16th Congress fit to be razed to the ground

The 16th Congress was barely four-months old when I dubbed it the worst since 1987. I would have gladly eaten crow but so far, I haven’t been proven wrong.

The House of the 16th Congress was no different from its predecessors in being a firm supporter of whoever is in Malacañang. Its low rating in opinion surveys was to be expected. What made a big difference was the Senate which registered a very low acceptance rating right in the very first regular session. I had never seen a Senate suffer a steep decline in opinion surveys so early. This reflected the public’s dissatisfaction with the “pork barrel” issue.