If you’ve been reading the news lately, I’m sure you’re already familiar with the names Sawsaw and Sampaw. These are names that two most powerful elected officials of our City has been hurling towards each other.
Mayor Bing Leonardia calls Cong. Tony Golez “sampaw” which means “to lay over”, because of the latter’s project of asphalt overlaying along Lacson Street. Mayor Bing says Lacson Street is still in good condition so the project is just a waste of funds and should have been used in repairing damaged roads.
Cong. Golez on the other hand called Mayor Bing “sawsaw”, meaning “to dip into”, because he said Mayor Bing has a habit of dipping his hands into his projects.
We Filipinos have a penchant for nicknames but when most nicknames or “hayo” are intended as shorter local versions of names (i.e. Pidoy for Alfredo) or simply just pet names (i.e. Ging-Ging), “bansag” are usually used in a derogatory manner to make fun of somebody.
Old folks especially those in rural areas are oftentimes known for their bansag than their real names. Most of the time the origin of these bansag are the physical attributes of a person or an embarrassing moment associated with a person. A cross-eyed person may be called “libat“or somebody who embarrassed himself with diarrhea in public may be called “lupot“.
The list goes on but usually these folks usually don’t take offense from it. Everybody who has shared a drinking session of tuba may have exchanged a friendly banter and called each other their bansag. Although there may have also been some unfortunate event where somebody chased somebody with a bolo.
We can’t expect our honorable officials to chase each other with a bolo but then they can’t blame us either if we sometimes find their “public display of affection” funny to downright hilarious.
Oh well, it only means one thing. If this name-calling is any indication, the 2013 election is going to be very exciting. We can all watch in the sidelines as the story unfolds.
Abangan ang susunod na kabanata.
kung wala lang ko ojt sa summer, i would have wanted to be in bacolod during the campaign season. every election year ga enjoy gid ko na sa interviews sa local cable. may kantahanay pa sang una sa show ni frank. lol
Subong guru mas sadya pa gid and election both sa Bacolod kag sa province. Showdown gid ni ang matabo. 😀
Sige…basta wala lang pikon.
The more we put them in the public eye, the better they become.
Would like to see some clarity in their deeds.
Let’s see who is really doing the right thing.
Hopefully they can also publish their agenda.
And every quarter we check what has been achieved.
Then let the people judge, who is doing the right thing.
I would like to challenge them to put their budget into public scrutiny
Have them published. The people wanted to know where the money goes.
It is for public interest anyway.
Have our young adults get involved. Make it as a case study for all students, Accounting, Engineering , Architects, etc. Let see what the children ( without vested interest/ association ) have to say. The more we educate our children of the current situation, the more we could find a future resolution. Get them involved earlier.
Thanks… The best thing that I have received today.
Looking forward to hearing from you soon.
Concerned Ilongga.