By ALREDO P HERNANDEZ
IS FREEDOM to criticize, express opinion as well as raise the
fears purportedly of a group of individuals in the community fair when dished
out from behind a fictitious identity?
This issue has one again reared its happy big head amidst a
harshly concocted Facebook attack on the capability of the Mambulao government
to crack the whip on evil-doers in the community.
A notorious Facebooker clinging like a leech on the account of the
Jose Panganiban Camarines Norte group recently posted nasty observations on the
community goings, putting the Office of the Mayor on the spot.
A certain Michelle Odi, which most of the groups’ habitués
believed to be a fictitious name, made worse by the fact that the account owner
is wearing the face of an ugly horse, has accused a number of people –
municipal government people at that – of hauling off the remnants of the just
completed bridge connecting Parang and South Poblacion to the metal scrappers.
She has insinuated that the proceeds allegedly went straight to
the pockets of certain individuals – and who could that be? There are only two
guys in the government who could make the scrap metals disappear – Dong Padilla
and Ariel Non.
But this suggestion is truly outrageous!
In her/his sarcastic posting, which first praised the Mambulao
government on its grandiose vision to improve the lives of its more than 55,000
constituents, Michelle Odi narrated a staccato of rubbish intended to shame
Ricarte “Dong” Padilla and the members of his government.
A number of Facebookers who felt that Odi’s allegations of many
wrong-doings within the local government were not meant to be relayed to the
relevant units of the LGU but merely to embarrass the individuals for whom she
has an ax to grind – people who are supposed to know what she was talking
about.
But Odi’s failure to come forward and unmask her/himself for all
the world to see and determine if she/he is credible enough to stand her ground
on her cocktail of shit has slammed the door on her face.
Surprisingly, the spurious account has been pulled from the site,
obviously by the owner after she/he received a good measure of bashing for her ridiculous
“insights”.
In a statement posted on the JPCN Facebook account, the local
government through FB user Kassandra Et Robin aka Cynthia P Canoy of the Office
of the Mayor, has expressed dismay over Odi’s “well knitted accusations … meant
not to expose any anomalies but to tarnish the morale and reputation of those
mentioned and the institution (LGU) as a whole”.
The LGU said: “As of the moment, each of the issues raised are
being examined as to its veracity and will be dealt with accordingly by the
concerned departments.”
The LGU has appealed to the public to channel its grievances,
issues and concerns through a “more appropriate manner”.
It has assured that the Office of the Mayor is “always open for
your comments, suggestions or queries”.
The LGU is an organization that is equipped to deal with issues
and concerns raised by its constituents.
It is just proper that sensitive matters such as those raised by
the fake account holder Michelle Odi be coursed through the proper channel –
with proofs and all - for proper disposition.
Detonating a claymore mine in the midst of well-meaning
Facebookers seeking a homey environment during their relaxation was really disgusting,
just for the sake of gaining a mileage – which Michelle Odi achieved while
scoring points for a hidden vested, selfish interest.
By the way, an MWBuzz reader has alerted this writer that Michelle
Odi is allegedly one gold financier with operations that include those taking
place at the bay waters immediately next to the Mambulao town hall.
There’s no way for me right now to personally verify this tip.
However, there could be some truth to this.
Sometime ago, she vehemently opposed my call to the concerned
national government agencies to stop these small gold miners from further
polluting the bay with silt and gold-snatching mercury.
Her main concern was that stopping the operations would deprive
the gold sluicers their source of livelihood.
Somehow, I agreed.
But then, with the info that she allegedly has gold interests,
Michelle Odi’s motivation to keep the bay polluters at work has become suspect.
We could only wait for new rubbish from Michelle Odi, of course
under another fake Facebook handle and face, which I speculate she would grab
from the top-rating TV series The Walking Dead.
For comment, email the writer: ahernandez@thenational.com.pg and
alfredophernandez@y7mail.com
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