Esperon’s Costly Mistakes
Written on Friday, August 15th, 2008 at 5:30 am | by news and pressIn a recent column by Rene Q. Bas of The Manila Times, he cites the costly mistakes made by “peace negotiator” Esperon.
Last week and on Monday, it became clear—from retired Generals Ermita, Esperon and Garcia’s failure to give satisfactory answers to honest questions asked by House allies of the administration— that the government should renegotiate the highly flawed draft of the MOA-AD.
But on Wednesday Presidential Peace Adviser Esperon ruled out renegotiation.
A Philippine Information Agency news story published in the official Malacañang website tells of Gen. Esperon’s resolve to overcome the Supreme Court’s TRO on the MOA-AD.
The story reiterates the Malacãnang view that the MOA-AD is “just one part of the negotiations and is also just a document that still [sic] need enabling laws passed by the Congress before it gets implemented.”
The article goes on saying that the palace is thinking haphazard. I believe he is right, only because the planning of such a scheme by The Arroyo Administration probably ruled out some of the obstacles that it has encountered. Namely, that The Filipino people aren’t fools.
The article finally cites that Esperon has admitted having made mistakes, and yet he is against renegotiation.
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