By Ba Ipe
PRO-BBM politicians knew their politics. They were prescient to know and understand that Misfit Sara could be vicious and uncontrollable. They have to rein her if they want to keep her in the ruling coalition. But she is not an asset. She is an underachiever. The best and only political option is to get rid of her.
They know her weakness. They know how to handle her. Actually, she is not difficult to isolate in the coalition. The funny thing is that she does not know the scheming that went without her slightest knowledge. Pinapasok siya sa bitag.
She has fondness for big confidential funds. All through her six years as mayor of Davao City, she enjoyed the biggest amount of confidential fund at her disposal. Davao City had the following confidential fund: P144 million in 2016; P260 million in 2017; P420 million in 2018; and P460 million each in 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022.
Surprises of all surprises, Davao City had the biggest confidential fund nationwide during her incumbency as its mayor. At the time of her incumbency, father Rodrigo was the country’s president. She got what she wanted. She never had it so good.
She brought her greed to the national level. Misfit Sara enjoyed a total of P612 million in confidential fund as the incumbent vice president. Of the amount, P500 million went to the OVP and P112 million, Deped, of which she was the secretary for almost two years.
It would have been fine if she has remained part of the ruling coalition. Had she remained in the ruling coalition, nobody would have noticed the misuse of the confidential fund given her. But the political wind has changed and upon scrutiny, the probing lawmakers discovered what is now emerging to be a grand design to maraud public funds.
It is yet to establish the fate of her confidential fund, but the damning pieces of evidence emerging in the congressional investigation is the deplorable possibility that she could have plundered the confidential amount. If the trajectory of the congressional probe goes to its rightful conclusion, she faces an impeachment complaint. Where or when is something Congress will decide.
On a closer look, political elements opposed to Misfit Sara knew her weakness. She has special fondness for confidential fund. They knew what she did to the massive confidential fund given to Davao City during her six years of incumbency.
They gave her the confidential fund for the OVP and Deped without much hassles. They let her dug her own grave, so to speak. She wrongfully believed that what was given as confidential fund was hers alone to decide. She could either spend it or keep it in any way that pleases her..
Misfit Sara never knows fully what has hit her. She has her suspicions but she could not exactly determine the totality of the political tsunami that is now bringing her down. She does not know the scheming hyenas in her midst. The funny thing is that she may or may not have her downfall without knowing her tormentors or nemesis.
