Do you Still Believed in Pnoy Governance after the Hostage Crisis Incident?
By Sphinx30
@Sphinx30 (286)
Philippines
August 31, 2010 6:18am CST
Many of us (Filipinos) believed the capability of pnoy in providing us a good government and improve our way of life of living. But after what happen last Aug.23, it shows that pnoy has not really a good leader, it really a big disappointment for me and for those who believed in him. Maybe if he does something, the incident could be avoided. but unfortunately, for such long hours of negotiations considering the victims are tourist in our country, no pnoy shows statement or a move to calm down the hostage taker. Is that the kind of leader he is? even now he's cabinets officials are blaming each other to whom should be responsible for the bloody hostage incident. Does he really possess the attitude of a good leader?
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11 responses
@varron (453)
• Philippines
1 Sep 10
Do you consider the danger if the president of a country tries to negotiate with a hostage taker???????The hostage taker might caught a big fish!!!!!!!!!!!!!hostage takers might asked bigger demand...and it is a risk of the national security!!!negotiation is the work of the negotiator...the president only directs them to negotiate...come to think of it...
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@varron (453)
• Philippines
6 Sep 10
I'm sorry but you did not get what I mean. The argument is that it is a different story if the president of a country will negotiate for the hostage taker directly.The thing is that, the hostage taker might ask for a bigger demand since he is talking to the biggest man in possession who could give him most of the benefits.
If the president will try to negotiate directly, Mendoza might ask for a big and tough demand that could endanger the Philippines national security, and if ever the president cannot give this demand, still the president will be blamed internationally.
When the Abbusayaf kidnapping incident happened, the president did not came to direct negotiation because the kidnappers might ask for higher demands,the president should participate in the negotiation indirectly and not directly as I understand as one of the protocols of hostage crises.
Now let's consider that the president will participate in the negotiation (directly), if this happen, there are a huge tendency that the future hostage takers might look for the president, again and again, as we allow it to happen..!lol!
@damned_dle (3942)
• Philippines
2 Sep 10
He doesn't need to be there. He can just talk to him over the phone or by using the media (T.V.) or ask the negotiator to give or atleast study his demands. He could have done anything. He should have done something.
@rosielleanne (121)
• Philippines
1 Sep 10
I am not pro-Pnoy, I didn't even want to vote for him if I had the chance to, but you cannot blame him for what happened. That incident wouldn't have happened if Mendoza talked to his superiors about getting his job back in a nicer way. And how long has Pnoy been president of the country? 60something days?? How can you think he can handle all the problems GMA left him in that amount of time and handle one more in such a short time? Try to put yourself in his situation so that you would understand how difficult it is. Or imagine yourself getting big problems one after another. Atleast he's not freaking out of everything and he's trying to resolve issue by issue. If after a year, he still haven't done anything for our country, that's when you can really tell if he's not worthy of your votes.
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@Sphinx30 (286)
• Philippines
1 Sep 10
Well, its not that really difficult to understand that situation, I mean for such 11 hours of negotiations the president never intervene nor show concern during the incident, we all know the president has the best options to grant all the possible demands of the hostage taker just to end up the crisis and let the victims safe. but unfortunately, there is none, instead he put a smile in her face after all, imagine that? That's also the reason why the minister of HK could not understand why our president can smile despite the bloody end of the hostage. Anyways, Thanks for the nice response.
@Tonton01 (235)
• Philippines
31 Aug 10
I know where you're coming from.
Yes, we all should've used our brains instead of our hearts.
I know some of you say that he's new in his seat.
But even before that, it just doesn't make sense.
Now, to put it frankly, he's a smiling excuse of an embarrassing president.
The underrated presidents could've done this better, but no
we all had to sell out to disturbing commercials and jingles
in turn caused most of the filipinos to lose their sense and vote
a joke for a candidate.
But, as long as he gets the job done, most of us will be cool with it.
He gave us a first impression, now he has to solve this mess with his
political talent.
@LetranKnight25 (33121)
• Philippines
31 Aug 10
Hello Sphinx,
Of course, from time to time we can still complain about the things that happens in this administration. but that doesn't mean we have to loose hope and untie the knot which was our covenant between this administration and the government. if this situation happened in the Arroyo Administration i doubt the President would have the guts to face the media. besides, it's just the beginning, expect more and more i supposed.1 person likes this
@damned_dle (3942)
• Philippines
1 Sep 10
I really think he should have done something about it. I mean ANYTHING! If that incident is just a local thing then it will be understandable for him to just let it pass. But unfortunately it is not! Well, same thing as he always do, like in the Hacienda Luisita case. He just don't care. He thinks that is not his problem, so why bother. Many people are saying, "he is just new, lets give him a chance" He did have his chance for 12 years in the congress and senate. OK maybe he needs more time, I understand... Lets give him a chance. He needs it, lots of it.
@greenpeas (998)
• Philippines
1 Sep 10
Of course. Many people are letting their emotions take over their sanity. Many more are shamelessly exploiting the incident for their own selfish political ends.
To put it bluntly: it is not the president's role to be a hostage negotiator. People are expecting too much from him. He delegated the role to the proper people in position which will be the law enforcers. He also designated Mayor Lim to have overall authority since it is in his city where the crime happened.
Technically this is a crime situation. Would you expect a president to have the technical know-how into how to manage the hostage crisis? Of course not. This is the job of a competent, professional hostage-negotiator in the police force. But as anybody who have true knowledge of what is happening in our country...Our police force is seriously lacking in competence, logistics and morality. Even an honest, competent president like PNoy will not be able to clean up the force withn less than 3 months after assuming office.
What is wrong with our country, and this question specifically? People are expecting too much from the current president, but they let the previous one plunder and mismanagement the nation for 8 long years. No wonder we have the kind of policemen that bungles and causes tourists to die in Luneta.
@greenpeas (998)
• Philippines
2 Sep 10
Tell me one single state of any country that treated a hostage situation extraordinarily when tourists were involved. None, right?
Even in 2005 when a family of Filipino tourists were almost wiped out by a deranged person in China, the Chinese government never apologized to the Filipino people. Hell, even our own Arroyo did not bother to report to her own people what happened.
Now tell me where the hypocrisy on asking for concern lies.
@Sphinx30 (286)
• Philippines
1 Sep 10
Well, it does not necessarily follow that the president has a technical know how about that matter but atleast he does something showing concern because the victims are not just an ordinary citizens of our country, they are the visitors. it's like how your treat your visitor in your home. Anyways, Thanks for the nice response.
@xtedaxcvg (3189)
• Philippines
31 Aug 10
I think it's too early to judge Pnoy. Also, it's not wise to put the blame entirely on him. I guess what we should do now is hope for the best. The outcome will tell us if we have incompetent leaders or not.
@Sphinx30 (286)
• Philippines
31 Aug 10
I think its not a matter of time to measure the effectiveness of a leader. A good leader by example should act like being responsible of everything and not by delegating once responsibility to others. I hope pnoy should address this incident as a learning experience and pray that this would not happen again.
@RONDOLAWE (774)
• Indonesia
1 Sep 10
i dont know what must i telling to you because this is about you leader governance and i rather be shut up my mounth coz i really not enjoyed to your discussion coz you governance you discussion not mine one .. sorry i really dont know .
@rhea_41084 (88)
• Philippines
1 Sep 10
Yes I do, because if we don't believed in him how can we move on as a nation. It is not reasonable to judge him as early as now just because of what happened. I still want to give him a chance to correct what was happened in that tragic incident. We should help him in building our nation again for he cannot do it on his own. Let's just hope that not only our president but all of us should learn from that mistake and pray that it will never happen again.
@jhyan007 (467)
• Philippines
1 Sep 10
...personally, i don't blame the president for what happened few days ago with regards to the hostage crisis...yes he might not be there, but it does not mean that he is the one to blame for the mess...we should be open-minded enough to understand that incident like this happens beyond our control....yes, it should have been prevented if someone from the government officials or higher ranked policemen came to aid and negotiate with the hostage taker Mendoza..but, it does not have to be the president...it just so happen that he is the main person on the line that every blame and harsh words were thrown at him....let's not judge a person's capability in one incident alone...also, instead of blaming the government, or blaming the policemen or ourselves about to the incident..it would be best that we, will work hand in hand in solving the situation and prove to the nearby nations that Philippine is still worth visiting...
@jeikl_08 (97)
• Philippines
1 Sep 10
of course, we should not judge his entire capability of governing our country by just a single mistake made by those coward, untrained, incompetent swat and negotiators..we should be optimistic in with what pnoy can offer to our country but it doesnt mean that we should purely rely to him , we should do our part also as a citizen of our country..
