THE RESET THAT BROKE THE NATION
By Regal Oliva
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
Midway through his term, Marcos Jr. doesn’t lead—he retreats. He asks his Cabinet to resign, like that’s courage. Like that’s vision.
But what do we really have?
Rising rice prices. Blackouts. Farmlands empty. An embattled West Philippine Sea slipping from our grasp.
A Vice President impeached and readied for trial.
A nation surrendering its sovereignty to a foreign court—parading one President as a criminal, while that same President buried his father among heroes.
This isn’t governance. It’s collapse.
You don’t hit reset when the ship is sinking—you steer. But he’s not steering. He’s scrambling.
You don’t scrap your team when the storm hits. You lead them. But maybe that’s the truth Marcos can’t escape—he never had a plan. Only a name. Only a seat.
And now, the trust is gone. The clock is ticking. And history won’t wait.
He wasn’t ready to govern. And now, it’s too late to learn.
