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“The PDP of today can hardly be called ‘democratic’ when most of its new leaders have neither cut their teeth in the struggle to defend Philippine democracy in the past…”
The PDP-Laban became part of the country’s ruling party coalition from 1986 to 1992 and played a big role during the Cory Aquino administration in expanding the democratic space in the post-EDSA People Power era.While Nene Pimentel’s son, Sen. Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III, still leads a faction within the party, he appears to have failed to stop the hijacking of the political formation that defended Philippine democracy against great odds.
That he has been elected to the PDP hierarchy as its top leader at this point boggles the imagination. We are just as worried that the PDP would be dominated by politicians who cannot be expected to uphold the rule of law and good governance anchored on transparency and accountability. We should not vote for people with the propensity to subtract rather than add to the sum of human knowledge every time they open their mouths.
The PDP of today can hardly be called “democratic” when most of its new leaders have neither cut their teeth in the struggle to defend Philippine democracy in the past, nor shed their image as dyed-in-the-wool traditional politicians eager to prolong their grip on power.
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