Offering the head of Romualdez on a plate as an act of appeasement could also have the opposite effect. It could reinforce the belief in the power of sustained protests, on the streets or on social media, and strengthen the clamor for accountability and systemic reforms....
With both chamber of Congress on the path of mutually assured destruction, the President is now poised for political redemption but only if he proves himself unsparing of family and allies....
The President has reached the point of no return. He cannot, and apparently will not, retreat. And he must not be seen as waffling or being selective....
The President was shaming the shameless. After he skewered pork profiteers, the legislators cheered and applauded. That, my friends, is not only irony, but hypocrisy....
