Show your rage With some of the country’s most prominent politicians now being dragged into the PDAF scam issue, Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago called on the youth not to vote for them and to show them their anger through social media. “Be angry at these politicians who stole the taxes you and your parents pay. When you reach the voting age, which is 18, do not vote for them. Instead, shame them now,” Santiago said in her speech at the Rogationist College in Silang, Cavite yesterday. “The pork barrel scam, for example, concerns you. When you buy something, eat at a restaurant, or use public transportation, you pay taxes. These taxes should have been used to fund fast trains coming here to Cavite, to lessen travel time and expense,” she said. “By now, we should also have had better hospital facilities in all cities and provinces. If you get sick, these taxes should be used to fund your hospital care,” she said. Implicated in the PDAF scam are Enrile and Senators Jinggoy Estrada and Ramon Revilla Jr. “Take your campaign to Facebook, Twitter or Tumblr. Post your grievances on these politicians’ walls. Tweet them your disappointments. Eventually, these politicians will shed their thick hides because of the shame, and reveal themselves to be spineless pathetic creatures,” she added. “A nation is only as strong as its people. Do not subscribe to the bahala na (come what may) attitude and allow things to go with the flow. For evil to triumph, it is enough for good men to do nothing,” she said. Santiago is among the most popular politicians among the youth, judging from the huge number of her followers on Facebook and Twitter. Her staff said she has 1.3 million Facebook fans, making her the most followed on Facebook among her colleagues. philstar/headlines/2014/03/23/1304048/coa-unearths-new-p515-m-pork-scam
Posted on: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 19:45:54 +0000