Are You Kidding Me?

I know this is old but as I said just before I went on a long sabbatical a couple of months ago that I will post a follow- up on  both Jun Lozada’s  and Brian Gorrell’s allegations against some people.

I will tackle Mr. Gorrell’s tale in the future. Let me just focus a bit on Mr. Lozada’s saga for now.

Recently the Court of Appeals junked his petition for a Writ of Amparo saying that there was no proof that he was kidnapped nor threatened by government officials. I’m glad the Appellate Court saw from where this charges were coming from and acted on the best way possible, to throw them out into the junkyard.

I will not go into some kilometric details since a lot has been said about Mr. Lozada’s alleged abduction. You can just Google them or look in YouTube if you want to be refreshed about the contentions of the protagonists.

I am just probably just one of the few who did not buy his statements and pronouncements at face value, even then. More so, now.  Let me just state that I gave him the benefit of the doubt at first but his actions, time and events have now shown what the reality is, that Jun Lozada had taken the entire nation for a joy ride.

Those who bought his statements where either too naïve on how the wheels of politics in the Philippines works or just hated PGMA and her ilk too much that they were blindsided by Lozada’s theatrics.

But Mr.  Lozada’s flair for the dramatics notwithstanding, he was able to put a really good show for the entire country if you ask me, but it was also proven to be his fifteen minutes of fame and downfall at the same time.

Anyway, on his accounts alone that he was “kidnapped” yet was able to use his cell phone and text his family and friends as to his whereabouts as well as ask his kidnappers to bring him to a place that he prefers (which is La Salle Greenhills in this case) make his story not only doubtful but highly improbable. This is the first time that I ever heard of a kidnap victim giving his relatives and peers a live blow-by-blow account of his supposed whereabouts and ordeal in the hands of his “kidnappers” as well as prod them to deliver him to a safehouse that he prefers.

And yet by another grace of God (actually, brotherly love from the La Sallian brothers) he was  able to call for a press conference while still in the hands of his alleged kidnappers makes the event even more suspicious; a fact that  did not escape the eyes of the Justices of the Court of Appeals, a fact that will never hold water in any court of law much so in the court of public opinion. His handlers could have done a much better script that will not insult the intelligence of the majority of the Filipino people, if you ask me. But it was good while it lasted, a welcome respite I should say from the humdrum of our daily lives.

Here’s a YouTube copy of the video where Mr. Lozada is supposed to have been abducted against his will by unidentified men upon his arrival at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport.  Enjoy!