[Rear View] Beyond Kristine: In the face of toxic politics, we need more than words

Many officials cling to the notion that dispensing relief goods and ordering evacuations during calamities constitute decisive action

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The Vice President could have taken the opportunity presented to her Wednesday to refrain from answering political questions and instead appeal for help for Bicol.But the Vice President chose to double down on her attacks, daring lawmaker-critics to undergo a drug test, and likening herself to the much admired late senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago who, unfortunately, cannot defend herself from the Vice President’s rhetorical heresy.

Then we have the unpardonable hostility, with online partisans celebrating the rains, floods, and suffering as punishment from the heavens for being born Bicolano like Leni Robredo. After the 2009 tragedy of Ondoy, both government and the public were rudely awakened to the reality of climate change and its devastating consequences.

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