Acquittal by way of election

I WAS granted the privilege of being a senator in 1987. The newly ratified post-EDSA Constitution had provisions that addressed the concentration of power in a few families. It had an anti-dynasty provision. Unfortunately, it required legislative action to implement. I remember our struggle to pass an anti-dynasty bill. It was daunting then, but it looks impossible now.

The current news about who is filing certificates of candidacy is almost unbelievable. It would have been amusing were it not so tragic. Yet aside from the prospect of having only a few families to determine public policy, another precept has emerged.