It’s a drag

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2019 16:15:00 +0000

“A CHAIR is still a chair, even when there’s no one sitting there,” from a song composed and sung by Barbra Streisand.

The issue of the day is not an empty chair but two co-chairs heading the 20-headed ICAD. Between the two, who’s more equal? The Vice President or the Director General of PDEA (whose rank is undersecretary)? As predicted, the early days of their partnership have been anything but smooth. Ms. Robredo has been hogging the headlines, not her fault but journalists whose job it is to get the news and uncover what’s new. Between and among the personalities involved, including the President and his spokesman, and the VP and her spokesman, there’s plenty of talk to go around. It’s a drag.

Where does this leave the drug lords? In their luxurious caves, they must be having a gleeful time listening and twiddling their thumbs; no need to heckle, just carry on with the business and enjoy the show.

Two heads better than one? Let’s go back to the beginning. At the start of their partnership, DG Aaron Aquino said the four clusters of ICAD would be divided into advocacy, rehabilitation, and reintegration under the VP, and law enforcement and justice under himself. Nearly two weeks later, we’ve not heard if such division of labor is acceptable to the VP. Ms. Robredo has gone as far as getting an education from foreign experts but she has obviously not asked her partner to define her role in the clus
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