Islander in the City

I just finished watching ANC’s Face to Face where Sec. Gilbert Teodoro had an open forum with local government leaders (three more are supposed to follow).

Admittedly, I was impressed with his eloquence and his firm hold on issues – he does have the big brains that’s a plus for any presidential aspirant. I even think that if he gets pitted with Chiz Escudero, Gibo will level with him content-wise. I particularly follow him in his views on reproductive health, local government autonomy and peace in Mindanao.

It’s just too bad that the 2010 elections will not be a platform for intelligence alone – a lot of it stands on the morality of leadership. And there is where Gibo will be weighed. And there he apparently fails.

Having been in the forefront of current governance, he knows the moral issues plaguing the Arroyo administration. But like any other lapdog, he toes his master’s line, and turns a blind eye to the obvious shenanigans. The big question therefore is: how would he see and do right when he becomes president when he cannot distinguish and acknowledge wrong now?