Jusme, kilabutan nga kayo.
It was all I could say as thousands of peasants marching for land towards the historic Mendiola bridge were met by placard-bearing police women.
The messages ranged from unbelievable to hilarious.
“Kami ay kaagapay ninyo sa kaayusan at katahimikan ng bayan”
“Mapayapang magpahayag ng damdamin para kapayapaan ay mapasaatin”
What d f**k???
Does General Razon’s PNP and his Mamang Pulis spinmasters seriously think they could pull off such insincere messages of peace while peasants are marching to commemorate the day when 13 of them were gunned down by policemen in a rally for genuine land reform 21 years ago?
Stupid.
PNP rally antics have been done before: police women facing a composite of women rallyists, police women giving white roses and now the placards. This is the worst yet.
For one, its always the women. Why the women? This macho institution always resorts to using the women in their ranks for such tasks of facing rallyists in attempts to make protesters appear anti-women in spite of the justness of the calls. Moreover, these tasks are regarded as well, weak and therefore feminine. For the PNP, avoiding confrontation is a woman’s job.
Secondly,do they really think the public is stupid? The PNP along with the AFP are long time record holders of being the number 1 human rights violators in the country. This is a record that cannot be erased with generic messages of peace on tarpaulin placards. This is a record that was attained and sustained year after year after year with the deaths and disappearance of countless of activists, human rights volunteers, journalists and leaders, most of the victims coming from the ranks of peasants.
Winning the propaganda war and hearts and minds of the people goes beyond placards and lip service. Mamang Pulis would do well to rethink its strategy. The same goes for the AFP.
jangirl 