Not a joke

Former Agriculture Undersecretary Jocelyn “Joc-Joc” Bolante is seeking political asylum in the United States allegedly because of the threats to his life by the Communist Party of the Philippines – New People’s Army (CPP-NPA).

He believes that being a target of the CPP-NPA, although Ka Roger already said he is not, entitles him political asylum.

I don’t know who gave him the idea that a man accused of plunder is entitled to political asylum when in fact those in Malacanang seems to be protecting him, rather than going after him.

As far as I know, political asylum is granted only by a government to a person or persons who belong to the political opposition of another country for his own protection from the established government.

Obviously, Bolante is not a member of the political opposition.
He was a government official. In fact, he still remains very close to First Gentleman Mike Arroyo.

Surely, the government will never kill or harass or do something to that effect against somebody like Bolante who seem to have learned to become invisible.

The only asylum he deserves is one where lots of people like him belong – behind bars.

The accusation against this man is not a joke. The P728 million fertilizer fund mess is no joke.

Depriving the poor farmers of government subsidy like seeds and farm inputs is like depriving them of bread and butter.