29 Jan 2010Ladies and gentlemen of
Padada,
I am embarking on a personal campaign
to stop the illegal gambling (LAST 2) in our place. This
social cancer has been pestering our town for the past
several years that it has destroyed the moral fiber of
our community. I have seen once-respectable
personalities fall victim to this social anomaly that
"last 2" have replaced God as the center of their lives
thereby neglecting anything else including family
relationship and sense of propriety . I am a witness
how this illegal gambling have eaten up the righteous
behavior of our commuity. It has incubated from being a
social irritant to a social cancer over the past many
years. If left unchecked this will destroy us all.
I am calling all those who cared to
join me in this effort. Let's cure our town before
everyone gets infected with the virus of this lingering
disease. I will exhaust all my powers and influence to
carry out this self-declared mission to STOP LAST 2 in
order to restore morality in our town.
As an initial move, I plan to:
1. invite media friends who
came from Padada (Alex Roldan of RMN Davao AM radio and
Emmanuel Roldan of Super Balita among others) to provide
the press efforts for the widest dissimination of this
campaign.
2. call on the parish priest
to help me on this undertaking.
3. attend municipal council
session so i can officially request that a resolution be
made for the stoppage of LAST 2 in order for our local
police to act on this.
4. report to
provincial/regional police office if local PNP will not
act on this matter so that they shall be replaced by
incorruptible men.
Rest assured that all actions to be
taken will be within the limits of our laws. Any
suggestions how this campaign shall be undertaken are
very much welcome. Let us all be guided by Edward
Burke's " The only neccessary thing for the triumph of
evil is for good men to do nothing."
Lt Col Alexis Noel C Bravo Philippine Army