High Ground

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It’s probably not a good idea to engage Estrada tit-for-tat on the Friday “Interfaith Rally” and how contingents of students pulled out when he got up the stage. His boorish comments about Leah Navarro yesterday showed he knew nothing of or cared nothing about “alien” concepts and experiences (alien to him) like consensus-building, agreements, alliance-work. The only language he understands, like Gloria, is money, billions, changing hands.

I wasn’t able to see Leah Navarro’s interview this morning because I had to leave before it was shown. I hope that the parties take the high ground (unlike Erap who yesterday with his comments made it appear that this campaign was just a “fans day” and that, that would be enough to force Presidents to resign. This all the more shows why he cannot lead this movement, aside from his being an unrepentant convicted plunderer; to this day he maintains he was never corrupt,  even as he hopes to be in any transition council post-Gloria), and that they would appeal to the bases of unity such as the anti-corruption platform.

       It’s not that Estrada spoke; it’s the fact that the Gloria-Resign movement is a broad alliance of political forces of competing interests that is based on tactical agreements.And that’s what Estrada doesn’t get: consensus-building, alliance-work, and honoring agreements.