Tag: election 2022

The Opposition should stop blaming Duterte if they want to win the next election

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The Opposition should stop blaming Duterte if they want to win the next election

Gone are the days when demonising the incumbent worked for an Opposition party. Indeed, this is the lesson that today’s Philippine Opposition still hasn’t learned in the aftermath of the catastrophic loss of their Otso Diretso coalition in the 2019 election. That bunch hinged their entire campaign on a smear job on the government of…

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Politics, Society

The Yellow-led Philippine Opposition are missing many opportunities to LEAD Filipinos

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The Yellow-led Philippine Opposition are missing many opportunities to LEAD Filipinos

Small wonder that they continue to look so lost and broken. Rather than lead, the Philippine Opposition in its current form today merely react. One can easily observe just how disturbingly reactive the Opposition are — turning their attention from one thing to another depending on what is “trending”. This sort of behaviour all the…

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Politics

Why Leni Robredo’s “report” on the War on Drugs ultimately won’t matter

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Why Leni Robredo’s “report” on the War on Drugs ultimately won’t matter

If Opposition partisans, particularly the lot of them who worship Philippine “vice president” Leni Robredo, think that her recent “report” on the Philippine government’s “failed” drug war will deliver any outcomes favourbale to their cause, they are in for a surprise. Well, actually, one would think it would be unsurprising. Time and again, it has…

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Crime, Politics

Recall that Western and Christian ideals were used to justify colonisation and imperial rule

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Recall that Western and Christian ideals were used to justify colonisation and imperial rule

Back when the Spanish Conquistadors first set foot on Philippine shores and claimed all in the name of God and the Spanish king, it would have looked like this all made sense. Christianity, after all, was the “good” religion and Western civilisation regarded as a necessary “civilising” force. Europeans saw themselves as burdened by a…

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Government, Politics, Society

It is the job of “activists” to react hysterically and the job of the President to stay composed

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It is the job of “activists” to react hysterically and the job of the President to stay composed

Opposition “thought” leaders of late have now focused on monitoring Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s public responses to various circuses stirred up by the Philippine media. Like kibitzers in a street fight, they are egging the President to issue more provocative responses. This, in essence, is the “activist” call of the Philippine Opposition brains trust: Hawakan…

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Media, Politics

Stuff still needs to be built, crooks still need to be caught, and people still need to get to work

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Stuff still needs to be built, crooks still need to be caught, and people still need to get to work

Back to business as usual after Elections 2019. Like the end of the Christmas season, it is a letdown to realise that all the festivities have come to an end. The question, is are all the “issues” brought to the fore over more than a year of election fever which ended this month relevant when…

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Development, Society

The Philippine Opposition need to take time out to heal

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The Philippine Opposition need to take time out to heal

Loss sucks. Nobody likes to lose — not even those in the Opposition who have, over the last several years, lost a lot. Thing is, the way one behaves when in a situation that sucks is what defines one’s character. It is quite evident that the Opposition are not taking a rare opportunity to pause…

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Media, Politics