Salvador Panelo

Sent from my iPad AirPHOTO BELOW SHOWS Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo gesticulating with a limp wrist, but don’t let that mislead you. The man is as masculine as his gender suggests: fearless, alert and quick-witted. On top of that, he appears to have the fullest support of the President!!!

No, Alex (Malinao), that does not make him correct all the time. Sal is only human who can lose his job on a blunder, especially when Digong just got up on the wrong side of the bed. You think being in Sal’s shoes is where the glamor and power are? TRY BEING THERE is what Sal will probably tell you.

You’re right, Alex, preferably a presidential spokesman must be a good lawyer like Sal. He must also think of his country first, his boss coming only second every time he speaks for his benefactor. I would not know, however, what Sal’s exact position is on this point. Oh Yes, Digong’s 82% approval rating has made Sal’s job easier, though Sal might have goofed on one of his latest statements.

He said that the President’s scuttling of the VFA would not harm the efficacy of the Mutual Defense Treaty and the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement. To my mind, Alex, Sal did a tightrope act by boldly speculating. Had he accurately read America’s mind on this issue? Did not Ferdinand Marcos get the shock of his life when Uncle Sam withdrew his support at a time he needed it most?