State Funeral For Tita Cory : Real Intention or a Political Tactic


In an interview on showbiz talk show The Buzz on Sunday, Kris said an emissary from Malacañang approached their family and offered a state funeral for the former president.

"I said, 'I'm speaking on behalf of everybody. Malacañang doesn't have to say [na] bigyan ng honor ang Mom ko, dahil iyong honor nanggagaling sa bayan natin,'" Kris said.

"Now she's dead, you want to give her honor, but when she was still alive, you want her powerless." she also added

"It's not that we did not allow. We said: ‘don't offer na lang, para walang gulo.’ Ayaw namin ng gulo," she later added.

In my opinion, the palace is in a dilemma right now, to add, Kris said that the emissary said that Malcañang is in a "damned if you do, damned if you don't" situation wherein any move they make in offering a state funeral to Aquino could be misinterpreted.

Maybe President Arroyo has a real intention in giving respect to the late former president Cory. But for us Filipino who knows that there were past misunderstandings between GMA and tita Cory, a state funeral for tita Cory is a political tactic where Ms Arroyo wanted to change her image.

Who knows, she is really sincere with that.

Comments

  1. AnonymousAugust 4, 2009 at 8:23 PM

    btaw sad noh..pero anyway, the person is dead..sincere or not man si arroyo, what matters is she paid respect to cory.

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  2. AnonymousAugust 4, 2009 at 8:27 PM

    i think she's not sincere to cory's family. sana bumaba na siya sa pwesto.. sino kaya pwdeng mapili?

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  3. AnonymousAugust 4, 2009 at 8:42 PM

    ya,, but what matters is that even if arroyo isn't really paying respect towards cory,, a lot of other filipinos are :)

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  4. JBAugust 6, 2009 at 12:08 PM

    i think pres. arroyo's visit is for the late pres. cory and not for her children nor for political colors. kinukulayan kasi ng mga kritiko ang kanyang mga ginagawa. i know she's not that perfect in her administration but she's trying. sana'y kalimutan muna ang pamumulitika at pagdadalamhati muna sa namatay ang isipin..

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