Host-actor Edu Manzano reminded politicians that they are sworn to serve the Filipino people, who are growing tired of widespread corruption and needless politicking.
Edu has been filling his social media pages with posts taking digs at flood control project contractors and their families supposedly flaunting their wealth following outrage over flood control anomalies.
The public anger has only risen after several politicians were tagged in the controversies, allegedly even receiving kickbacks from these projects.
Among the host-actor’s latest Facebook posts was a letter he said was making the rounds on Ateneo groups addressed to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and members of the 20th Congress.
It should be noted that Edu is a graduate of De La Salle University and also dabbled in politics, serving one term as Makati vice mayor.
“Enough of the polite lies. This letter is not wrapped in diplomacy, because you no longer deserve it. This is anger in ink, disgust in words, a mirror of the nation’s fury you pretend not to see,” the letter began.
“Each of you swore an oath – not to yourselves, not to your dynasties, but to the people. Yet what have you delivered? Endless committee hearings that go nowhere, speeches bloated with hot air, budgets swallowed whole by ghost projects and cronies. You strut like statesmen but you crawl like parasites. You treat government not as a sacred duty, but as your personal ATM.”
The letter brought up the recent protests in Nepal and Indonesia, where people rose up against their respective governments who thought themselves “untouchable.”
“But rage, once ignored, becomes revolution. Hindi ninyo kayang takasan ang galit ng taong bayan,” the letter pointed out.
The topic pivoted to issues in the Philippines, including flooding, hospitals and classrooms lacking supplies, farmers in debt, and workers dealing with inflation, all while politicians “bicker over pork, positions, and contracts.”
“Every motorcade of black SUVs you ride in is a slap in the face of the millions forced to commute like sardines. Every peso stolen is food stolen from the mouths of children,” it continued.
The letter said legislators and the president were “sitting on a volcano” and the fire beneath was being fed every day that the issues are stalled, every peso pocketed, and every law twisted for personal gain.
“Do not mistake Filipino patience for weakness. Hindi kami hangal. The day will come when no convoy, no palace walls, no title before your name will save you from the wrath of those you betrayed.”
“Do your mandated work – and do it now. Not for applause, not for legacy, but because you have bled this nation long enough. Restore decency, protect the treasury, legislate for the people or step aside before you are swept aside.”
The letter reminded again of the Nepal and Indonesia protests and how Filipinos could relate.
“Learn from Nepal. Learn from Indonesia. Or prepare to be remembered not as leaders, but as the carcasses of a corrupt empire finally torn down,” it ended, signed off by “The Filipino People You Mock, Rob, and Underestimate.”