Karit ti SONA ni Digong... nakintal... natibker!

NAKINTAL, natibker ken mapangnamnamaan para iti masakbayan! Dagita a balikas ti mabalin a nakabuklan dagiti KARIT nga imbati ti maikadua a SONA (state of the nation address) ni Pres. Duterte itay nabiit. Pimmudno ti kunada a napudno , prangka ken naggapu iti puso ti nakabuklan ti mensahena. Ngem iti likud dagita... adda latta dagiti negatibo a komento. Adda nakurangan nupay ad-adu dagiti napnek ken nagtamed. Kas gagangay a mapaspasamak, nupay adda naisagana a basaenna (script) a mensahe... adda dagiti punto a singitanna tapno mailanadna laeng a naimbag iti praktikal a wagas. Tapno mas nalaklaka a maipaawat kadagiti umili. Natural, malimogan iti sabong a pagay-ayat met ti kaadduan ta dayta ngarud ti kababalinen ti presidente. Ti kunada a 45-minutes a SONA ket nagtinnag a 2-hours, 10 minutes. Sanabale, kunada ta nabagas. Nupay adda man dagiti mabalin a nalibtawan (nupay adda iti script) nawaya pay ti panawen tapno maipaawatto met laeng dagita. Adda pay lima a tawenna tapno amin dagiti negatibo a palapal kontra kenkuana ket masungbatan. Tsk tsk... adu ngamin dagiti agap-apura. Adu dagiti aginbubulag uray mulmulagatandan ti kinapudno. Kunada ngarud: dika batuen ti mangga nga awanan bunga. Arasaas: no binatodaka, pidutem dagiti naregreg a bungam ta iregalom kadagiti bimmato kenka. Sabali met ti arasaas daydi lolok: no binarsakdaka babaen iti nabiag a bato... barsakem ida iti nalasbang a sabong... agraman plorera.

-o0oIntay man biit lukiben dagiti pasamak a mainaig iti SONA. Adda nagdanagan dagiti umili sakbay ti aldaw ti SONA gapu kadagiti padamag nga isabotahe kano dagiti makakanigid a puwersa iti nagduduma a disso nangruna sadiay Davao. Ngem saan a napasamak. No adda man “out-of-tune” Antonio Trillanes had a negative repartee but he was promptly bull-shitted by fellow senators Ping Lacson delivering the most debasing commentary against him. Trillanes who has not outgrown his juvenile frivolities was conveniently absent.

Duterte was not sparing with his stab at his nemesis. “The Balangiga bells are ours. It is part of our national heritage”. But it is not about the bells if I were to read what lurks in his mind. There is a subliminal message that invoked the savagery committed by the American forces in Balangiga. It is about violence and human rights violations committed by Americans who incessantly denigrate the President and warned him on how he deals with drug lords and criminals. If they return the Balangiga bells, that should be addressed to their conscience.

What is important now is that the message was delivered crisp and sharp. The unwritten dialogue? You have no right to lecture us about human rights and violence for you have a history of such abuse from the time you set foot in American soil and slaughtered the Indians up to the time you set foot in Balangiga, Samar and in Sulu in the Philippines. But if Duterte was unsparing with his repartees on critics, he too is unsparing with his praises. To China, he heaped gratitude to President Xi Jinping for the billions of dollars committed to build infrastructures, trade and investments. While the US denied the Philippines arms to deal with local terrorist problems in the country, China gave these for free. And there lies the rub. The last quarter of this year will trigger some of the mega projects. Aware of how important is the last five-year period in his presidency to carry out massive infrastructure projects never before seen in the annals of Philippine history, President Duterte implores Chief Justice Lourdes Sereno to join him in his goal to realize all these by seriously looking at the negative impact of the courts Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) on the implementation of projects. He cited the case naaramid a panagambus... di unay nagsayasay ti dara. Dagita a pagteng ti nangpaldit iti piditpidit ni Digong idi sinangona dagiti militante ken aktibista kalpasan ti SONA. Dayta nga eksena ti mas rebbengna a pagdanagan gapu ta nawayada nga isabotahe ti presidente idi nagbitla daytoy iti entablado mismo dagiti rallyista. Saan a nakappapati a maaramid ti maysa a presidente ti sumango kadagiti kontra kenkuana ...ngem inaramidna. Puso , rikna ken biagna ti impustana iti dayta a pasken. Naglakada a puntingin, ngem yamanen iti Apo... awan ti kasta a napasamak. Tured ken tibker ti pakinakem nga agsirbi a sidadalus para iti kaadduan ti sinimbolo ti inaramidna. Adu ti nagdanag, ngem kalpasanna, nangraem ken nagsaludo. Ala, intay man lagipen dagiti eksena idi simmango ni Digong kadagiti rallyista:

o0oUmuna a basnot ni Pres. Duterte kadagiti rallyista ken makakanigid a grupo ket ti balikas nga: AGRERENNESPETOTAYO KOMA! Inulitulitna dayta sao iti baet dagiti bugtak, laaw ken panangumsi dagiti sinangona a grupo. Kunana ngarud: “Walang problema sa akin kung sisigawan ninyo ako dahil pulitiko ako... hindi ako takot... pero kung gusto ninyong mag-usap tayo, dapat magrespetuhan tayo!”. Innayonna pay: “Huwag ninyo akong daanin sa mga parally-rally ninyo. Kung gusto ninyo akong kausapin, pumunta kayo sa Malakanyang.” Impir-ak pay ti of TRO on the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act which guarantees access to methods of contraception, fertility control sexual education and maternal care. The TRO had been running for two years now. Justice Sereno whose court affirmed Duterte’s declaration of Martial Law in Mindanao was listening and watching the President with a smile.

And I can only hope it is a sign of conformity. Duterte also sought the understanding of the Commission on Audit. COA can really be a veritable hindrance to the fast implementation of projects. The President spoke on the basis of his experience as Mayor. Auditors, like traffic enforcers, can always spot violations if they wish. If you’re not over speeding you’re obstructing traffic. If you cannot be cited with that, they tell you you don’t have stickers on your license plates. If you reason out that Davao LTO has not issued you any, they shot back and say, “You’re in Cotabato and not in Davao”. President Duterte harbors no grudges against those who say he lacks economic savvy. He recalled the time he was first elected as Mayor of Davao City to illustrate his point. I was not able to catch his words verbatim but it went like this: “I met with the late (Regional Development Council Chairman Jesus V.) Ayala. We had a covenant. I said, I will take care of the peace and order and he said, I will take care of business”. Davao City stands today as having the highest economic growth of nine percent. That was the model Duterte wants and all he asks from big business is to pay their taxes correctly. He will let go of the mining firms this time but he insists that farmers who had been displaced and deprived of their income have to be compensated. He challenged the big mining operators to now shift to processing the mineral to finish products. And then he roared, “pay your taxes correctly otherwise I will tax you to death”. From his seat among the Cabinet Members, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez is smiling as if to say, Duterte’s admonition will make his job easy. SSDavao presidente a saan nga agamak wenno agbuteng a sumango kadagiti rallyista. Kimmarit pay daytoy kadagiti militante nga addaan armas nga aramatenda kenkuanan iti dayta nga eksena. “Kung gusto ninyo akong patayin, sige... sinong may Granada riyan? Paputukin mo na. “Impasarunona pay : Magrespetuhan tayo..huwag ninyo akong i-ambush!”... Ngamin ti kayatna a sawen... (kas nakunana) no ambusenda kano daytoy ket mapapatayda... sinno pay ngarud ti makasarita a mangsolbar iti parikutda kas pangarigan? He he... adda puntona, saan aya pards? No pukawem ti pagkiddawam iti solusyon iti parikutmo... sinnonto payen ti mangsolbar. Malagipko manen ti kanayon a mangegko idi kenni lolok: kuog ken takrot dagiti tarabitab ta agpatenggada laeng iti sao, awan met iti aramid.

o0oNadagsen ken nabagas ti maysa a paset ti SONA ni Digong idi kunana nga saannan a gamden ti makisarita kadagiti kumyunista panggep iti isyu ti peace talks wenno saritaan-kapia. No pasingkedanna daytoy ket dinanton ibabawi pay... dakkel a pukaw ti pagilian ta agtultuloy lattan ti rinnupak a mangipatli iti adu pay a biag ken pakadadaelan iti sanikua. Binagbagaanna pay dagiti militante a grupo nga agawidda laengen ket dida koma denggen ken tungpalen ti ibagbaga ni CPP founding chairman Joma Sison. Imbutaktakna pay ketdi a masakit kano ni Sison. Itay nabiit, adda met buwelta ni Sison a ni kano met Digong ti addaan sakit. Haayy biag... awan la ti awan. Ti la malawlawatdan, apo. Sanabale koma no komon-taoda a kas kadatayo... ngem nangangato ti puestoda a rumbeng koma a pagrukbaban ken respetuen. Kuna ngarud: pakawanem ida ta dida ammo’t sasawenda. Ngem iti baro a bersikulona: pakawanem ida ta ammoda ti ar-aramidenda! Ala, subliantayo man ti nakuna ni Digong a dinan kayat a kasarita dagiti Kumyunista iti isyu ti peace talk. Adu ti nagkuna nga ita laeng dayta a pangeddeng. Ammotayo metten ti ugali ni Presidente. Amangan ta iti mabiit a panawen... agbaliwto manen ti tayyek dagiti pasamak. Urayentayo. Ti maysa laeng a nakadadanag ket ti kuna ti AFP nga ituloydan ti misyonda kontra NPA.

o0oIti mas nalawlawag a takder ni Pres. Duterte babaen iti SONA-na panggep kadagiti makakanigid ket naiparang kadagitoy sumaganad nga eksena: (Maipalagip a binanatan ni Digong ti CPP gapu ta inawaganda daytoy a BULLY. ) “Yes, I am a bully”...dayta ti panangakona. “Kayong mga left, I will not talk to you. Why should I? Times have changed because God placed me here and I have to take care of a Republic. Bully daw ako? Talaga..bully ako especially to the enemies of the state. I would enforce laws against anarchy, disturbance and violence. Kayong mga left, I will not talk to you, huwag ninyo akong pilitin na propoor kayo, I’ve been totally wrong!”. Dagita dagiti balikas nga agbanag a kas nadagsen a burburtia kadagiti napasagidan a grupo. Saludsod: anianto ngata met ti reaksiyon ti CPPNDF-NPA? Dayta ngata ti makagapu no apay nga adda manen dagiti panagatake a napasamak iti nagduduma a paset ti pagilian? Dipay nalpas ti giyera kontra Maute-ISIS. Dipay narugian ti giyera kontra kadagiti dadduma pay a terorista a grupo kas koma ASG, BIFF ken dadduma pay. Dipay nalpas ti isyu panggep iti takder ti MNLF ken MILF. No aggigiddan dagita a rupak... pimanto ti sangapirgis a Pilipinas... ad-addanton a mapirsapirsay. Sapay koma ta saan a pumudno, apo.

o0oMaysa kadagiti kaudian a Karit iti SONA ket ti ballaag ni Digong kontra iti illegal a panagminas. Naiturong ti imatangna kadagiti pagminasan a nakadadaelan dagiti pagbibiagan dagiti nakukurapay a mannalon ken mangngalap. Kinuna: “You have to come up with substitute, either spend to restore the virginity of the source or I will tax you to death!” Mapasamakto ngata dagitoy? Abangan ang susunod na kabanata! Adios mi amor, ciao, mabalos!