ON July 8, my column on "Structure and Superstructure" quoted extensively from President Ramos' inaugural address and how I felt he captured the times and was the best inaugural address the Philippines received. While no one is perfect and some actions always can be bettered and revised in hindsight, he was in my opinion, easily the best and greatest president we have had. I am sorry the Constitution limited us to six years of him. Our history and trajectory would have been so much better in my view, if we had another term. It was a critical time as his term ended as the Asian crisis was in full force. We really needed his mature and balanced leadership then.
(From left) Angel Ramos, Nena Villanueva, unindentiifed, Stephen CuUnjieng, Maria Antonia CuUnjieng, President Ramos, Antonio del Rosario, Aida del Rosario and T. Villanueva. PHOTO FROM AUTHOR’S FILE