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The late former Senate President Jovito Salonga and his then running mate Nene Pimentel were my bets for president and veep respectively.
The duo offered an honest to goodness alternative to the political landscape back then and conducted their campaign based on issues and ideals. But still, they lost and lost badly. I was flabbergasted with the outcome and vowed never to vote again.
To this day, our party system remains a big joke. Truth is there's no real parties out there. What we have is merely a collection of fair weathered friends, old faces, soon to be "trapos" and turncoats. Heck, the candidates themselves can't even distinguish their party's platform from their program of government.
Yes, some twenty four years later, I still don't see any reason why I should reconsider my stand.
There's no need to state what's happening nowadays because I might offend the sensibilities of some relatives and friends.
After this administration, we'll have another changing of the guards then another and that's about it. Nothing more, nothing less.
An apathetic reaction one might say but that's just me.
