The President will take his oath before the Chief Justice. The new President, one hand on the Bible, will swear to uphold the 1987 Constitution. (Never mind that a campaign promise was the rewriting of the Charter.)
In 1970, a spoken-word composition called “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” by American soul and jazz artist Gil Scott-Heron featured haunting lyrics that ended with the line, “The revolution will be live.”
Not a few guests held their breath, hoping no one would trip or, worse, fall flat on her face. That would have been the bigger spectacle as 12 accomplished and stylish women walked for a cause recently at the 9th Best Dressed Women of the Philippines annual awards at Shangri-La Makati’s Rizal ballroom.
