Mike Wootton
Well, I normally avoid filling this column with politics. There are more than enough people writing about that, and in the Philippines it is a never-ending source of political backstabbing, corruption and accusation, and only very occasionally some positive comment about a politician or senior government figure. The Vice President is currently the focus of an immense amount of negative attention, most of which looks to be fairly unsubstantiated, but substantiation or not, there are endless cries for blood. Does the presumption of innocence until proven guilty not operate around here? And how on earth can the judiciary keep its legal rulings immune from the effects of such massive public comment?