Our government seems to be losing a good grip of the situations affecting the citizens in their daily lives. Resignations left and right, lawmakers violating the very same laws they have passed, word war at the Senate, among local government officials and Cabinet members, donations for Yolanda victims allegedly being repacked and sold in Manila, towns and cities still not reached by relief goods, robberies, hold-ups and crimes in general as Christmas draws near – all these and many more, have in some ways dampened the Christmas spirit in each of us.
Kitang-kita na ginagawa ni PNoy ang lahat ng makakaya nito para sa mabilis na pagbangon ng nasalantang mga lugar at lalo pang nagbigay pag-asa sa mga sinalanta ng bagyong Yolanda ang pagtalaga kay Secretary Ping Lacson bilang Rehabilitation czar. Ibig sabihin, hindi lamang pagbangon ang kailangang gawin sa Leyte at Samar kundi ihulma ang pagkakaroon ng disiplina ng mga opisyal -- isang karakter na nasa dugo ni Sec. Ping!