Leaders without followers in the Philippines


Until the late Benigno S. Aquino III became president in 2010, the last time a president had been a member of a political party his entire career was back in 1961.

THE late Philippine Archbishop Oscar Cruz once said that someone who says God is speaking directly to them probably ought to have his/her head examined. The dilemma of the aspirant for the Philippines presidency is similar.

Who is to say their wanting to run for the presidency is anything more than a sign of mental imbalance?

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