PITONG DEL Rosario that is, not the long dead Pete Maravich, monikered “Pistol Pete” for his ultra accurate shooting in the US NCAA and later in the NBA which named him one of the league’s 50 greatest players ever.
So how, in Apung Kitong’s name, did this Pitong slap the Honorable Mayor Francis “Blueboy” Nepomuceno?
By simply bringing his pistol to the Angeles City council session, speaking of the slapping strictly figuratively now.
Blueboy has always made peace and order in his city as top priority of his administration – maladministration, if we take the word of mayoralty challenger Tony Mamac, the Balibago chair.
Just see how much Blueboy has invested in firepower – millions in guns and ammo for the police and the civil security units, and mobile power – tens of millions in police patrols, yeah, P4.8 million just for four Yamaha motorcycles. Priority misdirected at the last entry there, the T-Mac would readily say. Whatever, the Blueboy government definitely spent a lot to preserve peace in the city.
Notwithstanding the string of unsolved killings, both celebrated – the cases, that is – and not, which led to the recent firing of city cop chief Senior Supt. Pierre Bucsit, Blueboy is convinced in his heart of hearts that indeed his beloved City of Friendship is a zone of peace and order.
Now comes this Pitong, bringing a gun right at the very heart of the city, the sangguniang panlungsod session hall!
Pistol-packing Pitong did not merely violate house rules – “No guns allowed” – he negated all that Blueboy had been professing about the peace and order in Angeles City. That’s the stinging slap on the diamond-peeled face of Mister Blue. In the favorite phrase of the veteran journalist Rizal Policarpio: “Isang mariing sampal sa mukha ni Blueboy ang iginawad ni Pitong.” And to think that Pitong is supposed to be thoroughly Blue.
Characteristically Blueboy did not react a bit to the Pitong incident. Maybe, he was not even aware of it, ensconced as he is in some other enterprise. Even if he knew, maybe he did not feel the least slighted at this overt damning of Angeles City’s state of unpeace and disorder.
The city council – at least the minority bloc – was understandably aghast, aggrieved and angered by Pitong’s belligerence.
“Action unbecoming of a public servant. It sent a wrong message to peace-loving citizens. What if children were watching our sessions? They will think that even the city hall and its session hall are not safe.” So howled Atty. Willy Rivera.
Raged Pitong’s text message in response to Rivera’s sentiments: “It is not anyone’s business whether I carry a firearm or not. My firearm is properly documented. Willy Rivera should mind his own business. Tell him to sue me if I am breaking any law. Masyado siyang pakialamero. Tell him to keep his opinion to himself. Wala siyang pakialam sa safety measures ko.”
Such insolence! Pitong takes himself way above the law, making an indictment there of the incapacity of the police, civil security units, even Blueboy’s own coterie of security, to secure and protect the city hall premises.
Such arrogance! This, arguably, borne by the fact that he successfully extricated himself from his direct involvement in the 2005 gunslaying of a luckless jeepney driver who, reports said, in a fit of drunkenness, noisily shook, rattled, and kicked at Pitong’s gate.
(Ir)rationalized Pitong of the incident: “My family was placed in mortal danger when five people barged in my property. I had no choice but to protect my family.”
So he has no choice now but to carry his gun – in his own words, “then and now has the necessary documentation” – even at the session hall if only to protect himself.
Protect himself from what, and from whom?
From the legal arguments of the erudite Rivera? From the incisive questionings of Vice Mayor Vicky Vega-Cabigting? From the sarcasm-laced rejoinders of Jay Sangil? From the irresistible charms of the beautiful Marang Morales?
Indeed, what need is there for a gun at a city council session?
To bully, dummy.
And what raging bull has power made of this Pitong!
So how, in Apung Kitong’s name, did this Pitong slap the Honorable Mayor Francis “Blueboy” Nepomuceno?
By simply bringing his pistol to the Angeles City council session, speaking of the slapping strictly figuratively now.
Blueboy has always made peace and order in his city as top priority of his administration – maladministration, if we take the word of mayoralty challenger Tony Mamac, the Balibago chair.
Just see how much Blueboy has invested in firepower – millions in guns and ammo for the police and the civil security units, and mobile power – tens of millions in police patrols, yeah, P4.8 million just for four Yamaha motorcycles. Priority misdirected at the last entry there, the T-Mac would readily say. Whatever, the Blueboy government definitely spent a lot to preserve peace in the city.
Notwithstanding the string of unsolved killings, both celebrated – the cases, that is – and not, which led to the recent firing of city cop chief Senior Supt. Pierre Bucsit, Blueboy is convinced in his heart of hearts that indeed his beloved City of Friendship is a zone of peace and order.
Now comes this Pitong, bringing a gun right at the very heart of the city, the sangguniang panlungsod session hall!
Pistol-packing Pitong did not merely violate house rules – “No guns allowed” – he negated all that Blueboy had been professing about the peace and order in Angeles City. That’s the stinging slap on the diamond-peeled face of Mister Blue. In the favorite phrase of the veteran journalist Rizal Policarpio: “Isang mariing sampal sa mukha ni Blueboy ang iginawad ni Pitong.” And to think that Pitong is supposed to be thoroughly Blue.
Characteristically Blueboy did not react a bit to the Pitong incident. Maybe, he was not even aware of it, ensconced as he is in some other enterprise. Even if he knew, maybe he did not feel the least slighted at this overt damning of Angeles City’s state of unpeace and disorder.
The city council – at least the minority bloc – was understandably aghast, aggrieved and angered by Pitong’s belligerence.
“Action unbecoming of a public servant. It sent a wrong message to peace-loving citizens. What if children were watching our sessions? They will think that even the city hall and its session hall are not safe.” So howled Atty. Willy Rivera.
Raged Pitong’s text message in response to Rivera’s sentiments: “It is not anyone’s business whether I carry a firearm or not. My firearm is properly documented. Willy Rivera should mind his own business. Tell him to sue me if I am breaking any law. Masyado siyang pakialamero. Tell him to keep his opinion to himself. Wala siyang pakialam sa safety measures ko.”
Such insolence! Pitong takes himself way above the law, making an indictment there of the incapacity of the police, civil security units, even Blueboy’s own coterie of security, to secure and protect the city hall premises.
Such arrogance! This, arguably, borne by the fact that he successfully extricated himself from his direct involvement in the 2005 gunslaying of a luckless jeepney driver who, reports said, in a fit of drunkenness, noisily shook, rattled, and kicked at Pitong’s gate.
(Ir)rationalized Pitong of the incident: “My family was placed in mortal danger when five people barged in my property. I had no choice but to protect my family.”
So he has no choice now but to carry his gun – in his own words, “then and now has the necessary documentation” – even at the session hall if only to protect himself.
Protect himself from what, and from whom?
From the legal arguments of the erudite Rivera? From the incisive questionings of Vice Mayor Vicky Vega-Cabigting? From the sarcasm-laced rejoinders of Jay Sangil? From the irresistible charms of the beautiful Marang Morales?
Indeed, what need is there for a gun at a city council session?
To bully, dummy.
And what raging bull has power made of this Pitong!
