JAKARTA (ANN) The words “people power” have been thrown around too loosely in the past couple of weeks. These days, people power, street protests and mass gatherings appeared to have lost their magic in forcing change. Two weeks later, Maduro is still in power and there seems to be no end in sight for his regime. Just because Filipinos could topple a dictator in a popular uprising does not mean it can take place in other countries under different circumstances. In the past 20 years, we have placed faith in this electoral system and people power should have been rendered irrelevant.

Source: The Star May 23, 2019 02:26 UTC