[EDITORIAL] Mula sa taumbayan, maraming salamat, PNoy! Jun 28, 2021 11:01 AM PHT Rappler.com Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino III died from bad kidneys and a sweet tooth, and from heartbreak – the kind that fractured his soul each morning he woke up to a nation that was soaked in blood, choked with anger, paralyzed by fear. And one that barely remembered him. This is not to romanticize Aquino’s presidency or his death. This is to tell it like it is: in the five years since he left office, Noynoy Aquino suffered what would be worse than a house arrest (like what his two predecessors had gone through). The Aquinos’ democratic legacy was sullied by the efficient Duterte-Marcos revisionist machine. His political party was blown to smithereens, further deepening the divide between party moralists and deal-makers. His administration’s ambitious transparency-and-accountability project was buried deep by hungry fiefdoms from the South. And the West Philippine Sea – for which he brought China to court – was left to be swarmed by a fleet of invaders.