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In my column last June 16, 2021 entitled “Can elections be meaningful in a pandemic?”, I discussed the imperative for our election officials to learn from the lessons of countries who decided to push through with democratic elections despite the COVID-19 pandemic.

Solid health and economic indicators have recently emerged to show that our country is bouncing back after a long battle with the pandemic.

I express my condolences to the Aquino family and the entire Filipino nation on the demise of former President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino, III who died and was buried last week. As I said in the statement I issued to the press, I admired the former President who was a political opponent in 2010 and a coalition partner in 2013. Many people couldn’t grasp this at that time. How could bitter rivals become allies? I guess some cannot understand that differences can be set aside for the greater good.