Rene Sarmiento, poor guy.
He consulted some people before he accepted his nomination to the Comelec. They warned him that he was being used to deodorize, not clean up, the Comelec.
But Rene felt his country was calling him to serve and he couldn’t refuse.
Now he knows what happens to good and decent men who make the mistake of associating with Gloria Arroyo.
He resigned from Task Force Maguindanao pleading ill health.
“Pagod na pagod na ako. In fact I have a fever. If only I am physically able, I could have proceeded to Maguindanao to start the investigation, but I am not Superman to be able to do that,” he said, after conducting the special election in Lanao del Sur where he
“backed up a Comelec officer who was caught lying, in his, and in media’s presence on blank election returns having been illegally taken from the provincial capitol of Lanao del Sur and brought to a hotel in Iligan City.”
Sarmiento can save his ggod name of he resigns not only from the Maguindanao Task Force but from the Comelec as well. And he should tell the public why.
on May 30th, 2007 at 7:11 am
Amen! Caught with his pants down courtesy of Ricky Carandang. A media coup that’s one for the books. I could almost see Sarmiento with his head spinning, painfully mincing words to save his skin.
on May 31st, 2007 at 1:38 am
So if he’s not superman, he had better retire for good. Doing things half-baked will just make things worse.