By: Modesto P. Sa-onoy
At the time of this writing, information said that the Yanson Family will be holding the Vallacar Transit Incorporated annual stockholder’s meeting. Deadline prevents me from writing what happened during the meeting, but by now something significant shall have been decided and released to the public. The result may or may not need further comments. What I hope for is that the family decided to reconcile after all that happened. Without reconciliation, they will be the losers.
The discussion on the plot against the Yanson 4 may or may not materialize depending upon the outcome of the meeting.
Still, it is for the record of this unprecedented family feud that this issue be commented on. The impact of this allegation or fear already affected the grandchildren of Ricardo Yanson, children of the Yanson 4. According to The Silent Truth, “The members of the 3rd generation are already crying. They cannot imagine how this is happening to the Yanson family that was once on the pinnacle of success in business and society. Never in their wildest dreams did they think that one day, their own flesh and blood is going to turn against them and send them to jail for crimes they didn’t commit.”
What happened is indeed a sad thing and so with the public, the writer of The Silent Truthasked, “Is this actually the kind of family they have? Where’s their heart? What kind of hearts do they have? Do they even believe in God? Are they praying to God? What kind of prayers and petitions are Ginnette and Leo Rey sending out? How can they sleep at night? Where’s the humanity? The grandchildren know that if their Lolo Cardo is still alive, this would never happen to the family.”
That is true. While he was alive, Ricardo Yanson kept the family united and harmonious, at least to the public eye. The outsiders, in fact, could not believe this fracas would happen to the family.
There are other points in The Silent Truth that I feel need no repetition so that the road to family harmony will be opened.
It is not for the public to judge. What we saw and heard are probably gongs and cymbals of warfare and we hope no perpetual damage.
I had been studying the warfare that has killed millions since Roman times until World War II. There are several similarities in the battles waged throughout the centuries and one of these is the insatiable desire for power. Conquest was not just for the expansion of empire but for the personal satisfaction of the rulers. They would send thousands in one assault and thousands more for the succeeding attack to die until the opponent surrenders.
The ending had always been the same – the conquerors never live long enough to subdue everything. Indeed, no one lives forever and like the great conquerors of the past, they are either forgotten, remembered with contempt or simply a name.
On the other hand, several personae in history lived honored in the hearts of millions not for the exercise of power but of love and peace. Christ leads them all, not by wielding the sword but dying for the sake of love for fellowmen as the foundation of peace.
Truly it is said, “He who lives by the sword shall perish by the sword”. Genghis Khan, the terror of the known world from Europe to Asia, read this inscription at the gates of Samarkand and he withdrew, died at age 62 and buried in an unmarked grave.
But people never learn and the thirst for power and wealth is so strong as to reject family ties like the kings of Europe who attacked their own siblings for consolidation of power.
The Yanson case is just a microcosm of this internecine conflict but in the end, what is right and just prevails. They are family; reconciliation might be difficult but there is no reconciliation that is easy. The result of their stockholders’ meeting will tell the public whether the battle will continue to rage, or the family reunites.
The legal issuesare clear but some people my throw monkey wrenches for their personal interests. The Yanson family should be wary lest they fall into temptation and the “peace” of Christmas will be rendered for naught.
