Educating the Youth?
The Palace is slowly easing out Undersecretary Mike Luz from the Department of Education. It has been mum about the reasons for the "transfer." All we know is that the Palace has thanked him for his services as the Finance person of the department.
However, circumstantial evidence point to a vendetta. USec Luz has reportedly sent back three postdated cheques which the Palace wanted him to honor and forward the funds to the scholarship fund of the President and her pawn from Bataan. This pawn is known for doling out high school scholarships to thousands of his constituents. Scholarships can go as low as P150 for the entire school year. Now, is this really a scholarship or simply buying votes for the next election?
This Bataan pawn has reportedly called the staff of USec Luz and cursed them over the phone because they have not released the funds as oredered by his Queen in exchange for his loyalty during the Impeachment Proceedings at the Congress.
Nothing is final yet. USec Luz is holding his ground for good reasons. He has done a lot to lessen corruption in the department especially in the procurement of textbooks which in the past has been a very anomalous process. And he continues to fight corruption in the department even if it means having to face the President herself (who by the way uses her other pawns like Ermita et al to deal with the Undersecretary).
Madam President, if you really have good reasons to recant a personal appointment, please do so. But please, let your appointee (and the public for that matter) know. You are dealing with the Education Department - the last bastion of morality in your already corrupt government. Kant reminds us that we ought to treat a person as an end in himself and not merely a means. Respect for the human being demands that you treat USec Luz and your other appointees (and that includes Bunye and Ermita) not as simply pawns that you can easily sacrifice according to your whim but as rational beings.
Madam President, let us educate our youth the way we should. And your example should be the best example of what a true Filipino should be for you hold the highest position in the land.
However, circumstantial evidence point to a vendetta. USec Luz has reportedly sent back three postdated cheques which the Palace wanted him to honor and forward the funds to the scholarship fund of the President and her pawn from Bataan. This pawn is known for doling out high school scholarships to thousands of his constituents. Scholarships can go as low as P150 for the entire school year. Now, is this really a scholarship or simply buying votes for the next election?
This Bataan pawn has reportedly called the staff of USec Luz and cursed them over the phone because they have not released the funds as oredered by his Queen in exchange for his loyalty during the Impeachment Proceedings at the Congress.
Nothing is final yet. USec Luz is holding his ground for good reasons. He has done a lot to lessen corruption in the department especially in the procurement of textbooks which in the past has been a very anomalous process. And he continues to fight corruption in the department even if it means having to face the President herself (who by the way uses her other pawns like Ermita et al to deal with the Undersecretary).
Madam President, if you really have good reasons to recant a personal appointment, please do so. But please, let your appointee (and the public for that matter) know. You are dealing with the Education Department - the last bastion of morality in your already corrupt government. Kant reminds us that we ought to treat a person as an end in himself and not merely a means. Respect for the human being demands that you treat USec Luz and your other appointees (and that includes Bunye and Ermita) not as simply pawns that you can easily sacrifice according to your whim but as rational beings.
Madam President, let us educate our youth the way we should. And your example should be the best example of what a true Filipino should be for you hold the highest position in the land.
posted by Weyms Sanchez, SJ | 10/01/2005 02:08:00 AM
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