THE RIGHT THING

When my mother was asked if there were any attempts to get her to discuss her differences with the President, this is what she said:

“Napakahalaga sa akin ay matingnan ko sa sa mata ang bawat huwes at sabihing tumayo ka. Kahit sino pang makapangyarihan ang tumawag sa iyo, manindigan ka sa iyong paniniwalang tama. At huwag na huwag kang papatakot. Kung ako po ay nakipag-usap, nag-kompromise, nawala na po ang ganoong kakayahan ko…. Hindi ako nag-kompromiso, nanindigan ako sa tama.”

REMEMBER WHEN MARCOS’ GENERALS WHO WERE ORDERED TO SHOOT AT THE PEOPLE INSTEAD TURNED THEIR BACKS ON THE MARCOSES AND SIDED WITH THE PEOPLE IN 1986?

Let us remember the times when there were so many people who were heroes, including the generals, other officers, and soldiers who refused to shoot at their fellow Filipinos in EDSA. Remember that by doing so, they disobeyed the chain-of-command, and risked their careers. But they were following a higher law – the law of God. Kung sinunod nila ang twisted interpretation ng Romans 13, massacre of thousands of innocent ang nangyari.

KAILAN MALI ANG “FORGIVE AND FORGET”

Ang pagnanakaw sa kaban ng bayan (ill-gotten wealth) ay hindi kasalanan sa mga indibidwal na Kristiyano bilang Kristiyano, kundi sa Republic of the Philippines, the corporate entity trying to recover the ill-gotten wealth; the People of the Philippines whose criminal laws were violated; ang mga mahihirap na napagkaitan ng benefits of the money that was stolen; and the taxpayers who will continue to shoulder the loans that the Marcos government incurred dahil nilimas niya ang treasury ng bayan.

WHO IS MARIA LOURDES SERENO?

If she were a dessert, Maria Lourdes A. Sereno would be a soufflé — crusty on the outside but balanced, flavorful and pleasingly mellow in the inside.

About Maria Lourdes Sereno

“If my heart is no longer crying at injustice, then I must leave my position in the Supreme Court—then I no longer deserve to be a Justice of the Supreme Court. The moment na hindi na ako umiiyak, yung hindi na ako nasasaktan, yung heart ko hindi na nagbe-break sa nakikita kong kawalan ng katarungan, ibig sabihin matigas na ang puso ko, dapat umalis na ako. Hindi pwede yun.” -Maria Lourdes Sereno