When politicians take advantage of calamities

One of the most blatant and callous audacities of traditional politicians is to use ongoing calamities and disasters as platforms for their perennial "epal" publicity stunts.

- Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez

They come with a coterie of their PR staff and some alleged "envelopmental reporters" to be photographed and interviewed on air while distributing sardines and rice purchased with public funds.

These are the worst forms of cheap and shameless politicking. They want to earn "pogi" points by using government-funded aid. The Department of Social Welfare and Development and other government agencies should not allow themselves to be used and their agencies to give aid and comfort to these modern-day scribes and Pharisees who are just out to show off their pretended compassion and generosity at the expense of public funds. These trapos already used the AICS, AKAP, TUPAD, 4P's and other government dole-outs allegedly in the last elections. Now, the same self-righteous and pretentious trapos are using the disasters and calamities as occasions to gain publicity stunts.