Senator Imee Marcos’s recent statement regarding the committee hearing on criminal charges against Apollo Quiboloy has sent shockwaves through the hallowed halls of the Senate. In a move that could only be described as a Shakespearean comedy, Marcos expressed doubts about the hearing’s legitimacy while simultaneously rejecting Quiboloy’s citation in contempt. It’s as if she’s performing a tightrope act of political gymnastics.
But let’s not stop there. Shouldn’t we apply the same scrutiny to all Senate investigations, including those convened by Marcos herself? After all, if we’re going to play the accountability game, let’s make sure everyone is on the same playing field. Perhaps it’s time for a thorough inventory of past hearings to determine if they were genuinely conducted in aid of legislation or merely for political posturing.
This entire debacle raises serious questions about the integrity of the Senate. Do they not have faith in their own powers and rules, or are they simply willing to bend them for a political ally? Are they afraid that the self-proclaimed “appointed son of God” might wield his divine influence to banish them to the fiery depths of hell?
In the end, it seems that the Senate is less concerned with upholding the principles of justice and accountability and more preoccupied with appeasing political allies and avoiding divine retribution. It’s a circus of absurdity where the only thing more baffling than the statements themselves is the apparent lack of self-awareness from those making them.
Welcome to the theater of the absurd, where politics and comedy collide in a spectacle that would make even the Bard himself raise an eyebrow in disbelief.
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