Snapped.

(From Philippine Daily Inquirer)

A WEEK after a grateful nation marked the 20th death anniversary of Benigno Aquino Jr., his youngest sister all but spit on his grave. Joining a funeral party of discredited politicians, Sen. Teresa Aquino-Oreta last Wednesday called on President Macapagal Arroyo to resign. Among her somber reasons: "things are already getting out of hand."

She then posed with the likes of martial law officials turned born-again democrats, such as Juan Ponce Enrile and Francisco Tatad, in a picture-perfect moment that was truly worth a thousand words. Sadly for the memory of Ninoy Aquino, the words were all from the wrong political dictionary. Oreta's staff called newspapers on Wednesday night to request that she be cropped out of the picture. Readers can judge for themselves who obliged her and who did not.

The very next day, Oreta picked up a shovel and started digging away at her revered brother's grave. She called for a snap election to replace Ms Macapagal.

"Marcos went through that. Why can't she?" Oreta said, blithely, with all the grace she displayed when she danced on the Senate floor the night she, Enrile, Tatad and other pro-Joseph Estrada senators voted to keep the second Jose Velarde envelope unopened.

Calling Ms Macapagal a "stumbling block" to progress, Oreta reasoned: "We have to take drastic steps to put [the country back on] track."

She did not say, or did not realize, that the drastic step she was referring to was both illegal and unconstitutional.