Necropolitics Is More Fun In The Philippines, Right?

 

Ninoy Aquino's death is something I'd say is subject to much controversy. Others view him as a hero. I did view him as a hero and an inspiration behind this blog. Others say he was no hero but an ambitious twat like Starscream was in The Transformers franchise. What can be certain is that Ninoy's death did open a Pandora's Box and the chain reaction made necropolitics more fun in the Philippines. David Guerrero's slogan "It's More Fun in the Philippines" (which was inspired from Switzerland's slogan) became a subject of jokes.

The chain reaction of Ninoy's death (which some assume happened to have been masterminded by his cousin-in-law, the recently late Danding Cojuangco) caused his widow, the late Corazon Aquino, to become the next president. Then years followed and Cory died leading to Noynoy Aquino becoming the next president. Apparently, Noynoy had no intention of running but people pushed him forward to run because he was the son of two dead people. One died of assassination and the other of natural causes. Noynoy then run and luckily for him - Bam Aquino didn't require his death to become a senator. 

However, the trend of necropolitics wasn't limited to the Aquinos. The term of Noynoy was coming to an end. It was during his term that the great, late Jesse M. Robredo died of what was either an accident though I suspect it to be foul play. It really raised the fact that there's the love of endorsing relatives of the dead. Leni Loud Robredo rose into prominence by endorsing has the widow of the late Jesse. Leni Loud was made a vice-presidential candidate not because of whatever she did but because of what her husband Jesse did. Besides, it's really annoying how Leni Loud is actually riding on her husband's greatness to excuse herself. Worse, Leni Loud has broken the anti-epal law. There's nothing wrong with Leni Loud holding an outreach program but she shouldn't have put her name on the tarpaulin in compliance with her husband's anti-epal law. 

This should raise a question of do you really wish Noynoy fulfilled his promise to get run over by a train last 2016? It would be better for Noynoy to break his promise. Remember the pattern that went that Ninoy died and Cory became president, Cory died and Noynoy became president? You can expect worse that if Noynoy dies then maybe we'll have Kris Aquino running for office as a result. The same can go for whoever's wishing for the death of Mar Roxas, Antonio Trillanes IV, and Gary Alejano. Sure, the three of them are nitwits but do you want their widows to run too? Can you imagine if Korina Sanchez will run for office? Can you imagine if Minerva COJUANGCO-Alejano will also run for office? Even worse, can you imagine if Arlene Trillanes becomes the newest grieving widow of a candidate? That's why when a working COVID-19 vaccine will arrive then we really need to have Noynoy, Roxas, Trillanes, and Alejano vaccinated but made to line up with commoners lining up to get the vaccine. We definitely don't want their relatives riding on their corpses now, right? 

That's why I'm advocating to shift from presidential to parliamentary. It's because the parliamentary system will shift away from popularity-based politics (which in turn, fuels necropolitics) in exchange for credibility-based governance. People vote by parties and not by candidates. Rotten eggs are throw out of their respective parties by a vote of no confidence. That means grieving widows can only remain in power only if they can prove themselves. Leni Loud herself would either straighten up or be ousted by a vote of no confidence under a parliamentary system.