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Jun Lozada Should Stop His Antics, ‘Ka-OA-han’

PUBLISHED ON April 9, 2008 AT 7:56 AM

Some of the comments that we’ve been receiving here in PinoyPress are quite critical of Rodolfo “Jun” Lozada, the whistleblower in the ZTE-NBN scandal. “Masyado na siyang OA,” goes one of the comments. “Tama na yang paiyak-iyak!” goes another.

We approved these comments but did not give them mind, since everybody has the right to express their opinion of Lozada.

But I think that, after watching TV Patrol last night, Lozada may have gone too far in his, um, ka-OA-han.

Lozada told the TV Patrol reporter that the nuns had forbidden him from raising his clinched fists during rallies or when he speaks in public — for fear, according to him, that people will read too much politics into it.

Earlier in the TV Patrol story, Lozada was also reported to have refused joining the senators in a walkout of the Senate so they could march to the Supreme Court. There, Lozada even refused to enter the court’s premises — again, supposedly because people might not like the “politicking.”

After hearing this, I thought, “What? Is this guy serious?” After all that he has done — which is basically to throw the country into political chaos because of his revelations on the ZTE deal — he now says he doesn’t want to be drawn into the politics of it all? Give me a freaking break!

Lozada should distance himself from those nuns, then, because he is not doing the country any good by being their puppet. Sure, those nuns mean well, I suppose, but why on earth would they disallow Lozada from raising his fists?

Also, and I thought I’ll never say this, Lozada should stop all this crying and all this nonsense about him sacrificing himself and his family for his country and all that (which is the reason he always cites every time he justifies his betrayal of the administration).

Let’s be clear about this: he only decided to turn his back against the administration because he thought he was going to be killed. Period. There was no epiphany, no vision, nothing. It was all for self-preservation.

Frankly, we’re getting tired of his antics and, well, ka-OA-han. We understand, however, his frustration over the fact that the ZTE scandal investigations seem to be going nowhere. But make no mistake about this: the only reason he’s alive right now is not because of those nuns. It’s because of politics. If he’s murdered or harmed at this point, it would be a political disaster for the Arroyo administration. And it needs that disaster like a hole in the head.

So, again, politics is keeping Lozada alive. He should keep this in mind the next time he’s tempted to think of himself as this country’s messiah. (CC Hidalgo/PinoyPress)

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6 Responses to “Jun Lozada Should Stop His Antics, ‘Ka-OA-han’”

  1. spliceanddice Says:

    “he only decided to turn his back against the administration because he thought he was going to be killed”

    To put it in another way, what I’m getting here is the impression that:

    Jun Lozada realized he was going to be murdered, which is why he turned his back against Gloria.

    By way of logic, I presume what you’re also trying to tell us here is this: had Lozada not thought about himself being killed, he won’t be turning his back against the administration, i.e. Gloria.

    But isn’t it all too obvious for the average intellect that when you go against an administration hounded by its own wrongdoings, i.e. extra-judicial killings, you’re also bound to reap that bitter harvest? Or that you’re also bound to get enlisted down the ranks and files of people whose lives are critical for going against this administration?

    I opine that it’s not really a matter of being killed or not for one to go against this administration for it goes more deeper than that. Precisely because you’re damned if you do and damned if you don’t once you get a bit of mud yourself with your participation with the activities of the defilers in this democracy.

    Justifying one’s actions to go against the president-that-never-was in terms of one’s fear of death or of one’s endearment to it in figurative ways does not hold much ground.

    Come to think of it, things could also be the other way around. That is, Jun Lozada only decided to turn his back against the administration because he thought he was NOT going to be killed by doing so.

  2. pinoypress Says:

    huh?

  3. simon Says:

    ang labo mo, spiceanddice. pa-logic-logic ka pa e inulit mo lang ang sinabi sa article. pretensiyoso ka e di naman maintindihan ang sinasabi mo. heh!

  4. Bry Gorelya Says:

    Test?

  5. La Ciudadista Says:

    thank you for this article. i hare the author’s thoughts on lozada.

  6. Ab Says:

    i agree masyadong pretensiyoso tong spideandice - gusto mo lang mang-attract ng traffic sa website mo. pwe

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