The true winner of the impeachment trial is JPE

With great power comes great responsibility, says the Spiderman movie. 

The true winner of the impeachment trial may just be Enrile and I am hoping he decides to use this new found political capital to good use, that is, for the genuine good of the country and not, once again, to fuel  new political machinations that he can now participate in, now that he has this new lease on life c/o stem cells. 

There is no doubt that he has the intelligence, the skills, the talents, and the capabilities to strategically turn it all around. Hey, at 88, he is still here. He was a bastard from the province and, now in his old age, he is still the senate president. He has gone through all these regimes, from Marcos’ martial law to Edsa 1 to the coups to Ramos’ time to Erap to GMA and to, the current, Pnoy term. There is no doubt that he has the ability, the guts and the will to stick around. 

Enrile has had a very colorful public life and I remain skeptical of what he will do next. All his past behavior, at least for me, will not be erased just because he performed very well and was so entertaining in the  impeachment trial.

Maybe he is just one of the winners but he is someone up there in the list of the top winners of the trial.  

The way he pandered the masses with his ridiculous (but sadly effective) “gusto ko happy ka” ads still makes me worry a lot about his character, even in his old age. 

Let's hope that he really is thinking of his historical legacy and does well by the country.