The Philippines is in a precarious political moment, with corruption scandals and factional rivalries destabilizing governance. Whether Marcos’ election was divine intervention or political maneuvering depends on one’s perspective, but it has undeniably forced corruption into the spotlight.
The Philippines is undoubtedly on a crossroad towards the road to perdition or to the place of redemption. The road to perdition and place of redemption are euphemisms or the substitution of an agreeable word or expression for one that is harsh, indelicate, or otherwise unpleasant or taboo.
Hell and heaven can be a choice for Filipinos. The Philippines is currently facing a turbulent political climate, marked by corruption scandals, power struggles, and deep divisions between President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and the Duterte camp. And really, the choice of a new leader is between the one that leads us to heaven or to hell.
It may be prophetic that the two highest leaders of the land were elected on a campaign on Unity but was broken by interest groups actions and reprisals that paved the way for the Corruption Exposition that open the eyes of the Filipinos. The ensuing events allowed the uncovering of the embedded social cancer and have seen the vampires exposed including the main conduit the DPWH and bag men for billions of kickbacks.
Sadly, the next generations will shoulder the effects of the same, yet they have not made the cause for the pain. It is us, the present generation that allowed the “system” to suck the treasury of the country and paved the way for institutionalized corruption to persists.
Via Pavenmtum or paving the way for the harsh and bleak future of floods, drying up funds and yes, uncertain future.
The voters, the real culprit paved the way for the road to perdition.
