Bong Bong's win in the electoral contest with Robredo will serve as a political monkey wrench

Talks about Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr's possible win in the Presidential Electoral Tribunal case he lodged against Vice president Leni Robredo are rising, with most seeing this as a possible monkey wrench thrown at the existing political in-fighting within Malacanan.

Mr. Rodrigo Roa Duterte had earlier signified his intention to hand over most of his power to Bongbong Marcos the minute the scion of Ferdie's political legacy assumed the vice presidential post.  Will this disrupt the political intramurals happening within Mr. Duterte's administration? What will happen the minute Mr. Marcos' army suddenly replaces the vanguards of Dutertismo inside that house along the Pasig?

You guessed right--that would surely diminish the stature of the Dutertistas and would result to a consolidation of the pro-BBM forces within and outside of government. Will it cut the rising stature of Speaker Arroyo's minions inside this administration? There should be a pre-meditated power-sharing scheme already between Arroyo and the Marcoses. It is easy to negotiate with the Arroyos--they just want to keep themselves perfectly in power for the longest time, since they have so much properties and commercial interests to protect. It is all about power for the Arroyos while it is all about political vindication for the Marcoses.

When Bongbong wins, one does not need a formal revision of Philippine history-- the very win had already revised the traditional narrative against the Marcoses. The only thing left to resolve is if that EDSA 1986 incident which resulted to a "popular uprising" against the Marcoses was, for all intents and purposes, just a mere politically planned ploy to mask the intended aim which is to prevent Imelda from assuming or succeeding her former husband.

A Bongbong win would surely be an Imelda's as well. This is a very powerful narrative which suggest that this family did not commit such atrocious crimes people ascribed to them for all these years. Imelda would probably ask her doctors to stop injecting her with age prolonging stem cells and just allow her to close her beautiful eyes the minute this happens.

Will this result to a blossoming of another revolt, a revolt led by the ascendant generation of young men and women sick and tired of Duterte's antics, and wary of the future? It could because a Bongbong win is as disruptive as an establishment of a revolutionary government.

It will open up old wounds especially among members of this country's principalia. It will probably freak out survivors of Mr. Marcos' tyrannical rule and prod them to go out again on the streets to protest such a horrific possibility.

Think still of the injustice such an incident would bring to a Bongbong. He played the political game as a skilful and master political tactician. He followed every rule and at the end of the day, will not be allowed to enjoy the sweet perfume of a win? That is another narrative that is expected to hit the democratic founders straight in their faces.