RUBEN C. DE LARA
NO politician takes office without the consent of the voters — the legal majority or plurality votes allowed by the Constitution as well as their abstentions. Voters take responsibility, however, only for the good ones. The electorate that voted for those who won, including the apathetic ones who stayed home, deserve what we get. Only those who did not vote for those who won but whose performance remains unacceptable feel very strongly that they don’t deserve what the nation got. Meanwhile, the entire nation suffers. The present case is a classic lesson for us.