For more of this, request for a copy of the Book "Re-engineering Damaged and Rotten Filipino Institutions" by the author. Email us at marketing@impactpubph.com The Philippines today suffers not only from economic anxiety or political polarization but also from something deeper and more dangerous: democratic fragility rooted in the collapse of institutional trust. A society can endure inflation, factionalism, and even elite conflict for a time. What cannot survive indefinitely is the widespread belief that laws no longer apply equally, that powerful families are permanently immune from accountability, and that constitutional institutions exist merely to formalize elite impunity. This is why the impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte — and the broader prosecution of public officials and private individuals implicated in...