Ah, the magical world of Philippine politics, where math takes a vacation and irony reigns supreme! 

Rodrigo Duterte, the master of contradictions, had a curious knack for managing “confidential funds.” Imagine, 4.5 billion pesos annually, a sum that could make even the wealthiest oligarchs blush. 

Yet, for a president who often railed against the House of Representatives as the epitome of corruption, his secret stash rivals the GDP of a small country.

But wait, there’s more absurdity to savor! As the nation awaited the roar of critics, President Bongbong Marcos seems to have cast a spell of silence. His loudest critics, some vocal pro-Duterte defenders, have taken an extended vow of muteness about the former president’s blank checkbook.

Could it be that in this theater of the absurd, selective outrage has become a new art form? Or perhaps, as some whisper, those who live in glass houses of controversy should not throw stones? 

After all, politics in the Philippines is a never-ending circus, where contradictions, selective amnesia, and silence rule the day. Welcome to the land of perpetual political bewilderment.