Are More Filipinos Getting Sick And Tired Of The #RIPDemocracy Sham?

I remembered writing some time ago an article where I jokingly said that Philippine democracy is truly dead last September 21, 2017. It's time to consider one quote that Ninoy Aquino said from Los Angeles last 1981 when he said that Ferdinand E. Marcos Sr. killed democracy. The same gimmick is done except there are a lot of important points to remember -- Marcos Sr. declared martial law nationwide (and it was just too sudden) while President Duterte's declaration of martial law was fully lawful and constitutional with delegated powers, that the freedom of the press still exists and that President Duterte hasn't called for unlawful arrest of political opponents. Just think of it, the "new Ninoy Aquino" Senator Antonio Trillanes IV hasn't been arrested yet and if he does get arrested -- it could be linked to sedition charges. If Noynoy Aquino also ever gets arrested then we can also think that it's because he has a lot to answer for during his six years as the president of the Philippines.

So why are the Yellows always saying that it's #RIPDemocracy and not to mention #RIPJustice? It's because the tide is not in their favor or that they can't win either by the majority (which is when a candidate's votes are much bigger than all the others combined) or by plurality (getting the most number of votes regardless of how many votes the other candidates got when combined) is no longer in their favor. The more the Yellows will insist that democracy is dead the more they are actually shooting their own feet in the process. Was getting rid of former chief justice Maria Lourdes Sereno for her dishonest SALN report a violation of democracy? Don't think she's any less innocent than the late Renato Corona -- undeclared assets are undeclared assets.

Consider what happened at Kawit, Cavite last June 12, 2018, during the flag-raising ceremony of Emilio Aguinaldo at the balcony and the declaration of the Philippines free from Imperial Spain. How did President Duterte deal with the rallyists? He had them apprehended as humanely as possible while still defending the freedom of speech. No acts of violence except defensive use of force were used. The activists who got arrested aren't even beaten up to death. Although they will be facing criminal charges for disturbing peace and order -- but it's done within the civil way of respecting the rights of criminals not to be punished beyond their offenses. They are being apprehended with utmost decency. Also, rallyists are usually just left alone unless they do acts of violence although I still think they should get a fine for public disturbance. That alone is proof democracy isn't dead.

If democracy is dead like in the Marcos Years then let me raise up some points. Why is it that the blogs such as Change Scamming, Silent No More, Madame Claudia and the awarded Pinoy Ako Blog are still NOT shut down? Agot Isidro, Leah Navarro, Jim Paredes, Cynthia Patag and other Dilawan celebrity figures are free to express their stupidity online. Just imagine Patag has said a lot of harmful statements and yet why is she not in jail? Isidro continues to badmouth President Duterte yet the former's not even in jail for her continued badmouthing? Paredes isn't even behind bars after his misbehavior at EDSA where he showed how much of a bully he can be. Navarro is still free to express her stupidity until now? Also, Pinoy Ako Blog's Maria Josephine Laurio still enjoys the freedom to be stupid proving that the current administration is willing to let Darwinism or the survival of the fittest take its natural course rather than take it in their own hands.

Also, what's their definition of democracy anyway? If they say that democracy is dead because they have lost their rights to a dysfunctional sense of freedom then they aren't fighting for democracy at all. I may not like Lourd de Veyra's negative feelings on President Duterte (though I do dare to raise some issues where I disagree with the president) but he was right when he talked about Lee Kuan Yew himself. He talked about what freedom should be -- it would be good if Filipinos lose their freedom to engage in dysfunctional behavior in exchange for freedom from dysfunctional behavior. Can you imagine how much it would be better in the Philippines if people actually started getting the benefits of having much fewer traffic accidents, more freedom to work in their own country with higher salary, freedom to have a good night's sleep because they are actually freed by stricter but reasonable traffic laws, economic liberalization and curfew laws?

Even if they insist that President Duterte didn't win by majority but by plurality as proof that democracy is "dead" (This is where Maria Lourdes Sereno didn't make that mistake in saying that) they are still downright mistaken. Sure, 25,950,838 didn't vote for President Duterte but not even half of the votes of the other candidates belonged to Mar Roxas who was their candidate. Those who have voted for either Grace Poe-Llamanzares, Jejomar Binay and the late Miriam Defensor Santiago aren't necessarily anti-Duterte. It's just like you may have voted for Poe-Llamanzares or Santiago yet you support the current president. Should we also mention that former president Aquino also won by a plurality of votes than the majority of votes just like President Duterte?

The difference between the other voters and the Yellows is that one side accepted their loss. Maybe, that's why there were a lot of leaked incidents of tampered PCOS machines left and right. Maybe, that's why Chiz Escudero suddenly had lower votes and Leni Loud Robredo had higher votes. Maybe, for all, you know Roxas' votes tried to steal as many votes as possible yet he couldn't get into the desired seat as president. If they can't move on then it's really their loss. Other people who didn't vote for President Duterte have moved on so why can't they? Instead, they have shown that the Yellows are indeed a bunch of crybabies!