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Expect the Supreme Court, in which the majority are appointees of former President Rodrigo Duterte, to be as supportive of those two other branches as well, should there be any challenges to the laws they pass and implement.
It is becoming exceedingly clear that rather than “moving on,” the results of the May 2022 elections are making only a repetition of the past possible — the exact opposite of the promise of change that beguiled many Filipinos. It was the Marcos restoration that made the year excruciatingly significant, and particularly troubling to those Filipinos aware of history.
But it does make sense for Mr. Marcos, since if there is anything he has learned from his late father’s rule, it is how crucial military support can be to the survival of any regime. Nevertheless, the family’s “forget the past” mantra did not stop the online troll farms, no doubt orchestrated by the usual broadcast and print media hacks and public relations mercenaries, from going back to the martial law era by painting the Marcos Sr.
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