Political squid ink

Political squid ink

It is a political squid stratagem. The resurgence of Dacer-Corbito double murder case is clearly timed to divert the attention of our people. Such stories are obviously dripped with squid ink. Like the squid, Malacanang oozes out a cloud of ink and hides behind it. They bury the more important issues like unemployment of returning OFWs, charter change, fertilizer scam, ZTE deal, VFA, and other major corruption scandals. Probably in a bid to defuse criticisms against the present administration they want us to focus on issues that unfold stunningly similar to telenobelas. They want us to be amused with old stories but with turns and twists. Besides, nobody seriously believes that the re-emergence of the Dacer-Corbito case is not politically motivated. Probably Malacanang has the impression that Senator Lacson and former President Estrada, who are allegedly involved in the double murder case, are the closest rivals of their presidential candidate.

I read that squid produces ink when confronted by predators. It's also a way for the squid to warn its fellow squid to react to a threat. The squid tactic cues the supporters of Malacanang to react to the attacks being made against the present administration. And their political allies react with no less dramatic by stimulating the debates on charter change in order to save the president. The political imperative is to remain in power beyond 2010.

We are watching silently these unfortunate events in our country and we are saddened and in fact angry that we are being fooled by our leaders. We don’t feel that the government cares enough for the dignity of our nation because our leaders are fighting for political survival.

Well, a word to the wise is enough. Remember, you can fool some people all the time and all the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.