Madrigal vs Defensor, Round 1
January 24th, 2005 at 7:33 am (General)
The headline in today’s Philippine Daily Inquirer has expounded on the pending verbal war between DENR Secretary Mike Defensor and Senator Jamby Madrigal. Personally, I agree and fully understand Sec. Defensor’s outburst against Sen. Madrigal’s accusations. Sa totoo lang, as far as I can remember, puro press release lang yan si Sen. Madrigal.
Since the months before the first time she ran for a senatorial seat, she has shown nothing concrete regarding her alleged campaign “Kontra Politika” and her advocacy for education and the environment. She can’t say that she does not thrive in publicizing her achievements because the mere fact that she advertises and raises hell about her so-called advocacies, and the fact that she was running for and is now a Senator, gives the public the unquestionable right to question her achievements. Needless to say, we will only believe what we see.
Personally, I am sick and tired of politicians and wannabe politicians exploiting the environmental cause. It’s so easy to advocate conservation, waste management, no to illegal logging, but we I need to believe their sincerity is proof that they live and breathe to save the environment. And tree-planting and “beautification” projects do not count in my book. The plight of the environment cannot be addressed properly through mere advocacy and lip service. Every person, especially those who supposedly have it intheir political agenda should serve as role models to the rest of the citizenry. This means including the environment in their every decision0making process.
Environmental concerns are never separate from everything else that we do. Hence, to learn that Sen. Madrigal and her fmaily owns logging corporations and mining companies, is hypocrisy of the highest degree. Before she points her fingers towards other people to blame them, she should fist take a good damn look at herself and the people around her. If she cannot even influence her family to change their environmental outlook, how can she influence other people.
On the other hand, I am impatiently waiting for Sec. Defensr’s findings, recommendations and legal actions to solve the multitude of environmental problems our country face. Furthermore, I would like for him to present concrete evidence to support his claims against Sen. Madrigal and her family.
In the end, this verbal war is likely to result to nothing at all. In the end, it will just give bigger publicity to the involved personalities, trivialize the issues and lead to more politicization of the environmental cause, if that is still possible. No matter who wins this tussle, the environment is likely to lose. And we are most likely to lose.
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denise said,
March 3, 2005 at 7:03 am
hahaha! oo, agree talaga ako. puro satsat lang talaga yan si madrigal. as far as i can remember, mas madaming beses pa yata akong nakinig ng senate hearings kesa sa kanya. nasa senate hearing lang siya para magpakita tapos umuuwi ng maaga. nagtatagal lang siya dun pag may press release siya at kapag may “agenda” siya.. imagine bringing indigenous people sa loob ng plenary hall in their native costumes (as in nakabahag lang) ang making them dance infront of the press and other senators while telling the people these lines “I am for these indigenous people.. I am pro Filipino”… Kung alam niya lang na nanginginig na sa ginaw yung mga “friends” niya! ang lamig katya sa loob ng plenary hall! HUh! Disgusting political propaganda!
denise said,
March 3, 2005 at 7:04 am
hahaha! oo, agree talaga ako. puro satsat lang talaga yan si madrigal. as far as i can remember, mas madaming beses pa yata akong nakinig ng senate hearings kesa sa kanya. nasa senate hearing lang siya para magpakita tapos umuuwi ng maaga. nagtatagal lang siya dun pag may press release siya at kapag may “agenda” siya.. imagine bringing indigenous people sa loob ng plenary hall in their native costumes (as in nakabahag lang) and making them dance infront of the press and other senators while telling the people these lines “I am for these indigenous people.. I am pro Filipino”… Kung alam niya lang na nanginginig na sa ginaw yung mga “friends” niya! ang lamig kaya sa loob ng plenary hall! HUh! Disgusting political propaganda!
kristine said,
March 15, 2005 at 11:31 am
ano ba ang ibang issues against madrigal? i nid kxe 4 my polsci. thanx
george a jacildo jr said,
May 1, 2005 at 6:07 am
i’m a pro erap…….lahat ng kampi sa aming pangulong joseph ejersito estrada ay susupportahan namin…
Mrs.C. Dijkhuyzen said,
January 17, 2007 at 6:06 am
I think Philippine politics has been damaged by the marcos dictatorship.I want the younger generations of Pinoys to remember our second hero who gave his life for our democracy after marcos and that is HIS MOST HONORABLE SENATOR NINOY AQUINO!
mark said,
May 12, 2007 at 2:44 pm
hahayz kung sino kamang writer/author ka tama na! puro ka rin satsat eh, palibhasa kampi ka sa mga walang kwenta tao tulad ni GMA… u just jump into conclusions rather than being neutral and taking the side which truth lies… wag mo nang siraan ang mga pulitiko, mag labas ka nalang ng ebidenysa if they commit mistakes then criticize, hindi yung criticize ka lang ng criticize kahit walang basehan, maglabas ka ng ebidensya! TAPOS!
Amylou said,
September 28, 2007 at 6:51 pm
Actually, most of our politicians are power hungry and greedy. Reduce their budgets/junkets, remove immunity, make and implement a law that require them to published their Statement of Accounts before and after their term plus lifestyle check is a must to all politicians and all government officials and staff…. I bet only few wants to run the country and serve our country.