Ladies and gentlemen, gather ’round, for I’ve got a tale that will leave you both amused and befuddled. It’s the Commonwealth Avenue fiasco, a comedy of errors that showcases the fine art of traffic management in the great Quezon City.

So, here’s the setup: a video surfaces, showing a traffic cop diligently blocking traffic on Commonwealth Avenue, one of the most congested roads in the nation. Why, you might ask? Oh, only because someone whispered that Vice President Sara Duterte was about to grace the road with her presence. Because, you know, the VIPs can’t be bothered to sit in traffic like the rest of us peasants.

Now, it appears the Quezon City Police weren’t too thrilled about this video, probably because it shattered the illusion that politicians abide by the same rules as us common folk. So, they swiftly relieved the cop who had the audacity to suggest that, yes, it was indeed Duterte who caused the gridlock. They also decided to hunt down the motorist who shot the video. But wait, what crime has the motorist committed, you ask? Well, that’s the kicker – it seems the only thing they’re guilty of is pointing a camera at the absurdity of the situation.

Perhaps the police are following the groundbreaking doctrine of “guilt by videography.” It’s a legal principle that suggests if you capture a politician causing a traffic mess, you’re the one who’s in the wrong. After all, isn’t it our solemn duty to avert our eyes, keep our heads down, and pretend we didn’t just witness a political spectacle blocking our way to work?

But here’s a radical idea: instead of investigating the poor motorist who simply documented the chaos, why don’t we investigate the masterminds behind this traffic-stopping extravaganza? Who gave the orders to the cops? Who decided that the common people should be treated like unwitting pawns in a game of political chess? Why the secrecy? 

Wouldn’t it be a public service to enlighten us about which VIP was responsible for this colossal inconvenience? But then again, that might disrupt the carefully constructed narrative that the mighty and powerful live by the same rules as us ordinary mortals. And we can’t have that, now, can we?

So there you have it, folks – another day in the circus of our modern political theater. The little people are used as pawns, our patience is tested, and our intelligence insulted. But fear not, for we will always have our trusty cameras to capture the moments when the powers that be momentarily forget that they work for us, not the other way around.

Oh, and by the way, isn’t the local police supposed to be controlled by the city mayor? Why so quiet on City Hall’s end?