When all decency is lost

The only other time I felt this kind of impunity was during the Marcos Dictatorship. It’s happening all over again with Digong and his pitbulls. The absolute impunity with which they wield their power aims to eradicate decency out of Philippine society.

To insist on burying Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, to release the likes of Enrile and GMA, to sit on the plunder case of Binay, to move for the acquittal of Napoles (and predictably to release the likes of Jinggoy and Bong Revilla), to pander to Nur Misuari and the communist terrorists (there will never be peace until they are eliminated), to allow China a free hand in the West Philippine Sea and more recently at the Benham Rise, to suggest impeaching Vice President Leni Robredo for allegedly besmirching the reputation of the Philippines (Digong has single-handedly accomplished this shortly after assuming the Presidency), to support the bogus electoral protest of Bong Bong Marcos . . . All these brazen acts of impunity that render already weak government institutions inutile (which is far more damaging to the essence of a Nation than all these extra-judicial killings but barely noticed by the average Juan de la Cruz) because Digong had the numbers (i.e., 38.6% and far from the majority of voters). This is the tyranny of numbers, the tyranny of pure democracy.

In a recent interview with Michael Smerconish (CNN, March 18, 2017), John C. Bogle, Founder and former Chairman, the Vanguard Group, said the following:

“I worry about us being . . . becoming too much of a democracy, when our Founding Fathers created a Republic . . . where the people that knew more, could help more, out of more of a public spirit, that are educated, were the ones that were elected to fill those various posts in various competitions.”

“And now, it’s more like a democracy where the people speak and sometimes that could be very unfortunate. I think a good example of the unfortunate thing is the so-called BREXIT . . . It’s actually a pure democratic thing. Let’s ask the people whether Britain should be / remain . . . I think it was a terrible mistake.  The price would be paid for decades if not even longer. And a lot of dominoes fall. Scotland is now thinking of leaving and the United Kingdom won’t be united anymore.”

“So . . . there are so many people who have not taken the time and trouble to think about these issues and they get the same vote as someone who really thinks and understands . . . You want a more informed electorate, a more politically aware electorate, an electorate that’s more concerned about their community and not their own interest.”

“In an ideal society, that’s the way we should emerge. The Founding Fathers got it right and their successors, right up to today mostly are I think moving troublingly away from the basic values of the Country.”

“The key difference between a democracy and a republic lies in the limits placed on government by the law, which has implications for minority rights. Both forms of government tend to use a representational system— i.e., citizens vote to elect politicians to represent their interests and form the government. In a republic, a constitution or charter of rights protects certain inalienable rights that cannot be taken away by the government, even if it has been elected by a majority of voters. In a "pure democracy," the majority is not restrained in this way and can impose its will on the minority.”

The same can be said about the people who voted Digong as President. It’s a pure democratic thing and it’s a terrible mistake. Lest we forget, we are the Republic of the Philippines, and Digong and his administration are impinging and violating inalienable rights of the minority simply because he had the numbers.

So many people who have not taken the time and trouble to think about the issues and they get the same vote as someone who really thinks and understands—ergo, President Digong controlled by uber-corrupt and powerful political families and an erstwhile sovereign country demoted into a province of China. In short, the Philippines is headed towards a failed state under the malevolent nincompoop Digong.

Hence, the Magdalo Impeachment Complaint is actually the most important course of action in the Philippine political arena today. It’s time to rectify a catastrophic blunder of pure democracy called Digong--we were attempting benevolence, NOT malevolence. In the event that is quashed by the traitors in the Lower House or the Senate, then a Revolutionary Government would be in order. And this time, we don’t make the mistake of allowing the Marcoses to flee. It’s off with their heads—Marcoses, Dutertes, Enriles, Arroyos, Estradas, Revillas, Binays, Napoles, Alvarez, Pimentel, Calida, Panelo, Estelito Mendoza, the whores at the Supreme Court, the traitors in the Lower House and the Senate, etc. Let’s recover decency in the Philippines.