“Patience
is not simply the ability to wait - it's how we behave while we're waiting.” Joyce Meyer
By
Alex P. Vidal
EXEQUIEL
“Boy Ex” Javier knows he had been knocked out.
The
referee had already ruled him unfit to continue.
But
he refused to accept defeat saying he would only go down and leave the arena if
the ring announcer has officially declared his loss.
In
this scenario, Antique governor Javier is the dethroned pugilist.
The
Commission on Elections (Comelec) is the referee.
The
Supreme Court is the ring announcer.
Javier
said while he “will respect” the decision of the Comelec, only the Supreme
Court can oust him.
A
case of a defrocked prizefighter refusing to leave the ring even if the referee
has already rendered an official verdict, because the ring announcer was still
waiting for the jury to hand over him the official result of the contest.
Amid
the conundrum, Rhodora Cadiao raised her hand in victory and strapped the
championship belt around her waist.
“But
I’m still the champion,” protested the blooded Javier. “The crown has not been
vacated.”
Ignoring
Javier, newly-crowned titlist Cadiao prepares to announce her first defense of
the title and didn’t wait anymore for Michael Buffer or Jimmy Lennon Jr. to
declare “And the winner is…”
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FORMER
Iloilo first district Rep. Oscar “Oca” Garin Sr. became both the singer and the
song.
He
intended only to disabuse the minds of doubting Thomases that he was behind the
illegal gambling activities in the first district of Iloilo.
He
only wanted to expose an evil and send a chilling reminder that he didn’t
tolerate it.
But
Garin, the singer, ended up disastrously singing a different song.
Instead
of telling pessimists directly that he had no hand in illegal gambling
activities in his district, Garin went haywire and machined-gunned municipal
mayors and police chiefs in the district, accusing them of receiving a monthly
payola or protection racket from gambling lords.
The
title of his song should have been: “I’m Innocent.”
Because
“he is innocent” or has nothing to do with illegal gambling activities, Garin
exhorted the cops to apprehend all those involved.
But
in his haphazardly-prepared concert, Garin erratically sang: “You’re on the
take.”
No
names. No evidence. No nothing except banter and cavalier sermon.
When
the tide of media criticism, as well as the cavil of the police chiefs and the
municipal mayors concerned, turned against him, Garin’s new tune became “Don’t
blame me!”
The
singer and the song goofed because he beat around the bush!
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ILOILO
second district Rep. Arcadio “Cadio” Gorriceta said he agreed with Iloilo Gov.
Arthur “Art” Defensor Sr. when the governor told him in one of their
discussions that the true measure of a brave and durable ring warrior is his
capacity to mount a comeback and survive after he has been floored on the same
bout.
“He
is a brave and durable warrior if, after having been rocked by solid blows and
got knocked down, he is still able to recover, absorb more punishments, and
continue to attack his opponent,” said Gorriceta.
Gorriceta
cited Juan Manuel “Dinamita” Marquez, the hard-hitting Mexican who knocked out
in six Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao on December 8, 2012 in Las Vegas.
“Marquez
suffered knockdowns several times in all his duels with Pacquiao. In their last
fight, his nose was already blooded and Pacquiao was ready to finish him off
when disaster struck: Pacquiao went down from Marquez’s lucky punch and was
counted out,” the congressman recalled.
Rep.
Gorriceta talked about Marquez after we met accidentally during the lunch for
the birthday of fellow journalist Herbert Vego at Hotel del Rio on January 31,
where he asked whether the fight between Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. will
push through.
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