Of machine glitches, reelected crooks, and an order that's trying to maintain its foothold

Of machine glitches, reelected crooks, 
and an order that's trying to maintain its foothold

(Notes after the 2019 elections)

As expected, 2019 elections is but a charade. With reelectionists at the top, of returning criminals in their seats, it seems that the regime has the power to rig knowing that with clean and honest elections would have allowed the opposition to win and thus frustrate the oppressive agenda supporters find as benefiting.

Ranging from glitches at the machines, of memory card problems, brownouts, to state-supported propaganda, of using the military and police to red tag and intimidate the opposition, selective murders and attempts to split the opposition, what more of martial rule in Mindanao and various election hotspots, these and more showed how the order taketh the opportunity of the election scenario as means to maintain further their order in pursuit of consolidation in face of the growing opposition. 

And with this kind of scenario, the regime and its supporters may push further their agenda of charter change, of shifting to federalism, of removing economic provisions in the name of free market, and other means to accommodate further interests especially those supporting the regime. Furthermore, the regime tries to block attempts to remove from power, which may also meant possible arrest and prosecution before the International Criminal Court for his gross and systematic human rights violations, especially the mass murder of suspects in his bogus war on drugs and attempts to silence the opposition. The recent "matrix" conconcted by the regime, which includes personalities from the opposition, groups, as well as media outlets, is one example of how the regime tries to create an atmosphere of fear, if not seeing them yearning for a state of seige that's enough to consolidate further for their brand of orderism. 

Also to think that with election being dominated by reelected crooks and compradores, landlords trying to maintain foothold in their fiefs, the "democracy" that's presented by the order to the people is not those of a constituent to a fellow constituent; when the order speaks of "democracy" it is but their version of "enlightened despotism" that's interest-driven, it may also mean "financial democracy" that according to Mosley, in which money counts and nothing but money. From this also reminds of how the late Jose Avelino expressed his controversial statement:

"Why did you have to order an investigation Honorable Mr. President? If you cannot permit abuses, you must at least tolerate them. What are we in power for? We are not hypocrites. Why should we pretend to be saints when in reality we are not? We are not angels. When we die we will all go to hell. It is better to be in hell because in that place there are no investigations, no secretary of justice, no secretary of the interior to go after us." 

Thus, with this expectation, Duterte will use this scenario to adopt and implement more draconian measures enough to suppress the growing opposition and impose their brand of orderism, of fijoles and fusiles enough to control the population from its ever growing atmosphere of concern. However, despite these measures, it gives no choice for the people but to unite and raise the level of resistance. The existing repression, coupled by the worsening of socioeconomic an political crisis may further made the regime be aggressive in condicting atrocities against the people, and at the same time making the people themselves, becoming concerned on its surroundings to resist by any means necessary.

It may sound pastlike, but the regime itself did continue what is handed down from the past. For being a representative of the ruling order, the regime's despotism and its policies may intensify people's disgust and the will to resist no matter how apologists tends to diminish or snare, rally people into their soiled agenda supported by interests. And to think that by rigging the elections just to continue this repression, then it is considerable that elections in itself ineffective in pushing an agenda that is for the people, but instead seeing a regime making conditions that's favorable to conduct modes of resistance, thus exposing not just the regime itself but the order is meant to be dismantled.