The chipmunk smile of Gloria in the Palace flashed again when the Saudi government announced that it is releasing more than 200 Filipinos detained as an act of clemency.
Hirit pa ni Gloria, very successful daw ang pagpunta niya kasi akala niya fifty lang ang ire-release. Naging 100 na nga, dinoble pa. Which is a very generous act of the Saudi government.
But along with the generousity is a slap which Gloria in the Palace failed to notice. Kala niya siguro, pat on the back na nag-miss lang tumama dahil sa kanyang height kaya nahagip ang kanyang mukha. Ang hindi niya alam, indirect assault yun sa kanyang credibility.
1. Sabi ng DFA at Malacanang, there are only 137 Filipinos detained in Saudi Arabia. Migrante contradicts this saying there are more than 500. IF there are only 137, ba't more than 200 ang binigyan pa ng clemency? Sino ngayon ang more than 60 individuals na binigyan pa ng clemency? At sino rin ang sinasabi ng Saudi government na iba pang Pinoy na hindi naisama sa bibigyan ng clemency dahil sa death penalty ang hatol sa kanila?
2. At bakit clemency? Ba't di na lang ipaglaban sa korte at patunayan na walang sala ang mga ito? Masyaso ba'ng matalino si Gloria in the Palace to understand that a grant of clemency is a clear and un-erasable record na ang akusado ay talagang nagkasala?
3. Sabi ni Gloria in the Palace sa mga taga-Saudi, magagaling daw na workers ang Pinoy at kanya itong pinagmamalaki. Ba't nakakulong ngayon ang mga ito? Ba't hindi inaasikaso ng gobyerno? Me magaling bang iniiwan? Me asset ba'ng itinatapon sa ibang bansa? Ba't hindi niya pinapangalagaan?
Well, a grant of clemency is not a grant of justice. The record of the crime still remains and this stains the dignity of an accused especially if he is not really guilty of the crime imputed to him. And Gloria to shout with joy and boast of this mass clemency granted to Filipinos is simply accepting the insult especially that she's boasting of the workmanship of Filipinos. Tanga ba siya o makapal lang ang mukha?
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