Philippine Land Reform, Spanish Poet Vicente Aleixandre and Congress Joke

Posted by lestercavestany on April 26, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Since the beginning of the Philippine nationhood in the early 1900s, the government has been unsuccessful in its attempts to implement genuine agrarian reform. Social analysts have been quick to blame the Philippine Congress for this failure – It’s common knowledge that our lawmaking body consists of legislators who have direct ties with the landowning families of the country. Another reason why land reform has been weak..

Our quote today comes from Spanish poet Vicente Aleixandre. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1977…

Once upon a time the government had a vast scrap yard in the middle of a desert. Congress said,”Someone may steal from it at night.” So they created a night watchman position and hired a person for the job. Then Congress said,”How does the watchman do his job without instruction?” So they created a planning department and hired two people…

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