What the nation is witnessing today is not governance—it is theater. A carefully staged political circus has been unleashed, not in pursuit of truth, but to divert public attention from what is shaping up to be one of the worst scandals in Philippine history under the current administration.
Unable—or unwilling—to confront the growing evidence of corruption, economic mismanagement, and institutional decay, those in power have chosen a familiar tactic: create noise, manufacture controversy, and weaponize investigations to shift the spotlight away from their own failures. At the center of this distraction campaign is Vice President Sara Duterte, whose integrity and public service record are now being targeted to sustain a false narrative of legitimacy.
This is not accountability. This is desperation.
Fishing expeditions masquerading as investigations do not strengthen democracy; they cheapen it. When accusations are manufactured to justify political harassment, constitutional processes are reduced to tools of convenience—used not to serve justice, but to shield those who fear it. The timing and tenor of these actions reveal their true purpose: to confuse the public, exhaust dissent, and obscure the truth behind a crumbling administration.
Vice President Duterte has remained consistent in her mandate—to serve, to deliver public service, and to uphold her office with dignity. The failure to produce credible wrongdoing despite repeated attempts speaks louder than any press release or staged hearing. Innocence does not require spectacle; truth does not need distortion.
History is unkind to regimes that substitute governance with propaganda. The Filipino people are not blind to distraction politics, nor are they fooled by the weaponization of institutions. No amount of noise can erase accountability, and no circus—no matter how loud—can bury the truth forever.
In the end, it is not the accused who will be judged most harshly, but those who chose deception over leadership, diversion over responsibility, and cowardice over courage.
