To speak or not to speak, and more

It has been a while since the Gloriagate scandal has started.

Most, if not all, have already made up their minds as to who really was on the tape. Was it really the president, or was she not?

Now, many a lawmaker are asking the president to speak up. The president on the other hand has indicated that she would make a comment as regards the tape in due time.

But guess what? I don't think that it matters if the president should comment or not. After all, it's a damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don't situation for her.

Now that she is not saying anything, many are speculating that the reason why she is doing so is because she is guilty of the accusation that she was indeed the person on the tape. But on the other hand, some are also saying that there is no need to say anything because it wasn't her in the first place.

Now, let's say that she did comment on the tape, and she denies that she is the person on the tape. One side would say, that it was expected of her because she needs to deny it even if it was really her. The other side would also say, that it is was just obvious for her to deny because she is stating a fact.

It was just this friday when I mentioned on my radio show, Radio Talk with Corene, (Fridays starting at 4:30pm UTC+0800 on Radyo Natin) that oil prices have now surpassed the US$60 level. Its effect is global. All countries are going to be affected. The increase in local oil prices will be inevitable.

However, the Peso-Dollar rate is something we can control, even if just a bit.

With the latest scandal that the president is facing, it is expected that more street protests will be at hand. These protests, however, give the nation a negative image with many foreign investors. And as such, it is also going to be expected that the peso once more will become lower as compared to the US dollar.

We can always change a president every time that there is an election. However, once one has been named, we are needed to support whoever is sitting there. We don't need to love the president. We just need to accept whoever is there. Support the person there, if we must. But please, let's not wage any form of war against him or her.

Every time the US dollar value increases, the opposite happens to the Philippine peso and the common Filipino man becomes the victim of this. Prices of basic commodities go up, and we all once more have to tighten an already tightened belt.

There is no point to use the streets anymore. I totally disagree with this. If there is enough evidence, then let the impeachment proceedings begin. This is the proper forum. By attacking the president, we in the end are just digging holes for our own graves.

"The truth will always set you free." Let the truth come out. Let the evidence speak for itself.

Did it appear on the tape that the president, assuming it was her, ordered someone to cheat for her during the last elections? Assuming that there was fraud, how far was the extent of the cheating?

I know of a company who was betting for the other candidate. However, during and after the elections, information came about (from their own people) that it was the president who was leading and who eventually won.

This is not to defend the president, but to rather present a more intelligent approach into the situation. After all, whatever happens to this country, we all get affected by its trials and tribulations.