“Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.”
“ILOILO Provincial Board Member Gerry Flores will make Board Member Mac Napulan's life miserable. No Mayor's Permit will be issued to Doc Macario's clinic in Miag-ao because of lack of sanitation requirements.”
Thus went the Lapsus Calami item in the January 12, 2012 of Panay News.
On the surface, this nakedly blatant and unembellished threat appears to be a knee-jerk (not to mention childish and stupid) retaliation of Gerry Flores to the privilege speech given by Board Member Dr. Macario Napulan more than a month ago about the filthy state of the slaughter house in Miagao, Iloilo (see my previous posts). One scratches the surface and sees more.
The Local Government Code of 1991 delegates the power to issue Mayor’s Permit to – you guessed it right – the Municipal Mayor. Why Gerry Flores was not able to make the correct guess is, no pun intended, anybody’s guess.
As of last regular session of the Iloilo Provincial Board on January 17, 2012 Gerry Flores was still a Board Member, having personally answered to the roll call made by the SP Secretary. A prudent man may therefore become confused whether Gerry Flores resigned as Municipal Mayor to become Provincial Board Member, or has already resigned as Provincial Board Member to become Municipal Mayor, or is performing both functions as Board Member and Municipal Mayor. Otherwise, why would he issue such foolish statements?
Well, the prudent man may well be adviced not to give too much thought about Gerry Flores, lest he may himself become confused. He should realize Gerry Flores is, by nature, a confused individual. That explains why more often than not he finds his foot inside his mouth. Gerry Flores is a constant reminder of a T-shirt with words printed at the back: “Don’t follow me! I’m lost, too!”
His periodic intrusions into the realm of logic and reason also reminds me of one lampoon artist who said: “His mission is so secret he doesn’t know what he’s doing.” Ahh, a super-uber-secret secret agent not necessarily with Her Majesty’s Secret Service. If Gerry Flores wants to be James Bond-ish, he fails miserably. He takes more semblance of Johnny English: He knows no fear; he knows no danger; he knows nothing.
Gerry Flores should see a doctor pronto. He is stricken with the “foot in the mouth” disease. On second thought, I take that back. He should see a veterinarian.
Kidding aside, he should see a shrink. Seriously.
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