Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is running for Congress in the second district of Pampanga. Randy David (who is not making good on his threat to run against her) says she will use the vast resources accumulated over her term as president to buy control of the Lower House and make herself Speaker. Being speaker is a way to protect herself against prosecution by an unfriendly administration and to continue to wield influence over national politics. Imagine a Lower House under the control of Arroyo. The threat of impeachment against an unfriendly government should be enough to stop an investigation of her (alleged) wrongdoing. A Lower House under Arroyo could also presumably move to revise the Constitution to engineer a shift to a parliamentary form of government. Does that sound far out? History shows us that its not as unlikely as it looks.
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