Commentary: Leap of faith
Baguio City (30 June 2005) -- The “PGMA- Susan rivalry†which some sectors are trying to paint is only doing more harm than good.
The hint that “plans†from several groups, which have already been brought to Mrs. Poe’s attention seem to be geared to bring down the administration. These kinds of talk tend to only cause Filipinos to panic and be brainwashed into surrendering the national agenda to people who do not have a sense of national direction. These kinds of talk also tend to send the national psyche careening in fright as reflected by the continuing drop of the peso and the markets.
Government therefore needs to make reform moves faster and bigger in order to overwhelm all the noise and uncertainty fast filling the social atmosphere. There is a need to overtake events and stop punctuating them by reaction and explanation of the Administration’s side.
The people need to be shown that there is a leadership they can count on that will apply its vision, vast resources and unparalleled powers not to react to its detractors but to take the nation out of the rut and forward into global pride and competitiveness.
There are no magic pills. The administration just has to be serious and sweeping in addressing basic concerns for food, jobs and peace and order; and in attacking basic ills such as corruption, smuggling, tax evasion, etc., and by channeling otherwise wasted or idle government resources and manpower to achieve these ends.
The sacrifices that the President and her family are making, as well as the implementation radical reforms, are signals of better things ahead.
In the meantime, we just have to take a leap of faith. (PIA)
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