The circus is packing up but by no means is it over. The big mystery, which has caught everyone by surprise, is how Binay is leading the VP race. The only one not surprised is Binay.
The photograph is by Protomartir. An urban legend among Filipino photographers, he was most active in the '30s to the '50s. The image is from July 1946, nestled among a stack of negatives collected by Uro dela Cruz, all dated around Independence Day 54 years ago.
The parallels between then and now are apparent. A physical destruction remained from the war then, a moral destruction leaves us from a battered and abused democracy now. The hope squarely on a free election brought a Roxas to the Presidency then, a hope squarely on an automated election brings a Roxas to supposedly a Presidency, but now a Vice Presidency. Is it going to happen?
Image: Teodulo Protomartir, 1946 / Uro de la Cruz collection
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