It's amazing what an unlimited political war chest of plunder can do. For lack of a better barometer of the so-called preference of the voting population, we cannot help but rely on the likes of False Asia to provide an indication--albeit perverted by the throngs of trolls and mercenaries on the payroll of the Marcos political machinery to condition the minds of the general population of the imminence of BBM's victory.
The fact is, Leni won over BBM in the previous vice presidential race. Dutae's cluster-fuck of an administration, which is closely associated with the Marcos family in the most negative context (in contrast to the stellar and unblemished performance of Leni, in spite of (a) the absolute minimum government resources allocated to her office and (b) the oppressive hostility of Dutae's administration towards Leni, suggests that (a) those who voted for Leni for vice president in 2016 would likely vote Leni for president in 2022 and (b) many of those who voted for Dutae for president in 2016 would NOT vote for BBM and would instead vote for Leni for president in 2022. So, what's with the False Asia surveys? It's just one of the many spoils of plunder.
Even the recent petitions to the COMELEC to disqualify BBM represent a major victory for BBM, because the Marcos camp has managed to focus the attention of the general population on an infraction (i.e., tax evasion) that, in the whole scheme of things, is miniscule in contrast to the far greater crimes that BBM and the Marcos family have committed against the Filipino people--and have yet to be punished with utmost severity.
While there are clear grounds for the disqualification of BBM under the Omnibus Election Code, we would liken the same to the grounds that resulted in the indictment and imprisonment of Al Capone. In the same way that Al Capone was punished for far less crimes (i.e., tax evasion) that he was guilty of committing, BBM should, at the very least, be disqualified to run for any elected office in accordance with the Omnibus Election Code. But alas, the spoils of plunder also has a direct impact on the COMELEC and the Supreme Court, particularly in light of the integrity (or lack thereof) of the mostly Dutae appointees currently sitting in these institutions. Hence, we can expect another wholesale perversion of the rule of law by the COMELEC and the Supreme Court, which is par for the course under Dutae's administration.
We need to keep our eye on the ball by addressing the root cause of (a) the historical revisionism and mind-conditioning propaganda of the Macoses and (b) the prostitution of our democratic institutions. We need to:
- defeat BBM in 2022,
- recover the remaining Marcos plunder and
- execute the heirs of Marcos for plunder.
After all, the death penalty was still effective when the Marcos plunder was committed (and subsequently defended by the Marcos heirs to this very day) and the entire Marcos family would have been appropriately executed if they did not escape during the People Power Revolution. Then, we can re-focus on recovering:
- the Enrile plunder
- the ERAP plunder
- the GMA plunder
- the Bong Revilla plunder
- and so on
There's plenty of work ahead but it all starts with defeating BBM in 2022.
