(AC team member Melchor Vergara contributed to this report)

As the 2025 campaign season heats up, politicians are once again proving that the road to public office is paved with divine interventions—at least in their minds. From Pastor Apollo Quiboloy’s senatorial aspirations (because apparently, God’s will includes parliamentary immunity) to Senate President Chiz Escudero likening Sara Duterte’s impeachment woes to the Passion of Christ, it seems the Almighty has His hands full managing Philippine politics.

If every candidate claiming divine endorsement were telling the truth, heaven’s political party list must be more crowded than a Manila EDSA bus at rush hour. Perhaps it’s time to dissolve the Comelec and let churches handle elections. Imagine it: confession booths doubling as voting stations, indulgences as campaign donations, and excommunications for vote-buying. The homily could be replaced with a presidential debate, and instead of surveys, we’d rely on prophetic visions (or at least divine audits of campaign funds).

But let’s be real—if holiness guaranteed victory, we’d have saints in Congress. Instead, we have… well, what we have. So come Election Day, let’s pray for wisdom—but also remember that ballots, not miracles, determine who gets to serve (or self-serve) in government. Amen?