As the country stands at the edge of 2026, one truth weighs heavier than fireworks and forced optimism: 2025 was a year when scandal lost its shock value—and accountability quietly went missing.
From the very top, power moved as if insulated from consequence. The President, the First Lady, the First Family, favored relatives and cousins, former Speakers, Cabinet Secretaries and undersecretaries, senators, and the ever-faithful House of “Representa-thieves”—all revolving around a system that perfected the art of looking away.
Impeachment, once the Constitution’s sharpest weapon against abuse, was reduced to a paid performance—funded, stage-managed, and buried by the same House that claims to represent the people. Justice was not defeated; it was budgeted out.
Floods swallowed communities, yet ghost flood control projects thrived on paper—millions spent, nothing built, lives lost. The rains were natural; the disasters were not. They were manufactured by corruption, approved by signatures, and defended by silence.
Behind the national budget, massive insertions became the preferred hiding place of plunder. What should have been debated in daylight was smuggled in at night. Transparency was replaced by technicalities. Lies were layered until they passed for governance.
Then came the loud promise meant to pacify public anger: the “big fish” would be jailed before Christmas. Christmas came and went. Now the New Year is hours away—and not even a shadow of a so-called big fish has seen the inside of a jail cell.
No handcuffs. No mugshots. No accountability. This was not delay. This was deception.
It is now painfully clear: this administration does not RESPECT the “Filipino people”. Promises were used as props. Deadlines were treated as jokes. The public was expected to forget, again.
Worse, in the process of fooling the nation, the President continues to undermine the Constitution itself—selectively invoking the law when convenient, ignoring it when it threatens power. The rule of law has been bent, stretched, and mocked, all while demanding public trust.
“Parang normal na ang anomalya. Parang biro na lang ang pangako.
Parang ang taumbayan ang laging tanga. Parang – wala lng?
But beneath the exhaustion is anger. Beneath the silence is memory. And beneath the fear is a question that refuses to disappear:
Hanggang kailan tayo lolokohin?
What Filipinos “hopefully” Expect in 2026: Not grand speeches. Not recycled slogans. Just truth without spin, justice without deadlines, and leadership without arrogance.
Filipinos enter 2026 demanding:
-Accountability that reaches the powerful, not just the powerless
-Jails that hold criminals, not empty promises
-Budgets that build protection, not private wealth,
-Leaders who fear the Constitution and respect the people!
This New Year is not about hope as decoration. It is about hope as resistance. Because the Filipino may endure—but never forever.
And history has never been kind to leaders who mistook patience for weakness.
2026 begins with the people watching. And this time, remembering.
HAPPY NEW YEAR FOLKS! 🍾🍻🎆🎇🎉
