THE contrasting images were simply so poignant, that I feel so offended by those who simply cannot move on from their political bitterness and dare rain on our parade.
Yes, I use the first person plural to refer to our collective selves as a people, one who is already getting tired of political toxicity and one who still dares to look for something positive in us.The picture of former rivals, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and former vice president Leni Robredo, shaking hands became a powerful image that evokes the positive thought that not all is lost in our politics.
And we will continue to weigh them as ordinary mortals, as we place them in the political landscape as agents for our imagining how to achieve political order in our country. They would have their own failures.But these failures, and flaws, cannot be used to negate the fact that beyond partisanships and divisions, moments such as the one that enabled them to meet and shake hands would be the ones that would save our Republic from descending into utter chaos.
Is Still Some Decency Left In Our Politics
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