Lame duck in 2028
Whoever Marcos anoints will inherit the flood control scandal, the budget controversies, the economic contraction and the trust deficit.
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LILA CZARINA A. AQUITANIA, ESQ.
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A succession problem
The opportunity to appoint a ‘new’ vice president also presents too strong a temptation to groom a potential presidential candidate for 2028.
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Opposition’s 2028 ‘Plan B(aste)’
The impeachment trial, instead of dragging Sara down, has become a platform to present herself as the victim of a political vendetta.
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Battle of narratives thus far
The answer lies not in Duterte’s innocence or guilt, but in the Marcos administration’s failure to offer the public anything better.
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A lower threshold for conviction
Mr. Marcos and his allies now know exactly how close they are to eliminating their most formidable political rival in 2028.
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Incompetence made worse by indifference (2)
The more the Palace dismisses the anger as the work of a few, the more it confirms that it has lost touch with the many.
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Incompetence made worse by indifference (1)
THE PUBLIC HAS NOT FORGOTTEN (AND SHOULD NEVER FORGET) THAT THE FLOODWATERS ARE NOT UNFORESEEABLE ACTS OF GOD BUT A CONSEQUENCE OF INSATIABLE GREED AND A…
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Will the buck stop with Martin? (2)
To my mind, the greatest danger here is not that justice has been delayed — it is that we might mistake this single arrest for justice itself.
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Does the buck stop with Martin Romualdez?
Yet the question that lingers, unanswered and uncomfortable, is this: of all the names that have surfaced in this widening scandal, why only Romualdez and Co?
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