Over-reaching executive, spineless Congress

MARTIAL LAW is gone but the Philippines still has a rubber-stamp legislature. This we should ponder on while a number will be extolling the regaining of democracy 30 years ago. The principle of checks and balances, a hallmark of republicanism, remains a dream despite the supposed death of dictatorship. This we should ponder on while a number extols the regaining of democracy 30 years ago.

The two chambers of Congress, especially the House, may shout to the whole world that they have become independent till they are blue in the face but nobody will believe them. The 16th Congress will be remembered by history as one of the most subservient ones to Malacañang.