Of all the post-martial law presidential endorsements, only Mrs. Aquino’s anointed got elected. But the win remains a controversial one. And Senator Santiago’s never-ending broadsides against Mr. Ramos are rooted in that supreme confidence that she was cheated out of the 1992 presidential election. You will have a whole book with the compilation of choice words the senator had said - and still says - against her two bête noire: Mr. Ramos and Mr. Ronnie Puno.

Did trickery in the results from the two Ps—Pangasinan and Pampanga—and a few other provinces tweaked the final vote for Mr. Ramos? One of these days, that stain, that lingering question, on our electoral process will hopefully be straightened out.

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