The appointment of Justice Secretary Boying Remulla as Ombudsman signals not reform but retreat, turning what should be the nation’s final guardian of accountability into a protective wall for those in power and reducing the fight against corruption to mere political theater.
Magalong and Lacson’s resignations reveal a government where corruption thrives, allies stay untouchable, and Marcos Jr.’s promise of reform sinks under the weight of impunity.
Amid the flood-control scandal that has shaken Congress, Senator Alan Peter Cayetano’s call for snap elections exposes not reform but reinvention, a political performance meant to distance, distract, and disguise ambition as moral reckoning.
Philippine politics unfolds like a Godfather saga where power is masked by legality, scandals echo loyalty oaths, and the true cost of corruption is borne not by the dons, but by ordinary people left drowning in broken trust.
In the flood-control scandal that now engulfs his presidency, Ferdinand Marcos Jr. faces a defining choice between family loyalty and national legacy, one that could either redeem his name or drown it in history’s recurring corruption.
Romualdez’s fall in the flood-control scandal shows how corruption drains trust, and the real test is whether this moment brings reform or just another ritual sacrifice.
The flood-control scandal is not just about kickbacks but a defining test of whether President Marcos Jr. will shield allies or seize the chance to rebuild public trust in governance.
The flood-control scandal exposes not just explosive allegations of kickbacks but the deeper crisis of a Congress investigating itself while sitting squarely among the accused.