The story would have been set right, and Duterte and company would have been "real heroes", if they did something unthinkable: At the end of their term, knowing their crimes against God, against civility, against humanity, submitted themselves to receive what is due them - the bearer of the sword shall die by the sword.
But instead, self-preservation and reluctance to face a higher authority was too much for them.
And that's the key word here: accountability. If cleansing the archipelago of narcotics was their clarion call, their true and pure raison d'etre, then they knew that they had to break the rules to make things right.
They played the role of executioner which many Christians applauded.
But, what they should have known was at the end of their mission, they would have to answer for their own crimes - with their lives. If that is what they had done, then they would have been true patriots and heroes. But, that is not to be.
So what we have are two feuding camps, one feudal lord over another. Bereft of any moral ascendancy and catering to the simplistic mind of the naive voter.
That is what the Game of Thrones is all about. The greater liar will triumph over the lesser one.
But what actually paved the way for the return of the dictator's son was none other than Duterte himself.
He sided with the black propagandists and lie peddlers to eradicate the opposition. Now he cries for a democracy with an opposition?
What opposition? What civil society? Duterte and his minions obliterated any semblance of a credible opposition who will balance the power of the rising Marcos.
And that is why we are here today.
#Philippines #politics #Marcos #Duterte
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