As if to counter my thesis about the power of one, a force from the dark side has come to the fore to rescue Darth Vader (a.k.a. Butch Abad) from destruction and stall reform and renewal in the Aquino administration. Call it the power of ten. The Hyatt 10.

If the commentary of Ellen Tordesillas on the Vera Files website is confirmed and corroborated, it would affirm what Kit Tatad first disclosed in the Standard—that President Aquino’s sisters pushed hard for the dismissal/resignation of Budget Secretary Butch Abad, and came very, very close to winning the day.

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