During the President’s speech at the business forum in Beijing, he veered a little bit away from his favorite topic, Obama and the Americans, and touched on the drug menace wreaking havoc in our community.
I commend him for wanting to rid our country of this gigantic problem. However, we also need China’s full and sincere cooperation in stopping their exports of shabu and to stop all shabu labs in our country operated mainly by mainland Chinese according to the reports.
In his speech in front of the Filipino community at the Grand Hyatt ballroom, he said exactly the same things.
He also encouraged people to report to him government officials who are asking for money (graft and corruption). He said something like “Sampalin mo, putang-ina, murahin mo, sipain, at kung may baril ka, barilin mo na lang para tapos na. Patayin na lang ba. Putang-ina Bayaran na lang ang pamilya. Ako magbayad. Patayin na lang, i-abswelto kita. Limang araw lang yang iiyak-iyak ang pamilya nyan, bayaran na lang. tapos na”.
Hindi po tutoo na pag namatayan ang pamilya, kahit mahirap sila, ay limang araw lang silang iiyak. Napakasakit po pag nawalan ng mahal sa buhay. The grief and agony cannot be measured by the number of days we see their families wailing and fainting. Ako nga, 18 years na pong patay ang papa ko pero hanggang ngayon dinadamdam ko pa rin, Naiiyak pa rin ako pagnaaalala ko na sayang wala na ang mga magulang ko.
Paano ang mga namatayan ng anak na 20 anyos pa lang, asawa na 31 years old pa lang? Merong mga maliliit na anak na naiwan. Mauubos ang luha ng pamilya pero hindi ibig sabihin ay limang araw lang okay na agad ang buhay nila. Hindi po ganun ang halaga ng buhay ng tao.
When someone in the family died, those left behind just didn’t have a choice but to continue living no matter how grief-stricken and devastated they were. Itutuloy lang nila ang buhay nila pero hindi ibig sabihin, limang araw lang silang umiyak, tapos ngayon okay na sila.
Let’s feel for others. We can be strict but not ruthless. Let’s be more sensitive to others. Let’s have deep compassion and sincere concern for the welfare of our country and its people.
