Twenty one years ago today is a long time for a lot of people. And most of the Filipinos alive today have no inkling of what had happened on that faithful day. No thanks for people like Tito Sotto, the quintessential comedian of the Philippine politics.

He was an FPJ partisan in 2004, he was until this year, when, typical of a Filipino politician, jumped over the fence. And he even had the gall to claim that FPJ would have supported his decision to join Team Unity. FPJ’s soul must be furious. (Inquirer report)

Then he went on to claim the FPJ’s widow, Susan Roces, supports him. Unfortunately, the journalists were responsible enough not to verify from Ms. Roces herself. (Another point for “responsible” journalism.)

To drive my point made in the first paragraph, Sotto was busy defending his decision:

What I said before has been said. We will not move forward if we dwell in the past. I have to respect the alliances of my new situation, if it ever pushes through. That’s it, let me keep my peace. (emphasis mine; same Inquirer report)

WE WILL NOT MOVE FORWARD IF WE DWELL IN THE PAST. Look where we are now, Mr. Sotto. If the people do not dwell in the past, congratulations. You are on your way to the Senate.

And that’s why, twenty one years later, we are still in the same muck we are in. The same fools are still fooling us, all because we do not dwell in the past.