This video was posted by a member of my staff, Aica Dioquino, earlier. Reposting to give you a glimpse of what today was like.
I was at the office a few minutes after 8am and had meetings the entire morning. At about noon, while I was still in my room receiving a visitor, Usec Philip Dy knocked and told me that there was breaking news that the Supreme Court already rendered a decision on the poll protest.
I invaded an office with a television set and found a number of my st...aff watching the Supreme Court briefing with the announcement that the SC, voting unanimously, dismissed the election protest. Most of our staff were euphoric. But Usec Boyet and I were still in disbelief.
I went down for a 1pm briefing and a 3pm turnover of donations and came back again to the same room to let it all sink in. Then we started receiving calls with requests for interviews. That was when we decided to have a presscon at 6pm instead. It was later moved to 6.30pm upon the suggestion of media people already there because they wanted to have a livefeed.
That gave me time to scribble notes of what I wanted to say. Usec Boyet bought pizza for everyone as a sort of a celebration.
I knew that, in the end, truth will prevail. But it was almost five years of being called names because of false propaganda hinged on the supposed election fraud. So when the vindication finally came, it was sweet.
We all wanted to savor the moment. Those of us who toiled and suffered all the wounds. So many people to thank -people who never lost faith and sacrificed just to fight for the truth.
But tomorrow is another day. We go back to work, put behind the rancor and just thank the Almighty for keeping our faith and hope for our beloved country alive.