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Are You Ready For Leni Loud's Operation TALK-Hang?

Let's just face the selective outrage of the Dilawans. While I do believe President Rodrigo R. Duterte needs to control his mouth - Vice President Leni Loud Robredo still needs to control hers too. I'm just referring to the latest update from CNN Philippines. House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano may have caught the flu from Noynoy Aquino (regarding traffic) but he has EVERY RIGHT to criticize Vice President Leni Loud for being Operation All-Talk. But wouldn't calling it operation TALK-Hang (combination of talk and tokhang) be the more appropriate title?

Here's the truth that House Speaker Cayetano is speaking. This is respectful advice to a political rival. Cayetano lost to Leni Loud last 2016. Leni Loud herself is prone to turning the tokhang (to ask drug suspects to surrender and stop while it's early) into TALK-hang. Cayetano's advice is really simple to Leni Loud - SHUT UP AND LISTEN! Listening is the beginning of understanding. If Leni Loud doesn't listen and study then how can she offer alternatives? The scientific method would always involve observation and hypothesis to start it. Leni Loud needs do a lot of observation and data gathering. She needs to see the problem and look for solutions. Unfortunately, Leni Loud seems to be a poor listener - something that may explain why she took the board twice before becoming a lawyer herself.

Why wouldn't operation TALK-Hang work in a Westminster parliamentary system? You can imagine how Leni Loud would have to be ready for the Weekly Question Hour. As deputy prime minister - she would have to propose how the government will work on the drug war. As an opposition member (not necessarily the leader) she will have to address alternatives to winning the drug war. If she can't answer then you can consider her getting a tokhang through a vote of no confidence.

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