Where did presidential aspirant Norberto Gonzales go after his stint as defense secretary in 2010?
Gonzales, who was the former Cabinet official of ex-President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, told DZRH that he went to establish an "interim arrangement" with bishops during what he claimed was a period of "bad governance" during the administration of late President Noynoy Aquino.
According to Gonzales, there were possibilities of instability and threats because Aquino was not governing the country well during his term.
He claimed during Tuesday's Bakit Ikaw: The DZRH Presidential Job Interview that if governance and major policies are not aligned with the moral values needed by society, it will not head in a good direction.
"Kung ang mga policy natin walang coherent na pag-unawa kung anong uri ng lipunan ang gusto natin, wala rin," he added.
(If our policies are not coherent and do not understand the kind of society that we want, it’s still nothing.)
So to avoid the possibility of military takeover due to instability, he said that he established an "interim arrangement" with bishops.
"Kaya ang ginawa ko noon, sabi ko, kung sakali naman at may mangyari sa gobyerno natin, wag naman nating pabayaan na maging na punta lang 'yan sa mga militar," he said.
(So what I did was, I said, if ever something happens to the government, let us not allow it to fall in the hands of the military.)
"Sabi ko siguro, ang gawin natin, pagkombinasyon natin 'yung mga nakakaunawa ng pagpapatakbo ng gobyerno at ang mga lider ng ating mga relihiyon para may moral foundation, mag-usap-usap at kung sakaling may mangyari at least merong interim arrangement na pwede tayong pag-usapan," he said.
(I said, maybe what we can do, we can combine those who understand governance and leaders of religion for a moral foundation, let us talk, and if ever something happens, at least we have an interim arrangement that we can talk about.)
"Naging abala ko dun, abalang-abala ako doon."
(I became busy there, I became very busy there.)
