Senators Christopher “Bong’’ Go and Ronald “Bato’’ dela Rosa last week floated the idea of making their benefactor, former president Rodrigo Duterte, the anti-drug czar of the Marcos administration supposedly to boost its campaign against illegal drugs. “It is the prerogative of the President as the appointing authority. But if ever [it happens], will it help if former president Duterte will be appointed as drug czar?” Go asked the newly appointed Philippine National Police chief Maj.
The most frustrating thing about dealing with government is when rules are so unreasonable that it feels like the only reason that they’re there is to deliberately make things harder for all of us. Often they defy any logic and reason, but you’re given no right to question it and no choice but to accept it, with only a terse admonition that “it’s our policy” or “that’s the rule.” I’ve written on this so many times in various contexts over the years, most of them based on firsthand experience or observation. My family’s latest travails with illogical rules and requirements were
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