Tuesday, February 12, 2008

**Who do you blame for all of these?

The Group of Local Chapter Presidents?; The COMELEC?; The Board of Trustees?, or The Office of the Presidency?

- No, No, No, The Group of Local Chapter Presidents cannot be blamed for what had happened because they were "used" by the current administration to sow confusion during the Annual Convention. They were victims of deceits and betrayal done and currently being perpetrated by power hungry tyrants within our organization! Although these group is still in its infancy stage and most members are innocent on the real issues, we admire their passionate quest to look for a solution during periods of what they perceive as "crisis". This quick reaction exhibited by the Group of Local Chapter Presidents is a prompt response analogous to a kneejerk reflex, meaning our organization is fast becoming an organism that is alive and kicking and we are proud of them for exhibiting that kind of trait (a trait seldom shown by the BOT). As much as we want to avoid exposing them to this kind of sham, since we are still in the process of nurturing and teaching them the basics of our organization in which they have just recently joined, some misguided elements within the ranks of the BOT saw an opportunity to utilize them instead for their personal agenda. As much as we want to avoid mob rule during the time of election (we think it is already water under the bridge), one thing positive about the incident is that we can see in them our future leaders for one of the essence of democracy is to err in favor of freedom.

- No & Yes, The COMELEC is an innocent bystander to the election because they were not given due notice and proper time to prepare for the event. Like the Group of Local Chapter Presidents they were betrayed and "used" by the current Administration. Their decisions were coerced by the Angry Crowd Scenario and they succumb to the pressure of negotiating with the BOT as represented by Dr. Rene Catan & Dr. Elmer Punzalan only to find out that they would be betrayed again the following day (November 13, 2007) and the subsequent hours during that day. The members of PAMS-COMELEC are all Luminaries in our organization and they are; Dr. Wilfredo Tagle (5th President), Dr. Bonifacio Ronsayro (4th President), Dr. Miguel Ocampo (6th President), and Dr. Rhodora Cruz (Co-Founder of PAMS). Dr. Rene Catan (less than two years as BOT) and Dr. Elmer Punzalan (less than one year as BOT) know the composition of the COMELEC and yet they have the audacity and nerve to expose these people to their dirty political maneuvering just to stay in power. As an Independent Constitutional Body, the COMELEC erred and should have stood their ground during election time, but individually, I understand their predicaments for they merely wanted to help resolve the election crisis (created by determined individuals still pushing for a NO ELECTION scenario).

- Yes, the Board of Trustees is partly to blame! Why? Although most of the individual members of the BOT have good intentions, they allowed the Body to participate in coercing the COMELEC during election time, thereby destroying the credibility of one of the mechanism of our organizational check and balance. Each member of the BOT must fully understand their role and the dynamics within, so that collectively the BOT could consciously protect the institutions of the organization and take an active role in governing rather than being used as a mere rubber stamp. Each must have the quality and "diligence of the father of the family" so that nothing would come in harms way against our constituents brought about by external factors and Tyrants Within

- Yes, Yes, Yes, The President and his cohorts are the main authors of these confusions and anarchy, and we don’t have to prove it further because the facts as stated above are too obvious and the logical pattern of events are self explanatory

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