FM: The Great Leader

This is neither a sequel nor a critique to Atty. Manuel M. Lazaro’s article entitled: FM: The Great Ilocano (which appeared in another newspaper on Sept. 10 & 11.) This article is but a humble view from an obscure citizen who writes with an obvious ordinariness, absent the elegant prose flowing from the erudite mind of Atty. Lazaro. As the saying goes, one does not hitch a decrepit wagon to a radiant star.

To be sure, this writer is also without any intention whatsoever to sway minds whose intellect would concededly be sharper than his, on the subject of the late President Ferdinand Marcos’ greatness. This is but a simple exercise of the freedom of speech and of the press, a blessing which we, as a nation, continue to enjoy in our democratic society.