Tag: democracy

Yellowtard brand of free-for-all “democracy” no longer an election-winning platform

August 2, 2021 Ramon Ortoll 4 Comments

Joel Ruiz Butuyan asks a question in his Inquirer piece “Two worlds at war” to which he already knows the answer. He just doesn’t want to admit it. Butuyan writes about “the existence of two different worlds in our midst” that the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte supposedly “exposed”. Interestingly though, he highlights an important…

Government, Politics

Long-overdue campaign financing laws and system change needed to make democracy work FOR Filipinos

July 23, 2021 Ramon Ortoll 1 Comment

Former Ambassador and Manila Times columnist writes in his piece “For the funds of it” today about “one of the main reasons – other than megalomania – why so many seem to want to run for Philippine electoral posts, even for national posts.” For the most part, Tiglao points out, “It’s an income-generating project.” The…

Government, Politics

Lacson-Sotto genuine Opposition the final nail in the coffin of the Yellowtards

July 21, 2021July 21, 2021 Ramon Ortoll 1 Comment

Inquirer columnist Manuel L Quezon III (MLQ3) makes much of the old political party conventions to select national candidates. In his piece today “Candidates looking for a reason” he writes about “what the absence of political party conventions tells about the state of our politics not just today, but for the past 40 years.” We’re…

Politics

ABS-CBN is not worth being made into an election issue because Filipinos couldn’t care less about it

July 14, 2021July 14, 2021 Ramon Ortoll No Comments

Talk about much entitlement! All these actions just for ABS-CBN to be granted a new franchise? It should be an election issue? Former Inquirer editor John Nery is surely earning his keep as a mouthpiece of the Lopezes. In his piece “ABS-CBN is a campaign issue”, Nery continues to harp about how the ABS-CBN’s franchise…

Media

The insanity that is the Philippine Presidential System—Why “voting wisely” never works

July 4, 2021 PulbuRonn 3 Comments

The Presidential system, in the case of the Philippines, is a hit-or-miss phenomenon. You get a random Joe to run for the highest office in the land in a once-in-a-lifetime chance and hold said office for 6 years. If he’s bad, at least he’ll get to ruin the country for only 6 years. If he’s…

Charter Change, Government, Politics

An Open Letter (of Apology) to My Toddler

June 20, 2021June 20, 2021 Vincent 5 Comments

On the occasion of “Fathers’ day”, while some dads are going to be receiving gifts or having dinners arranged for them, I opted to write my child an open letter that I hope she will read in the future. Here goes… Dear child, It is 2021. It has been quite a number of years since…

Education, Government, Society

Why does selecting a Philippine president have to be so hard?

June 16, 2021July 21, 2021 Ramon Ortoll 3 Comments

Who were our best President’s who never were. At the top of my list is Juan Ponce Enrile (JPE). To my mind, he is the only Filipino qualified to head all three branches of government. Next is former Ambassador Eduardo Cojuangco Jr (ECJ) for his business acumen and genuine devotion to agriculture. No one else…

Politics

No matter what the Opposition say, what Filipinos personally see as Duterte’s achievements WILL stick

June 15, 2021 Ramon Ortoll 1 Comment

For sure the National Artist for Literature will cop flak again for his latest column on why President Rodrigo Duterte MAY YET BE THE BEST PRESIDENT THE COUNTRY HAS EVER HAD AFTER MAGSAYSAY. I put that down in ALL CAPS so morons will see it and hopefully be cognizant of the colatilla of F. Sionil…

Politics