MIKE ARROYO and HIS CONTROVERSIES, GUILTY OR NOT?

This blog entry may be different from my two previous posts. We were asked to make a stand on the controversies that the first gentleman Mike Arroyo has been and is still facing, allegations on jueteng, corruption and taking advantage of his wife, GMA’s position in particular. To answer if he is guilty or not, is a tough one, especially if the person involved have sued an incredible number of journalists for libel.

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Let me start with this:

IF THERE IS NO FIRE, THERE IS NO SMOKE, a Filipino proverb often associated to controversies being denied especially in showbiz and politics.

I may not be updated on politics but I do believe in this saying. There would be no controversies if there really is nothing to discuss about. Sometimes, people tend to exaggerate what they know but very few can generate stories out of thin air. There is a root for all these.

Many have been written and reported but of course not one is proven. Mike Arroyo is a lawyer. He sure knows his way out.

Expected to be a moral citizen, he will not pledge of being guilty, but claiming that he is innocent would not help. My suggestion is to defend rather than deny.

He claims to be a private citizen. And he knows his rights as one. But by simply holding the title as the First Gentleman makes him a public figure. He owes the Filipino people an explanation.