Let’s go first to the most
substantial, the issue on pork barrel. As a law student, it is clear in the
principle of separation of powers that the legislative department makes, enacts
and repeals laws. Nothing in the Constitution, (as far as my very limited
knowledge on the Consti is concerned) says that they have the power to get pork
barrels and use it in their respective districts. That is the strongest
argument in favor of the abolishment of PDAF. Secondly, even if these Congressmen
and Senators are justified in having these sums of millions of money, they must
have used these in noble purposes, it must have served the people because in
the first place, this money comes from the people’s taxes. The idea was that,
people pay their respective contributions in the form of tax and they get it
back in the form of public service and public works. But because of our beloved
Congressmen, we get back nothing from the taxes that we pay. I wonder where our
beloved Albanos in the first district of Isabela bring the people’s money for
the longest time that they held the position.
I am for the abolishment of PDAF. I am for running after those who
lambasted the people’s money. I am for rechanneling funds for social services.
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Last week we had our midterms
week in San Beda. Modesty aside, the exams were not that tough as I expected
them to be. Atty. Amurao gave back the corrected exam and I got 96%in criminal
law, I am the highest in class. Who would not be happy about that?
I talked with a blocmate, Aaron,
he also came from UP up there in Baguio. We were talking about UP LAE and San
Beda, yes more like comparing San Beda and the mighty UP. He was interviewed
for the LAE but unluckily he did not make it. He asked me if I will again take
LAE and I said why not, I told him to take the exam again too may be this time
he will get admitted. That’s when he told me about the murmurs during our
Constitutional Law exam. In Beda, the prof himself would not be there during
the exam. Someone will proctor.
During the Consti exam, our
proctor came late, he was already distributing the exam booklets and
questionnaires but everyone were still talking with each other. We were already
beginning to answer when our proctor left us and went to the other classes. At first
I heard murmurs, I was seated in front so I looked around to see who were still
talking but I didn’t actually mind them and instead focused on the exam. Aaron told
me that he actually saw F and J talking with each other during the exam, of
course what else will they be talking about if not the exam itself?
I was disappointed, really. In UP
I am very proud to say I did not cheat. There are moments when I can easily do
that but I did not. It was better to submit a blank blue book than to look at
my seatmate’s paper. That was how UP trained me. Honor and Excellence. I don’t know
how their institution taught them. What the hell this is Law School, this is
graduate degree, if they were not trained to be noble, shame on them and the
institution they came from. Dear readers, do not be like them, do not talk with
your seatmate during exam. Do not cheat and most especially, study in UP, not
in some other institution which prides itself of being a catholic school but
its graduates do not follow the right path.
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I was in UPLB last weekend for
the pre pageant of CEMPLANGAN, an inter organization competition. I have heard
several not so good news about my beloved EconSoc. Well, I am no longer a
resident member at least so I cannot just judge because I was not really there
and witness firsthand what were really happening. It is their time now to
surpass or at least maintain the good name the org has earned for the last 26
years. Uphold excellence dear orgmates, love the org and everything else will
follow.
