It's past 9:00 PM. Vice-Mayor Eddie "Sapatos" Domingo, who died of heart attack in his home last September 29, is lying in state at the Laoag City amphitheater at Laoag City Hall. Fireworks and the ringing of the Laoag Cathedral centuries-old Bell Tower.  He will be buried tomorrow, Saturday, October 13. He was the best mayor Laoag City never had.
     Money politics and the attendant forces of evil have made a mockery of democracy in this country, keeping at bay good men and poor but deserving individuals from serving the people.