While most Filipinos would spend much of their evening watching, “Mga Anghel na Walang Langit”, “Kampanerang Kuba”, “Meteor Garden”, “Darna”, or “Engkantadia”, I usually spend an hour of my early evening watching the newest and hottest reality-based TV show in the Philippines today. It’s more exciting than the said telenovelas because everyday something significant happens that propels that whole story forward. Day by day, character development among the players were apparent. Moreover, whatever the ending of the story would be, I’m sure it would be make an important impact in my life. I’m talking about the drama-filled and comedy-prone saga of the President: Guilty or Not Guilty.
It’s quite interesting, actually. An unbiased observer would find amusement on how the pro-administration members and opposition members hurl criticisms at each other. A little highlight would be that one of the Department of Justice Secretary hurling below-the-belt comments about an ex-president’s daughter and how this ex-president’s daughter retorted to every insult on live TV in one of the popular showbiz talk shows, after which the president personally called her and asked forgiveness for the nth time. And then, there’s the endless changing positions among the politicians and opposition witnesses, who were condemning the First Family for being connected to jueteng payola, suddenly saying that they were just forced to do so, but adding that they did not lie in their statements (that’s somehow contradictory, isn’t?).
Oh well, tomorrow would be a more exciting episode. Tomorrow the Committee on Justice hearings regarding the impeachment proposal will start and the Jueteng hearings in congress, with the opposition saying they have a new surprise witness (how could it be surprise when they have already announced the name?) to present who will give undeniable and credible evidence connecting the First Family to jueteng.
More of this tomorrow. I still have to watch ABS-CBN’s Pipol episode tonight about Commissioner Garcillano, the supposed COMELEC commisioner PGMA was talking to in the Hello Garci tape, and Michael Angelo Zuce, witness as to how Lilian Pineda gave out money (supposedly from jueteng payola) to COMELEC commissioners during a dinner in the Arroyo’s La Vista House.
I just hope this is not one of those long-playing dramas on TV…
