27/07/2025
EDITORIAL | TORRE’S BOXING FARCE: A Romualdez-Style Win to Save Marcos from Collapse
OPTIC Politics DEPO | July 27, 2025
In a spectacle that could only happen in a country gasping under the weight of lies and incompetence, PNP Chief General Nicholas Torre crowned himself victor in a boxing match where his opponent—Davao Mayor Baste Duterte—wasn’t even in the country.
Let that sink in.
This wasn’t just another PNP blooper. This was Torre’s Romualdez moment—a page ripped straight from Speaker Martin Romualdez’s playbook, who “won” House leadership without any real opposition, backed by an army of puppets and palace smoke. Torre’s ridiculous ring victory by “default” was not about courage or strength. It was a desperate piece in a larger propaganda machine: to distract the public from three volcanic failures of the Marcos administration that now threaten to erupt.
1. The Washington Debacle – Diplomacy or National Humiliation?
Marcos Jr. flew to the U.S. promising jobs, deals, and economic relief. He came home with nothing but a 1% tariff cut—a pathetic token compared to the 20% tariff wall imposed by the U.S. government. Our exporters remain crushed, our industries remain disadvantaged, and Marcos, as usual, claimed victory in defeat. Torre’s circus was timed perfectly—to shift media and social media noise away from what should’ve been a full-blown diplomatic embarrassment.
2. The Disappearing ₱255 Billion Flood Control Budget
As Filipinos drown from the floods, another question gurgles to the surface: Where did the ₱255 billion for the 5,500 flood control projects go? The silence from the Palace is deafening. And worse, instead of answers, Marcos had the gall to declare that “flooding is the new normal.” That’s not leadership. That’s surrendering to incompetence, and Torre’s self-made boxing drama was the smoke gr***de to keep citizens from asking the real questions.
3. The Supreme Court Bombshell on VP Sara Duterte’s Impeachment
The Supreme Court unanimously struck down the impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte, declaring it unconstitutional, final, and executory. The ruling eviscerated the Marcos-Romualdez camp’s legal game plan and delivered a body blow to their political ambitions. With public support shifting, what better way to mute the news than with a manufactured media spectacle staged by the Chief of the Philippine National Police?
Let’s call Torre’s antics what they are: a waste of state resources, a disgrace to the uniform, and a calculated political maneuver. He did not act alone. This was part of a larger orchestration to keep the Filipino people blind, distracted, and submissive.
Torre may have thrown a few fake punches. But the real knockout is this: he betrayed the public trust, used police personnel as props, and lent the credibility of his office to a government addicted to deception.
Like Romualdez winning by default, Torre too, “won” by default—because the real fighters are silenced, chased, or conveniently out of the picture. And like Marcos Jr., who now governs by gaslighting, this government has abandoned the people for illusion and spectacle.
The question now is not whether Torre should be investigated.
The question is: how long will we, the Filipino people, allow ourselves to be insulted like this?
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