Wanted: Mature politicians

THE last time we checked, there were minimum age requirements for candidates for public office in the Philippines. Perhaps someone should investigate whether those rules are being comprehensively violated, because the early contenders for next year’s elections all seem to be about nine years old.

To be clear, we are neither endorsing nor rejecting any candidate at any level at this point, and the reason why is that the rhetoric and behavior of nearly every one of them at this early stage of the election campaign is far below the level of maturity one would expect to see in aspiring political leaders, or for that matter, normal mentally-healthy adults.