God’s warnings to GMA, JDV
By Neal Cruz
Inquirer
Last updated 00:51am (Mla time) 10/02/2006
Published on page A14 of the October 2, 2006 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer
AMBITION WON OVER THE FEAR OF GOD IN the case of Speaker Jose de Venecia after his scary plane flight to Cebu. JDV was on his way to Iloilo when the plane developed engine trouble and had to be diverted to Mactan airport.
According to Sen. Franklin Drilon, who was with JDV in the plane, Joe was so worried about his mortality. After the plane landed without an event, he told the senator that he had prayed to God all throughout the flight and made many promises—one of which could be that he would abandon the Cha-cha (Charter change) train if he survived.
That good news lasted very briefly. The very next day, the bad news came to light again when JDV called up the Inquirer to say that he had not abandoned the Cha-Cha train and that his scary flight only made him decide to try harder. Ambition and megalomania won again.
That is human nature. During a crisis, humans pray intensely to God and make many promises should he be spared, but once the crisis is over, they forget the promises and go back to their old, wicked ways. And JDV is only human.