Lately there has been much talk about GMA’s lavish and extravagant dinner at a New York French restaurant – Le Cirque. It was reported in a New York Post article and it had raised the indignations of several people – some even part of the US trip delegation. Although the Palace downplays the lavish dinner by saying that a congressman footed the bill, the fact still remained that the Presidential entourage consumed an almost Php 1M dinner and it attracted international attention.
I have no problems with GMA dining in some fancy French restaurant like Le Cirque. For all I care, she has every right in the world to enjoy the luxuries the world can offer her. What I do not like about what she did was that it was blatantly done in the eyes of international media – like as if she wanted the world to know she can dine in such a fine restaurant. For a president of a third world country, that is unacceptable. She represents a country where majority of the population cannot even afford a decent meal 3x a day; where a large percentage of the population goes hungry day in day out. How can she take it in her conscience to make such a blatant announcement to the world (by her actions) that she, a president is no less than an elite in the country, and is able to wine and dine in style and luxury despite the obvious throes of the country.
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