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The front page sported a rosetinted spectacle zooming into the lens that Juans should view things in positive horizon as this nation traverses the normalcy it hopes for. Its concept may be fleeting but there is one thing that remains—we have to ceaselessly focus on the angle of optimism. Otherwise, we will be deemed obsolete in our quest to generate normalcy. The back cover portrays a Filipino savoring the normalcy it recently grasped with a plastered smile. But, behind this historical triumph lies the contrary to what his face is showing—anguish, rage and void. Scan the code to CONNECT
The modern-day plague that ostensibly engulfed almost the whole globe undeniably made the publication take a setback. Knowing that the paradigm of learning had shifted into an online setting, the staff struggles, if not, grope, the caliber on how to juggle things between online learning and organization’s responsibilities. While there are a lot of staff that this organization has to let go, we are grateful for those who stick through the publication’s lowest of lows. Honed to be dauntless more than ever, this setback was a set up for a majorMuchcomeback.haveleft us but there can never be too much who will leave us. We cannot redeem what we lost, but can only generate one. So, Bagwis has created a new flight forging a bequest of amplifying the voices of the masses and setting the truth in blaze. This is parallel to the transient concept of normalcy: it cannot be redeemed, but it can only be created. The art of creating a better, if not, best concept of normalcy would not only take 24 hours nor by a single sleep, but rather through the unity of those who are situated in all angles of the spectrum– the medical workers, the seated regime, and the populace itself.Sit back and navigate through this first semester’s issue!
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What you may read in this issue TABLE OF CONTENTS BAGWIS EDITORIAL p. 3 NEWS pp. 4-6 OPINION pp. 7-10 FEATURE pp. 11-21 • Bilib sa Batikang hindi MasuSOHOlan • College of Education scores back-to-back Top 1 victory in BLEPT, p. 4 • MSU-Gensan launches College of Medicine; first in the region. p. 6 • and more... • Exterminating Termites, p. 7 • School Year Unlike Any Other: The Academic Path Towards Normalcy, p. 9 • and more... • SQUID GAME BEING POLITICAL: An Analogical Narrative of Squid Game and Vote-buying in the Upcoming 2022 Elections, p. • AMBIAmazing Path of a Topnotcher, pp. 16-17 • and more... MSULOGY pp. 14-15 FEATURE: COVER STORY pp. 18-19 LITERARY pp. 22-23 SPORTS pp. 24-26 • Sino ka jan? • Redefining Normalcy: A Fleeting Time • Ending with a Period, p. 22 • Euphoria in Dysphoria, p23 • and more... • History repeats none this time, p. 24 • MSU-Gensan Bayaws Gumapas ng Ginto sa 25th ABECON MLBB at CODM Tournament, p. 26 • and more... EDITOR’S NOTE
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Hindi kakanta ang mundo ng dyornalismo kung walang mali sa liriko. Ito ang punto matapos paratangan ng kampo ni Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. na “biased” si Jessica Soho, isa sa mga tinitingalang personalidad sa midya sa Pilipinas, kasunod nang hindi pagpapaunlak ni BBM sa imbitasyong inialok sa kanya hinggil sa presidential interviews na inorganisa ng grupo ni Soho. Banta itong maituturing sa larangan ng pamahayagan: pagyurak hindi lamang sa sa prinsipyong ipinaglalaban ng pamamahayag kundi maging sa sangkatauhan ng bawat dyorno sa Pilipinas at sa ibang panig ng mundo. Matatandaan noong Enero 22, 2022 ay ipinalabas ang The Jessica Soho Presidential Interviews sa telebisyon. Sa limang nangungunang presidential aspirants, apat lamang ang dumalo kabilang na dito si Vice President Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo, Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko” Moreno Domagoso, Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson at Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao, Sr. Nakapanlulumong isipin na kung sino pa ang “nanguguna sa sarbey” ay siya pang hindi dumalo kahit pa may imbistasyon ito. Patunay ang Pulse Asia survey na isinagawa noong Enero 19-24, 2022 na nangunguna si BBM bilang napipisil na pangulo ng bansa na umani ng 60%, Robredo na may 16%, Pacquiao at Domagoso na may 8% at si Lacson na may 4%. Iginiit ng kampo ni Marcos, Jr., sa pangunguna ng campaign chief nitong si Victor Rodriguez, na kaya nagdesisyon ang anak ng dating diktador na hindi dumalo sa programa ni Jessica Soho sapagkat ang premyadong mamamahayag na si Soho ay biased laban sa pamilyang Marcos. Dagdag pa nito na babatuhin lamang ang kanilang kandidato ng puro negatibong tanong sa halip na magpokus sa isyu kung paano solusyunan ang lumalalang pandemya sa bansa at ang nalulugmok na ekonomiya nito. Subalit, sa tatlong oras na programa ay napanatili ng ginang ang pagdalumat sa pantay-pantay na pagpapaulan ng maaanghang na katanungan sa mga kumakandidatong pangulo. Si Lacson ay tinanong sa ginampanan nito noong Martial Law, si Leni ay tinanong ukol sa pag-iwan umano nito sa Liberal Party, si Pacquiao ay tinanong kung sapat ba ang kanyang kakayahan at karanasan para maging pangulo, habang si Moreno ay sinagot ang katanungang saan napunta ang natirang pondo sa kampanya niya noon.Naging makatarungan ang pagtatanggol ni Soho sa kanyang sarili sapagkat sa 30 taon na kanyang serbisyo sa mundo ng pamamahayag, ay subok na ang kanyang kredibilidad bilang isang dyorno. Makabuluhan ang sinabi nitong “The questions are tough because the job of president is tough.” Ang pagkuwestiyon sa kakayahan nito ay lalong nagpaliyab sa dati nang nasindihang idelohiya na susupilin din ng administrasyong ito ang midya kung sakaling siya ang mailuluklok sa posisyon kagaya na lamang ng ginawa ng kanyang ama sa kasagsagan ng Batas Militar. Maliwanang pa sa sinag ng araw na ang hindi pagpapakita ng presensiya ni BBM ay maaaring sumalamin sa kasasadlakan sa ilalim ng kanyang panunungkulan. Hindi ito ang unang pagliban niya sa mga importanteng kaganapan na kailangan ang kanyang presensya kagaya na lamang ng hindi pagpapakita nito sa hearing hinggil sa disqualification case na inihain laban sa kanya. Maliban diyan ay hindi rin ito nakasipot sa iskedyul nitong interbyu sa DZBB noong Enero 28, 2022 at sa KBP Presidential Forum. Sa ordinaryong konteksto, kung mag-aaplay ng trabaho ay kailangan na dumaan muna sa interbyu upang higit na makilala ang iyong personalidad ng mga taong tatanggap sa iyo sa trabaho. Kung tatantuin, hindi eksepsiyon ang isang Marcos upang pagdaanan ito. Hindi na palaisipan ang puntong kaya niyang maging multo sa programang ito, marahil ay kaya niya ring maging multo sa pagharap sa problema ng bansa. Ang pag-absent ay larawan ng mababang commitment sa isang bagay lalo pa at ang dahilan nito ay ang pagkwestiyon sa propesyon ni Soho. Bagaman giit ng kampo ni Marcos, Jr. na hindi sa interbyung ito nasusukat ang kakayahan at kahandaan ni Bongbong sa pamamahala, ang programang ito ay isa sanang daan upang maihayag ang kanyang punto laban sa samu’t saring isyu na tinatapon sa kanya. Sa parte ng elektoreyt at publiko, mahalagang maalala ng taumbayan na ang pagod ng organisasyon ng midya kagaya na lamang ng para sa Jessica Soho Presidential Interviews ay isang malaking oportunidad upang maipaalam sa taumbayan hindi lamang ang tungkol sa mga kandidato kundi maging ang mga isyung kinakaharap araw-araw ng mga Pilipino at upang makapili ng karapat-dapat na ihahalal sa posisyon. Ngayong nalalapit na ang araw ng eleksiyon ay nagiging mas malinaw ang dulo ng yungib upang aninagin sa kung sino ang karapat-dapat na iluklok kapalit ng kasalukuyang presidente. Harinawang mamutawi sa bawat botante ang katagang “boboto hindi bobo ‘to” dahil sa huli, tayo rin ang magkokonsumisyon sa loob ng anim na taon. Ilang henerasyon nang nagiging mangmang at nagbubulag-bulagan ang taumbayan sa rekord ng mga tumatakbong politiko na may bahid na katiwalian. Hindi maaaring iukit muli sa kasaysayan ang paghalal sa mga politikong ating lamang pagsisisihan. Nakarami na sila, hindi maaaring may susunod pa. Habang may panahon pa, sana ay pairalin ng mga botante ang ugaling makinig sa mga napapanahong mga balita, magbasa ng may kabuluhan at kredibleng artikulo at hindi basta-bastang nagpapaniwala sa balitang walang matibay na pinagbasehan lalo na ngayong pahanon ng eleksiyon ay naglilipana ang mga pekeng impormasyon. Nawa ay maintindihan ng lahat ang palaisipang paano haharapin ng isang politiko ang mabibigat at mahihirap na problema ng bansa kung sa mabibigat na tanong ng midya ay umaatras na. Walang puwang sa Malacañang ang mga yumuyurak sa prinsipyong ipinaglalaban ng pamahayagan. Pilit mang sinisiil, ngunit hindi pasisiil. Paninindigan ni Soho ay hindi matitinag, sa isang anak ng diktador, hindi siya matitibag. Ang BBM ngayon ay may bagong kahulugan. Kaya naman, bilib si Juan sa isang batikang hindi nasusuhulan at masusuhulan sa paghatid ng katotohanan. HINDI M ASUSOHOLAN
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MSU-IIT placed top 1, MSU-Marawi ranked 37th while MSU-Naawan is rank 41. Professors from the MSU-GSC also made it in the 2022 World Scientist Ranking based on the same index. On the roll are Prof. Michael Cahapay, Prof. Cathy Mae Toquero, Prof.Ava Clare Robles,Prof. Jypzie Catedrilla, Prof. Donna Ria JosueCanacan, Prof. Laiza Limpin, Prof. Cristina Dadula, Prof. Noel Gunay, Prof. Mario Joyo Aguja, Prof. Ronaldo Bigsang, Prof. Mae Militante, Prof. Epimaco Cabanlit, Jr., Prof. Anderson Villa, Prof. Josh Elisha Octura, and Prof. Ryan Banal. The AD Scientific Index is a ranking and analysis system founded on the notion of recognizing outstanding scientists. It also provides institutional rankings based on the scientific characteristics of affiliated scientists.
“There are no secrets to success. It is purely the result of long, grueling, sleepless, and worthwhile preparation, hard work, dedication, perseverance, and learnings that our students get from their setbacks and experiences at their beloved college. They were driven by their notion that if others could do it, they too could dream, do it and achieve it. They don’t settle for passing the BLEPT; instead, they strive hard to Top the BLEPT,” she said.
AUBREY MAYE A. ARRIETA RHODA The College of Education has proven once again that they are the home of the topnotchers as graduates aced a back-to-back Top 1 finish in the September 2019 and September 2021 Board Licensure Examination for Professional Teachers. Alumna Rowena S. Bongolto from the Elementary Education Department emerged as the top 1 in the September 2021 exam with a 92.20% rating, while fellow elementary educator Joshua Canseco also secured the first spot in the September 2019 BLEPT with 92.60% grade. BLEPT 2020 was canceled by the Professional Regulation Commission due to the declaration of a public health emergency. September 2021 feat Also topping the September 2021 BLEPT from the same department are Edrian Mark M. Tomines, Danica F. Dueñas, and Arpha A. Uddin, who landed in the third, ninth, and 10th spot,Inrespectively.total,30out of 32 takers from the BEED department passed the exam making the college obtain a 93.75% passing rate; higher than the 55.90% national passing rate. The Secondary Education Department meanwhile had their lone topnotcher in the name of Renezel Joy Patriarca with 91.60% rating, securing the eight Whileplace.this number may be lower than last 2019’s five top notch finishes of the department, the university still managed to be the fifth top performing school in the Secondary Level as 146 of the 167 examinees passed the BLEPT, garnering an 87.43% passing rate. Since 2017, the college has produced a total of 25 topnotchers and has consistently scored above the national passing rate. Dr. Maria Theresa Pelones, dean of the college of education, said that while the college has always ensured to prepare their students through their curriculum and instruction, and conditioning them to top the BLEPT, it is always the students’ perseverance that led them to ace the exam.
HALL OF FAME. Another feather is added to the cap of Mindanao State University-General Santos as these faces garnered stellar mark in the September 2021 LEPT. In elementary level, Bongolto (1st from the left) hailed as top 1, Tomines (2nd from the left) was top 3, Uddin (middle) emerged as top 10, and Dueñas (4th from left) named as top 9. Patriarca (5th from left) seized the 8th spot in secondary level. of
Another feather is added to the cap of Mindanao State University-General Santos City (MSU-GSC) as it emerged as top 16 among the leading universities in the Philippines this 2022, the Alper Doger (AD) Scientific Index released on January 29. Meanwhile, other MSU campuses also seized spots in the AD Scientific Index.
College of Education scores back-to-back Top 1 victory in BLEPT
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48th Founding Anniversary of MSUGensan kicks off virtually MSU-GSC alumnus grabs 9th spot in the Agriculturist Board Exam
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Reflecting on its commitment in sustaining excellence amidst the pandemic, Mindanao State UniversityGeneral Santos celebrates its 48th Foundation Anniversary with the theme “48 Years and Beyond: MSUGeneral Santos on the Frontlines of Excellence, Service and Innovation,” on November 11-13, 2021.
“ It was really a matter of mastering the basic concepts of agriculture. “ For my fellow reapers, take the board exam not because you just want to pass. Fall in love with agriculture, and take to heart the meaning of becoming an agriculturist, and all reward will surely follow.
Highlighting the rich past of the institution, MSU-Gensan utilized the online platform to kick off this year’s celebration with various virtual activities for the students of various colleges and employees such as Essay competition, Digital Poster Making, Tiktok and Photo competition that will remind of the humble beginnings of the institution. Furthermore, a virtual culmination through Facebook Live took place wherein students were able to participate virtually in the various games prepared by faculty. The three-day celebration proved that not even the pandemic can hinder MSU-Gensan from commemorating its 48 years of service and its unwavering commitment in sustaining excellence and providing quality services to its students and stakeholders with the hope that its gates will soon open again to celebrate more years of success ahead.
Endowed with intelligence and coupled with faith and determination, Bachelor of Science in Agriculture Major in Agronomy student Dwight Luciano Teleron Mendez was hailed top 9 in the November 2021 Agriculturist Licensure Examination after garnering 84.33% rating, Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) released November 18. Roxanne Siuagan of University of the Philippines-Los Baños shared with him in the 9th place. Mendez was among the 1,172 out of 3,927 takers passed this November’s board examination for agriculture. Asked how he prepared for the examination, “It was really a matter of mastering the basic concepts of agriculture,” Mendez quoted. According to him, he was not expecting to be in the top 10. His dream was simply to become a licensed agriculturist. “For my fellow reapers, take the board exam not because you just want to pass. Fall in love with agriculture, and take to heart the meaning of becoming an agriculturist, and all reward will surely follow,” Mendez advices.
On a Bagwis interview regarding him being a topnotcher in the November 2021 Agriculturist Board Exam
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Owing to the collaborative efforts of all MSU system campuses and officials, Mindanao State University-General Santos launched the first College of Medicine in the region on January 31. “This is indeed a blessing to establish a College of Medicine here in General Santos City since we are the first in the region,” MSU-System President Dr. Habib W. Macaayong stated as he graced the event, emphasizing the significance of the newly launched College of Medicine and expressing his gratitude to medical practitioners in MSU-Gensan for accepting the challenge of being the pioneering faculty members of the College of Medicine.
Nagsimula na ang konstruksyon ng bahaypagamutan o infirmary sa Mindanao State University General Santos Campus matapos ang groundbreaking ceremony nito noong ika-4 ng Marso taong 2021. Ayon sa unibersidad, ang konstruksyon ng six-bed capacity na infirmary ay tutugon sa pangangailangan ng mga estudyante, faculty, at staff sa pamamagitan ng iba’t ibang serbisyo tulad ng outpatient consultation, diagnostic laboratory at pharmacy. Dagdag pa, sa kabila ng pagtaas at paglawak ng serbisyo ng departamento, kinakailangan pa ring madagdagan ang pagkukumpuni at pagdagdag ng mga kwarto na importante sa paggaling ng mga pasyente at para na rin matugunan ang pangagailangan nang mas marami pang mga taong nagkakasakit. Samantala ay nanguna sa pagpapakita ng labis na suporta sa pagpapatayo ng proyekto ang MSU-System
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President Dr. Habib W. Macaayong, Chancellor ng Mindanao State University – General Santos Dr. Anshari P. Ali, Vice Chancellor ng Academic Affairs Dr. Mishell D. Lawas, , newly-installed Vice Chancellor for Administration and Finance Mr. Usman D. Aragasi, Vice President for Administration and Finance Atty.
EARS OUT. EYES IN. The officials of MSU-Gensan, district and local, and stakeholders of university hears out the inspiring and powerful speech of Dr. Edwin Alconcel, the Dean of College of Medicine, during the launching ceremony.
Jamaloden A. Basar, Vice President for Planning and Development Engr. Rashid Paca, MSU-System delegates, mga opisyales ng MSU-GSC, faculty at staffs. Labis naman ang pasasalamat ni Dr. Usmaima Lily F. Usman-Naga, doktor ng unibersidad at Director ng Medical Services, dahil sa suportang natanggap niya sa pagpapatayo ng infirmary. Ayon pa sa kanya, ito ay pagasa sa gitna ng “new normal”.
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“The establishment of MSU-Gensan College of Medicine will be the start of an era of excellence and advancement that will leave its mark in the campus and beyond,” Dean of the College of Medicine Dr. Edwin A. Alconcel remarked as he delivered his message, adding that the momentous opening is beneficial not only to the College and Mindanao State University but as well as for the Region XII. Following its ceremonial launching, the college will be welcoming its first batch of 50 pioneering medical students who passed the rigorous selection process. The academic year for College of Medicine commenced last February 7.
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PUMAPAILANGLANG. Unti-unti ng naisasakatuparan ang kompletong konstruksiyon ng bagong gusali ng infirmary sa Mindanao State University-General Santos.
Had it not been for termites siphoning its sinews, a wood would not doom for weakening. This is the repugnant point after Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation funneled billions of pesos all the while the country tries to rise above the quicksand of hopelessness brought by the recent global plague. The fraudulent people behind appalling corruption are at large the threats to the cognizant mass: the termites that emaciate the trust of the populace to the presentFromascendancy.thetepid investigation conducted by the Committee of the House of Representatives on Good Government and Public Accountability, Pharmally was found out to have been dealing with transactions anomalously involving the pandemic supplies for this land. Owing to the Procurement Service-Department of Budget and Management (PS-DBM), the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee outed the corporation for bribing 26.39% of ₱42 billion contract despite having a capital of only ₱625,000. The presidential economic adviser Michael Yang and former PS-DBM head Lloyd Christopher Lao are being sued due to overpriced contracts between the government and Pharmally. The company itself claims that it was Yang who provided them loans to boost Pharmally’s trifling paidup capital, but, Yang remained unshaken and has maintained that it was his friends who lend funds to the Taiwanese company that successfully cornered P11.5-billion in pandemic supply contracts. The off tangency of statements between him and the company itself was a deafening indication to the public that the humongous foreigners are doing a money-heist-like robbery in Philippine history at the height of national uncertainties. Meanwhile, Lao supervised the PS-DBM to which the Department of Health (DOH), with DOH Secretary Francisco Duque’s consent, had transferred P42-billion in pandemic funds. It was music to the ears when the Commission on Audit (COA) played its musical role thereby flagging the transfer because of inadequate supporting documents.Aside from overpricing, an enormity of swindling was committed by Pharmally against the government. The executive Krizzie Magno confesses at the Senate hearing that their company changes the expiry dates of face shields. Shamelessly, even if the face shields are crumpled, even if the boxes are untidy and not in best form, they still repacked them. While the frontliners work hard while wearing personal protective equipment lest they be killed, this corporation works harder to tamper the medical supplies’ expiration dates. The conundrum to the question where their consciences are sitting at remains in the abyss of air unanswered. What is beyond nauseating to hear, albeit funneling folds of billions from the government, the officials did not pay right taxes like how the ordinary citizenry does. Based on the Senate’s timorous investigation, Twinkle Dargani, the company president, only paid ₱1,000 for her income taxes last 2020 while her brother, Mohit Dargani who is the corporate secretary only paid ₱97,241. Digging deeper with their illegal accumulated wealth, the Senate revealed that Twinkle owned a 2021 model Lamborghini Urus costing ₱25 million while Mohit had a 2021 Porsche 911 Turbo S with a price of P8.5Theirmillion.director named Linconn Ong possesses a Porsche Carrera 4S worth 13.5 million, a Lexus RCF with a price of ₱5.9 million and a Porsche 911 Turbo S that is ₱8.5 million. Rose Nono Lin, treasurer of the company, have 2020 Land Rover/Range Rover SC that is ₱11.9-million worth, 2019 Lexus LX450D, ₱8.8 million, 2018 Cadillac Escalade at ₱8.9 million and Toyota Land Cruiser, ₱4.8-milyon. Lin, however, rejected the catapulted accusations stipulated on her conscience and rebutted that their company is not part of the Pharmally Pharmaceuticals sister firm and that her husband is long before fond of luxury cars. In fact, she was astounded that these cars are already parked in her garage. Sure, they may have bought extravagant vehicles and can buy high-priced possessions but truth be told, they cannot buy the trust of the people, not after all they have done. Not only has the company’s dignity been lost, but at the same time these people have already lost their self-respect. Above all things considered, the overpricing, tampering of expiration dates, and not paying the right amount of taxes are acts deserved to be called out by the Filipino masses. This is not the first time that the Chinese exploited the Filipinos in its own very land. Leni Robredo was right when she said that our diagnosis as Juan was, we never learned from the past. It is only right that the present regime filed a case of estafa against the Pharmally officials. Should the Bureau of Internal Revenue not uphold the turtle-pace but rather hasten its stride to chase for these foreign tax evaders. The problem of bribery in the country is as bad, if not, worse than the pandemic we are all trying to suppress for years. More than the need to vaccinate people to defeat the modern-day plague, the corruption mess to where we inhabit needs no vaccines but a concrete platform from the administration as this remained an epidemic worth to triumph for. Ultimately, the government’s sinews are gauged by how much trust it earns from its citizenry. But as long as there are termites siphoning its strength, its downfall is set to befall. Clear as the scorching sun, we will be deemed obsolete so long if we will not exterminate these termites.
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At the root of the Philippine political landscape are the significant choices sown by the citizenry which is a reflective action that embedded itself in the thriving system of Philippine government. As we set forth to unfold a new political paradigm, aspirants had been in the forefront of different media outlets; TV advertisements, newspapers, and digital platforms continue to capitalize the public’s view in relation to the 2022 May election. In the recent presidential interview hosted by Mr. Boy Abunda, one of the contentious issues on the round table was the motion of amending the Constitution to raise the qualifications of those seeking the highest seat in the nation. This purveyed a burgeoning affair on the educational attainment among presidential bets and had raised compelling questions to the masses.Inthe lens of Aksyon Demokratiko standard-bearer Isko Moreno, he put his stake on the amendment of the 1987 Constitution for presidential eligibility. Domagoso pertained to the appendage of specific years of public service before aiming to assume a position in the Philippine governmental sphere. Howbeit, he opposed the revision as to the inclusion of scholastic accomplishments because of the current educational competence of the state. Furthermore, Sen. Ping Lacson, the figurehead of Partido Reporma also held his choice in shifting the constitutional provision as a response to the signs of times. As he elucidated, the job qualifications of a commoner are more exigent than the written stipulation for the presidential application. It is a mind-boggling procedure to recalibrate what is said to be the monumental framework of democracy after the subversion of the 1972 Martial Law. The act itself is a reactive method to the unprecedented and daunting system of government that will weather the implications of the contemporary bureaucratic turbulence. On the other end, VP Robredo’s notion hovered the oscillation of the political system more than the alteration of requirements. She postulated that the trajectory is fueled by the influence of patronage that engulfed the access of those potentialities from the marginalized bracket, in which she stood her ground to the democratization of participation as a premium. She further explained that adjustments in the framework can produce the inclination of right leaders that the populace yearned. In the proposition of former senator Bongbong Marcos, he firmly argued that everyone could be a president but not parallel to a good leader. For him, the solution lies in the traditional two-party system in which the filtration process is administered by the pillars of the cluster and therefore, the qualifications need no further remodeling. However, his candidature had become subject to various appeals for cancellation due to the stemming allegations which ground on his prior tax conviction deemed by petitioners to be fraudulent conduct and a moral turpitude, as well as his ‘special diploma’ controversy that criticized his integrity. To put into account, the late Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago posited that a leader should be qualified by the conditions of professional, moral, and academic excellence, such that without educational accomplishments any idiot can run for president. The candidate that she tried to gauge was equipped with situational ability that will play a pivotal role in the demands of critical events. Moreover, former president GMA in her position on making hard decisions, stated that leaders should be able to balance the competing considerations, accumulate experiences and absorb as much information to strike the most implementable option; to have ideals with sufficient pragmatism in curbing turmoil. The presidency requires not just the willed objectives but the qualities that would withstand excruciating duties and the prevailing rigid dichotomy between power and liberty. With the heated arguments of the amendment of the constitutional provision, the recurrent phase of election is still an overarching measure dependent on the citizenry and, so is the solution for the revision of qualifications. To reckon with, Maria Ela Atienza’s Chronology of the 1987 Philippine Constitution concluded that the formulation was a definite reaction to the country’s martial law experience. In addition, the 1986 ConCom encapsulated people’s participation due to the emergence of People Power euphoria throughout its process where general confidence was acceded by the deliberative body to effectuate imperative structural reforms. The underlying concept is still forged by the people, and that relates to the aggregate change for the election. Hence, it is salient to scope the implementation of the Constitution to assess the relevance of the provision to the social norms and to the urgency of times and challenges. To obtain the ideal system, it should carpenter the collective standpoint of the public— a feasible plan to ratify the aim for good governance. On contrary, without the proactive initiative to adapt the matrix of social processes that is transforming our present condition, the nation will end up scarred by governmental deficiency. In the latter, the Filipinos are still the determinant variable that corresponds to our national imaginary, and thus, our decisions should be resilient to the erratic socio-economic circumstances for us to tantamount the unfaltering ramifications.
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