Why Miriam? Why.

“I commend your ignorance"-MDC

The impeachment trial, admit it or not, would have been a bit boring without this hailed senator who, according to some, spews fire in the August Chambers with mixture of terrifying ire that always hits the instant headline news. Viewers were caught by this unseeming, or should say “unlimited” energetic pundit incomparable to her colleagues at the Senate. Result? Her rising blood pressure. The most notable one is her one-on-one encounter with Atty. Aguirre from the prosecution panel.


Anyway, let’s not count how many incidents Miriam used her fiery tongue to disprove and criticize the doubtful and suspicious acts of the prosecution team nor shall we talk about her life and achievements for it will take us ages before we can finish. Since the impeachment trial has already been put to a close, let us just move on and get going for it will only hamper progress . As we all know, MDS has been recently appointed as a judge of the International Criminal Court, such a distinction to the sublime senator who is also a skilled lawyer by profession. Last December 2011, the Filipino people embraced the good news and congratulated her for it is the first time in history that a Filipino made it to the position as such. And yet, without thinking twice, she made a remarkable decision that she will sit on and finish first the impeachment trial before vacating her position in the Senate and go to the Hague in order to fulfill her duties there. Sacrifice has to be made, I might say.


As we witnessed her stance on the trial for the past few months, we saw a Miriam who is determined to uphold the glory of what is truly on the law and in the Constitution . She made it to point that she even dissented and stood for what she believed is just for the chief magistrate. And guess what? Many people went nuts. Do I need to explain it further?


First, we don’t have to take personally what Miriam have said because she is just doing her part as one of the senator-judges. It is very saddening that many people raged their frustrations and hence wanted her to be out of the ICC. It is as if they try to show to ICC that Santiago is really unfit to uphold such position even though her track records had already disproved that. While the impeachment trial is on-going, petitions online coming from a minority group called U.S. Pinoys for Good Governance cited that the behavior the senator showed is very disturbing and thus she was tagged by them as "psychologically unstable," "lacking in patience and empathy," and "ruthless with the feelings of fellow human beings". For me, being ballistic is not subject to be considered as psychologically unstable. Her words may have hurt others yes, but seriously, would you take it personally? It is a trial in a sui generis court, not showbiz. Kampi-kampihan ba? To those who wanted her to be out of ICC, well, I hope you can do that but hey, you berate the ICC as well as if they did not carefully studied the background of Miriam. They have high standards mind you and an initiative like that will not be successful if your expectations say so.


My friends, lets just support her instead of bringing her down. Mga Pilipino talaga oh. •