to be part of it and be put under the same classification that demon is in. Who ever thought that the use of intelligence could lead to a macabre conclusion that in order to obstruct a rival candidate from running, a private army should be commanded to mangle, rape and kill (in any order) the members of a group whose only intent is to file a certificate of candidacy? I am now appealing to his emotions because I am sure that from all the possible forms of wisdom that could exist, none would ever think of doing — no, even planning that massacre. Looking at the evidences of how he planned this carnage, in fact, the existence of his emotions and moral scruples is also in question.

I am filled with distaste. Mamatay ka na! I wouldn’t have two minds killing you in the most brutal and humiliating way I can think of.

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PS: This has undergone retention for quite some time now, because of some school requirements that called for last-minute attention (in short, cramming).

“The President and the Vice-President shall be elected by direct vote of the people for a term of six years which shall begin at noon on the thirtieth day of June next following the day of the election and shall end at noon of the same date six years thereafter. The President shall not be eligible for any re-election. No person who has succeeded as President and has served as such for more than four years shall be qualified for election to the same office at any time.” – Article VII Sec. 4 of the 1987 Constitution

This is the snippet of the Constitution that both Mr. Estrada (and his minions who probably sought for this provision when the law-newbie-and-will-always-be-a-newbie Erap voiced his interest to take a second shot at presidency, which I doubt will be any better than his first dig) and his antis who want to save the masa he loves from madly falling in love with him even sweeter the second time around, hold on to. I am not an aspiring lawyer nor someone who is any different from Erap as I am also not versed in the ways and whatnots of the Philippine law, but for someone who resigned accordingly because he is “unable to exercise the powers and duties of his office”, I don’t think he has the right to shove into everyone’s face the last sentence of the snippet of the Constitution I posted above and say “Ha, I only served for 3 years and therefore, I can run!”.

Also, correct me if I am wrong, the pardon GMA granted him did not annihilate the plunder case appended to him. He is like a ubiquitin-tagged protein which the proteasome decided not to digest because it decided to go against the physical laws and interfere with karma’s eagerness to show its bitchy side. (Sorry, I know it is wrong of me to compare Erap to a protein which evidently has a use. So much for analogy!)  Then again, we go back to the fact that Erap is still tagged and thus the Supreme Court can label him ineligible to run. With the possible confusion Erap can cause, the COMELEC may label him, on the other hand, an eligible nuisance candidate. Dear Mr. President, this is what you will possibly get for trying to rectify your mistakes or maybe, for attempting to farm a large amount of dough again.

This then makes me want to compare the Constitution to a large program saturated with complicated “if-else” statements. By all means possible, the programmer – the Constitutional Assembly – should have expected every possible condition that could arise. Syntax is the key to both.

In the end, the decision is still with those who were and are being given the chance to vote this coming Presidential elections. As much as I’d like to trust the Filipinos (which in many, many ways hold my future in contrast to Jose Rizal’s popular statement), we err and history is bound to repeat itself. You know, like the case with Marcos — though he was known to be a strongman back then, the mass which revolted against him is the same as the one which put him in that pedestal (not that I’m saying that he flunked as a President).

Somehow, I can heave a sigh for not having the right to vote yet, especially with such set of presidentiables.