Si Bayani Fernando, ang MMDA sa Sogo
Sa motel, sa di-lubos na tanggap na lunan ng sexual na pagnanasa, pinapanasa na ang ibang uring pagkamamamayan na may finansyal na yaman para maka-book ng kwarto: pulisyahin ang sexual at iba pang pagnanasa, pumanatag sa itinakdang panuntunan, at tamasain ang temporal na kaligayahang iniendorso ng estado. Hindi na trespassing subject ang nasa loob ng motel, ipinaloob na siya at ang kanyang ginagawa sa lehitimasyong pang-estado ni Fernando at ng MMDA.
NI ROLAND TOLENTINO
KULTURANG POPULAR KULTURA
Bulatlat
Vol. VIII, No. 18, June 8-14, 2008
Hindi ako nagtaka kung hanggang sa kwarto sa Sogo, isang higanteng chain at gusaling motel, ay napanood ko ang cable show ng MMDA (Metro Manila Development Authority). Siempre, ang bosing na si Bayani Fernando, na ang tagumpay sa munting syudad ng Marikina ay nire-reproduce sa iba pang syudad ng Metro Manila, ang bida.
Hindi lang siya bida, siya ay bidang-bida. At sa ilang saglit, tulad ng kanyang mantra (Metro Gwapo, Tao-Ganado), ay bigla nga siyang nagkaroon ng personalidad. Minsan ko nang natunghayan si Fernando sa isang poetry reading sa lumang bahay na trinansforma sa isang cultural center sa Marikina. At winish kong sana ay nagbaon ako ng unan.
Monotono ang kanyang boses, dead-pan ang mukha. Pero ang bangis ay nasa ilalim ng hitsura. Tunay na megalomaniac ang hitad. Kinuha ang wallet sa likod na bulsa ng pantalon, at may tinanggal na pirasong papel. Dahil nga poetry reading ang event, nagbasa ito ng sinulat niyang tula. At balak niyang ipalilok ang kanyang tula sa marmol sa sports arena pa raw!
Bayani Fernando for President – EDSA First
Excerpt from An Waray Party-List Website
BF told to solve EDSA traffic first before aiming for presidency
Chairman Bayani Fernando of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) was urged Sunday to solve the traffic along EDSA before aiming for the presidency and offering to tackle bigger problems.
“If he cannot untangle the daily traffic gridlock along EDSA, I don’t think he should offer himself to run the country, which is facing bigger and more serious problems,” Rep. Florencio “Bem” Noel of the party-list group An Waray said.
Noel said if Fernando is able to cut travel time along EDSA from Quezon Avenue in Quezon City to Pasay City by half, he would earn for himself bragging rights that would be a big asset in his presidential aspiration.
Noel, however, said instead of easing EDSA traffic, Fernando and his MMDA people “have become part of the problem.”
He cited the concrete islands and pink metal fences MMDA erected near Greenhills in San Juan and in front of Camp Aguinaldo and near New York Street in Quezon City, which he said have effectively eaten up one lane of the busy highway.
Noel pointed out that various groups of travelers and vehicle owners, traffic policemen and local officials have blamed these concrete barriers and pink metal fences for the constriction of the road and for innumerable vehicular accidents, many of which have resulted in deaths.
“It’s bad enough that they employ a trial-and-effort, hit-miss approach to the traffic problem. But what is worse is that when it is very evident that such approach does not work, they insist on pursuing it and do not make the necessary correction,” Noel stressed.
He said the islands and pink fences that Fernando built on EDSA are as useless as the passenger loading and unloading bays and steel fences he built along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City.
“As in EDSA, these loading and unloading bays and the trademark pink fences are a constriction in Commonwealth. Now, they are even building traffic islands there to further constrict the highway,” he said.
Noel added Fernando and his people are apparently creating traffic chokepoints in areas where there are none.
Bayani Fernando for President – Sidewalk Vendors are Guilty of Economic Sabotage
“Sidewalk vendors don’t just break the law,” reasoned Fernando, “they steal from legitimate market vendors who have licenses and are paying taxes.” They are also guilty of economic sabotage, according to Fernando. “Just imagine the man-hours lost, and the billions of pesos in business opportunities foregone because of traffic delayed congested streets and sidewalks.”
Excerpt from MMDA Chair Bayani Fernando, Antihero? by Alicor Panao
