22.1.06

Cha-cha or Tango?

For the past several months the news had been dancing around the same topic: "Cha-cha" or charter change. Our president is pushing for a constitutional assembly to change our constitution so that our government system can be changed to parliamentary.

Now, I hardly watch local news at all for the basic reason that not much on it is "news" to me since I always thought that news was supposed to be new information of any kind but I did hear something new when I watched the news a couple of hours ago. I heard a new term being thrown around: "Tango".

I've been browsing the ABS-CBN news website for about 30mins now looking for their article on this "TANGO" thing because I just can't believe the stuff that I heard on that news segment. But I can't seem to find the damn article... wait... hah... there it is... stupid me... It's under TV patrol not News Central.

Anyway, "TANGO" is the answer to "cha-cha" of former President Erap's supporters. It was launched by a group called FREEDOM (Free and Restore Estrada for Democracy and Order Movement). Apparently, this group is headed by former Nueva Ecija Gov. Edno Joson. Who this guy is, I have no idea whatsoever because there was no sign of him in the news bit. All I saw were his (Erap's) sons. I think it was JV who was onstage giving a very intense speech and then Jinggoy was shown shaking hands with the people who attended this event.

TANGO is supposed to be an acronym for "Tanggalin si Gloria Arroyo sa lalong madaling panahon" -- but then since acronyms are supposed to be words formed from the initial letters or by combining letters and parts of a series of words, the more appropriate ancronym would've been "TAN-G-A" (which is like a euphemism of sorts for the word tanga which means stupid) but then they would have deviated from the "dancing" theme. Though I think it would've had more "umph' to it if they had used TANGA instead of TANGO 'coz it would've seemed as if they were saying that "Tanga yung mga taong nag-punta sa EDSA 2! Eh ano kayo ngayon?" (The people who went to EDSA 2 are stupid! So what has become of you now?) or something like that. -- but what they really want as what their group's name states, is that they want Erap to be reinstated to the position that was snatched from him by Gloria.

It was also noted that if Erap and his children left Malacañang in 2001 teary-eyed, that they were now very pleased in greeting their father's supporters and that they were eagerly awaiting a "fight" that is impending. Hmm...

So what would it be cha-cha or tango? Let me put it to you this way: If Gloria stays in power, then God help all of us because with the huge number of attempts that are about to happen to destabilize her presidency, it's a safe bet that our economy is just totally going to go kaput that we will certainly need the assistance of Divine Intervention, but if Erap gets reinstated as President, then I will become an Atheist because that happening, pretty much proves to me that there is no God.

posted by jeanne @ 01:16

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