I thought democracy had failed Filipinos. But it is we who have failed it | Miguel Syjuco

Successive leaders of the Philippines have confused democracy with populism, using it as rubber stamp to validate their reign At the turn of the millennium, I joined thousands in the streets of Metro Manila to demand the ouster of President Joseph Estrada. His allies in the legislature had been gleefully scuppering his deserved impeachment. In response, Filipinos flooded Edsa, the highway where 15 years earlier the People Power Revolution had peacefully toppled our dictator, Ferdinand Marcos. Th...