In the wake of the 52% and 55% rating of BBM and Sara respectively in the Publicus Asia survey released just recently, Manila Bulletin writer and socmed influencer Krizette Laureta Chu has taken to Facebook to talk why the 2022 elections is the MOST IMPORTANT one for the Opposition.
Chu went on to give 7 reasons why the Opposition (Dilawans/Pinklawans) will give their all and why many Kakampinks can’t help but be toxic.
Of the 7 reasons cited by Chu, reason #5, in my opinion, is the one that caught my attention.
A BBM victory in the 2022 polls, in the words of Chu, will give the Marcoses a chance to do what Yellows hoped they would never, ever get the chance to do—write their redemption story. If he does good, the Marcoses will be redeemed. It’s a chance no Yellow wants to give them. A redemption arc is always the most dramatic part of any story because it makes the hero out of the villain.
In other words, the Dilawans will pull all the stops to prevent a Marcos from returning to Malacanang as President because it will give the Marcoses the chance to redeem the Marcos name. And that is something the Dilawans dreaded the most.
Chu ended the FB post by stressing the that 2022 elections because whoever comes out the victor will have a claim they are standing on the right side of history.
You may now read Krizette Laureta Chu’s full FB post.
Reasons the 2022 elections is the MOST IMPORTANT one for the Opposition and why they’re going to give it their all (and why many—not all—Kakampinks can’t help but be toxic):
1. A BBM win—not just a win but a sweep—will cement that Leni’s VP win was a fraud. Not only will she lose 2022, she will lose 2016, despite what the courts have said. History will be rewritten. This is very painful for the LP and their followers.
2. Opposition will be all but obliterated. In 2016, they lost the Presidency but squeezed in the Vice Presidency, still OK because of the many party mates in Congress and Senate—after all they were admin candidates. 2019 they spectacularly lost all Senate seats and many of their party mates jumped ship to PDP LABAN. In 2019, LP became a shell of who they once were. In 2022 key LP players moved to Isko after they lost faith in Leni’s chairmanship and leadership. If they lose this election, on Leni’s watch, the once powerful LP crumbles to fine dust. The party that once was the most powerful, most holy, most righteous and most decent will cease to exist.
3. Yes they want to block a Marcos return to the Palace—but many in the younger generation—even among the pro LP—do not appreciate the significance of the Marcoses stepping foot in Malacanang after being driven away in 1986. It is the older generation who never expected to live to see Imelda Marcos back in Malacanang who will be super heartbroken when the Marcoses return to the seat of power. Many of today’s oligarchs are a product and a beneficiary of the Aquinos, and they really do not know what a Marcos presidency will mean for their businesses. There are those who are running the show now who were once Marcos cronies who stabbed them in the back and now won’t know what to do when the Marcoses return to the Palace. Also: Imelda Marcos back in Malacanang is a nightmare for many
4. Victors always get to write history. Watch as history gets rewritten with a Marcos in power. There will be small pockets of resistance but the Marcos name will be sanitized, to be replaced by the Aquino name which will now be villainized. Imagine 30 years of hard work to enshrine the Aquino name just for it to be completely reversed.
5. A BBM win will give the Marcoses a chance to do what Yellows hoped they would never, ever get the chance to do—write their redemption story. If he does good, the Marcoses will be redeemed. It’s a chance no Yellow wants to give them. A redemption arc is always the most dramatic part of any story because it makes the hero out of the villain.
6. A Marcos-Duterte win—a RESOUNDING Marcos-Duterte win—will make liars out of Maria Ressa and other “voices” of Opposition in the world stage. Imagine a landslide vote. Any self respecting journalist should wonder why, despite the negative publicity and news and the theatrics of Maria Ressa—the PH voted for the children of the two most vilified leaders. It invites a deeper look and scrutiny, and maybe it will finally reveal the truth to the world. Maria Ressa and other voices of dissent will fight, but with such overpowering support, will shrink into irrelevance. They will love the drama of being the “voice of Opposition” but they won’t be able to keep it up.
7. When Leni and her Senate slate loses this 2022, there will be no strong Opposition. A BBM presidency, a Duterte vice presidency, a pro admin Senate… when you have all branches of government working together, progress would be easier to achieve. Progress = redemption.
Yes, Leni’s supporters will say this is about values and morality—it’s not. She is surrounded, supported, and controlled by the same people who brought us the Aquino admin, and her senate slate is composed of an alleged drug lord queen and a former Vice President whose family has been charged with graft and corruption; whose son cannot run for office again because of corruption issues; a mutineer/soldier who has never seen active duty in his life…
What values are they talking about?
The fight isn’t really about values or morality because this is politics, hello.
2022 is important to all sides because of the usual reasons, but also because both are intensely fighting to become the one who claims and occupies the right side of history.
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Source: Krizette Chu
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