JP Enrile, gigantic figure no more

J.P. Enrile was a gigantic figure in Philippine history. Some thought he could have been a good president

of our country. The bastard son of a Spanish-Filipino member of the gentry, the kind of Filipino many of the first round of leaders of Philippine society and government were made of under US rule (like Manuel L. Quezon), Enrile became an outstanding lawyer. When the properly elected President Marcos formed his first-term Cabinet in 1965, Enrile (who lawyered for the topmost corporations including those of the Ayalas and the Sorianos) was one of the great hopes, along with Marcos himself, to make the Philippines “great again.”