LML Polettiques (405)

Memo to President-elect BBM

Wednesday, 11 May 2022 10:24 Written by
MR. President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr., congratulations on your triumph! Our people have spoken as various surveys predicted. I wish you well. I also take the liberty of putting on paper some unsolicited suggestions, as you promised a unifying presidency. We…

'Crabs,' or what is propelling BBM to power

Thursday, 05 May 2022 16:10 Written by
WITH a possible 50 to 60 percent of the votes, the Bongbong will have a majority, reprising his father's two terms. Ferdinand got 51.94 percent of the votes against the then incumbent President Diosdado Macapagal's 42.88 percent and Raul Manglapus'…

New kid on the block

Wednesday, 27 April 2022 09:32 Written by
BY Easter, when Christ has risen, the Bongbong may have caused the Marcos name to also rise again. I may be damned for blasphemy — but what the hell! The opposition was given the opportunity in the last two months…

Stopping BBM — the big if

Thursday, 21 April 2022 08:55 Written by
NINETEEN days to the day of reckoning, BBM is holding his own. The Teflon boy is comfortably biding his time mouthing the same message that resonated with the tired electorate. "Time to Unite for the country" — and the devil…

Bongbong, the Teflon candidate

Wednesday, 13 April 2022 11:15 Written by
A MONTH to election day last week, The Manila Times came out with a screaming headline, "Marcos expected to rake in 36M votes." This would translate to over 56 percent of eligible Filipino voters, a clear majority comparable to Ferdinand…

Sophie's choice: The CDP electoral candidates

Wednesday, 06 April 2022 07:02 Written by
"SOPHIE's Choice" was a compelling movie where baby-boomer moviegoers, my age group, were persuaded to confront, think and suffer moral dilemma vicariously throughout the entire film unlike contemporary flicks where computer-generated images (CGI) with motion-capture (MoCap) driven technology enhance the…

Political realignments non-ideological, simply utilitarian

Wednesday, 30 March 2022 08:23 Written by
First of a seriesLAST week, candidates started campaigning for 18,000 local elective positions. The Commission on Elections (Comelec) came out with some interesting tidbits. Eight hundred forty-five (4.7 percent) are running unopposed. But at the Congress, three-fourths of whom are…

Senate elections and systemic political reforms

Thursday, 24 March 2022 09:07 Written by
LESS than 50 days from now, the PRRD regime will have come to pass. I have been critical of many of the President's policies and acts of commission and omission. For one, he should have taken proactive steps to resolve…
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