Thank God for the justices of the Supreme Court. By deciding—unanimously—last Tuesday to declare the pork barrel unconstitutional and illegal they have given our democracy and our Republic a vital transfusion of hope and strength.

Despite the remarkable growth of our country’s Gross National Product (GNP) during the 21 years of the Ramos, Estrada, Macapagal-Arroyo and the still-ongoing Aquino presidency, some 40 percent of us Filipinos are still dirt poor or so poor that they experience involuntary hunger often enough and have no decent homes.

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