‘Iron Lady’ resigns... Will Pichay, et al, do the same tack?
May 3, 2011By Ismael Adesas Amigo
OBVIOUSLY, Ombudswoman Merciditas Gutierrez finally succumbed to the political pressure heaped upon her by the Aquino Administration but she beat them to the draw by abruptly tendering her irrevocable resignation effective May 6, 2011.
The question now lingers: Will the nature of political vindictivism now stop and gear up to pro-people, pro-pregress thrust?
Or, will the other GMA remnants like Prospero Pichay follow the same route and silently fade away from public service and wait until after the turn of another friendly card comes along?
Just like “National Water Boy” Pichay, and others out there, Gutierrez also enjoys, actually, the comfort of a constitutional mandate but what the heck if one had to swimming on hostile waters infested by sharks.
The survival rate in that orders on miraculous or very dim and with it the Iron Lady opted not to push her luck further or subject herself from further public ridicule – a no-holds barred Senate impeachment proceedings that were scheduled for this week -- even if she all the rights as mandated by the Philippine constitution.
Former GMA ally in DENR Secretary and AFP high brass Angelo Reyes gave in to that amid the infamous AFP funds mess and that Gutierrez heeded, perhaps, the advice of immediate relatives of self-preservation.
A good move some quarters aver as this translates into millions of peso savings and quality time for lawmakers who now have to refocus their respective legislative agendas in a country crying for concrete pro-progress policies.
Nevertheless, Gutierrez made it a point to thank her benefactor now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo by giving her the opportunity to serve the country.
President Aquino, meantime, called Gutierrez’s resignation a victory for his Administration which according to Malacanang may now ostensibly have a firmer grip on its drive against corruption.
Posted by Metro Express News. Posted In : NATION
