IT’S getting more brutal by the day, the washing of dirty linen is now made more frequent and the dirt emanating are piling up to humongous level.
I am referring of course to the exchange of verbal spat between former political allies but are now embroiled in a bitter and scandalous tit-for-tat, heard and read all over the universe, thanks to social media.
What used to be secret and private conversation are now made open, and readable, to the public.
The big, and small, details are fair game to those who take extra efforts to follow the thread.
Ang sekreto unta nila nahimo nang sumsuman sa publiko.
Kon magpadayon ni, kinsa kaha ang mogawas nga mananaog?
Or, stated otherwise, duna bay mananaog ani o pildi silang tanan?
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It seems that the filing of tons of cases is not enough, there has to be a more detailed discussion in the social media.
Well, of course, only the lawyer preparing, and those who provided the details of the complaint affidavit are aware of its contents.
Nagmata lang unta og morning ang ubang mga tawo, meaning, igo ra makakita sa baga kaayo nga records nga gisang-at sa piskaliya pero di masayod unsay gisaysay didto.
But because of the tit-for-tat in the social media, the details in vivid and very colorful picture are like for general patronage na, everybody can see, read and understand.
Is this the consequence when very close friends become bitter enemies?
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Well, this merely confirms that politics is dirty. Once you decide to play politics, you get dirty, period.
A simple life, a peaceful living becomes noisy and complicated when politics is played.
Gam-an man gani ka og estorya bisan wala, samot na kon naa pa.
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Once upon a time, I had a radio program, the format was simply random and spontaneous, fully dependent on the host, no prescription at all from the station management save the warning on libel.
So every topic under the heat of the sun was fair game.
Slowly, the program progressed and gained its fair share of listeners because as they said, “makalingaw gyod kaayo imong radio program torney.”
When I tackled certain issue involving top personalities, especially on the more controversial or scandalous issues, susko hilabihan daghana mo-abiba, lamian pod ka maminaw nga mora’g gi-idolized pod kas kadaghanan.
In a way, mora pod ka og local celebrity, daghan makaila, daghan gusto magpa-picture ug daghan gusto makig-storya.
Di gyod kalikayan, modako pod imo ulo.
It is at this point in time that you feel invincible, very powerful and very influential.
Kon moyawyaw ka mora na ka’g ginoo, nga sama sa husto ka kanunay and pirmi lang sayop ang imong gitirahan.
Lami kaayo imong feeling, night and day.
Pero unsay mahitabo kon kasohan na ka kay dunay naigo sa imong patutsada unya miduol og abogado nga way lingaw o nangita og lingaw?
Ikaw na lang usa magtikaw-tikaw, ang kadtong tig-abiba nimo kaniadto mahilom lang og kalit ug matingala na lang ka kon asa na man sila nga wa na may mitabang nimo.
Maayo lang diay sila mo-abiba kon motira ka pero kon ikaw nay tirahan, wa na, mag-inusara na lang ka sa pag-atubang sa imong problema,
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Somebody narrated to me some very interesting political events that happened not so long ago.
This involves a political figure who many believed is “incorruptible” and is “living like a saint.”
Sa mga nakaila niya, mora siya’g santos kay perte man kaayo siya mo-atake kontra pangurakot, nga sama sa kontra gyod kaayo niya ang pangurakot.
Gani, when a novice politician was asked who in the province is corrupt-free, he right away and without a bit of hesitation cited that fellow proudly.
Like he was certain nobody would dispute his observation.
But in real life, especially to those who know him intimately, this guy is as corrupt as Judas, maayo lang motago ug maayo lang modala sa iyang papel.
Pero sa nakaila kaniya, nasayod sila nga hilabihang manyaka diay sa pangurakot ning tawhana.
Ahem.
