Second of 3 parts

'THOSE that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it,' the British statesman Winston Churchill wrote in his variation of the Spanish philosopher George Santayana's famous repeating-the-past aphorism. Former president Benigno Aquino 3rd's death is an occasion for us to learn from history.

What made up for Aquino's lack of qualifications for the presidency, created the illusion that he was a good president and which covered up for his crimes and hoaxes were four attributes of his presidency. These, however, were seriously detrimental to us as a nation.