"Reporter: Sir, when will we return to civilian rule?Looks like this Pakistani general also followed Philippine sitcoms. Congratulations Pakistan, (i think).
Junta leader: When we retire.
Reporter: Please clarify.
Junta leader: After we retire, we will then become civilians, so by then you'll all be under civilian rule."
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Pakistan to Return to Civilian Rule
Back in the late 80's when we were being subjected to Honasan's coups, a local TV sitcom spoofed a victorious military junta giving a press conference:
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Same monkey, different costume.
Hi Arbet, I think with the postmodern dictators (Musharraf, Putin and our very own GMA), what matters is form over substance. As long as they keep up appearances, there will be enough apathetic people to play along.
Chuck:
There area lot of new "Civilians" (i.e. ex-military men) in Gloria's cabinet:
General Ermita
General Ebdane
General Mendoza
General Reyes
and many other general at sub-cabinet levels...
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