This is not a moment, it’s a movement

Pink revolution: Supporters of Philippine Vice President and presidential candidate Leni Robredo cheering during her ‘Miting de Avance’ rally in Makati City, Metro Manila on May 7. – Reuters

NATIONS, like individuals, have short memories.

I recently wrote about the Philippine’s Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) mishandling of overseas ballots. What the Comelec lacked in planning, the Department of Foreign Affairs made up for in quick thinking and sound policies. Thanks to Overseas Voting Secretariat vice chair Zoilo Velasco and deputy consul general Arman R. Talbo, my fiancée and I avoided the clutches of disenfranchisement by the skin of our teeth, and cast our votes in the Philippine Consulate General in New York City.