Noy’s real boss
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Noynoy seems to be running out of options for his double Mar Roxas, in having to give him a Cabinet post to fulfill a promise he made during the campaign period when Mar supposedly gave way for his presidential run.
Trouble seems to erupt whereever Mar is rumored to be pursuing his incessant goal to be at the right hand of Noynoy, the latest of which was at the Department of Transportation and Communications (DoTC) where the top post appeared to have been reserved for Mar if plans to make him Chief of Staff becomes too hot to handle.
The bigger problem is that of Noynoy not acknowledging or not knowing that a crisis already exists. But what else can one expect of the unthinking Noynoy?
The Palace initially floated a plan to issue an administrative order for Noynoy to conjure up the position for Mar but the response from whatever side of the fence indicated that the plan would not fly and ramming it through would be a recipe for self-destruction.
Mar as Chief of Staff will run roughshod over the positions of both Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa and Vice President Jejomar Binay and Noynoy was probably advised that it would deepen the valley among the different factions within his circle.
The other day, the Palace was already singing a different tune saying that Roxas would likely be an adviser to Noynoy with a Cabinet position but he will not necessarily assume the title of Chief of Staff.
The DoTC is a line agency, and Mar would have had the run of DoTC, but obviously, since reports say that he turned it down, it is clear that which he really wants is to work in Malacañang, side by side with Noynoy, and dictating to him what to do, as Noynoy seems to be too clueless about anything and besides, Noynoy probably relies on Mar to take on 80 percent of the presidential workload.
But that still would hardly matter as the mere presence of Mar in the Palace invites conflict.
The signs of danger are already evident in the strings of resignations at the DoTC touched off by Ping de Jesus throwing in the towel.
The scuttlebutt was that De Jesus was ticked off by Noynoy’s clear lack or absence of leadership in reining in the people around him for De Jesus’ decision to hand in his resignation.
Then too, there is always Noynoy who overrules his Cabinet secretaries when it comes to his penchant for protecting his buddies, such as coddling another shooting buddy, the Land Transportation Office chief whom Noynoy refused to have fired by Ping.
Also, projects that belong to the province of Ping’s DoTC had been farmed out to the Balay Group, with Finance Chief Cesar Purisima’s department taking over the projects.
Noynoy even heeded the voice of Mar over Ping, in the case of settling amicably the International Air Terminal 3 with Piatco, the consortium that built the latest terminal.
A not so different speculation was that De Jesus did not look favorably at the ways Noynoy is being swayed by the different vested interests that are trying to squeeze political payback after giving strong financial support for his presidential campaign.
Noynoy seems content in riding on the pockets of conflicts that springs from his indecisions and accommodations.
Even Noynoy’s allies are now acknowledging that a crisis is brewing with the deepening demoralization and frustration within his fractious administration.
For somebody who started his tenure with a promise that the people are his boss, Noynoy’s callousness to public perception in his giving in to the every whim of Mar is a big letdown.
It is becoming clear to many that when he said “Kayo ang boss ko” during his inaugural, he was only referring to a select circle of allies.
He could have just said Si Mar ang boss ko with the way he pampers his adhesive mate.
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