ROBREDO partisans can belittle the impact of #NagaLeaks until their faces turn blue, but they can never deny that the expose created a devastating dent on the mythology of Jesse Robredo. Anonymity, in fact, is a strategic weapon in political warfare. Hence, an expose such as #NagaLeaks would have the power to directly attack the foundations of that mythology, by undermining it using the leverage of anonymity, and without due regard to accountability. Jesse Robredo was practically accused of being a crook and a hypocrite by the anonymous writers of #NagaLeaks. Jesse’s memory was being attacked, and Leni’s initial response was to say that such could not silence her.

Source: Manila Times March 08, 2017 16:07 UTC