In the Philippines, the Ombudsman is pressing forward with fresh plunder and graft charges against former House Speaker Martin Romualdez, alleging he was the central architect of a P56 billion flood control corruption scheme spanning three years. The case marks one of the country's most consequential legal confrontations in recent memory — a reckoning between institutional accountability and entrenched political power. With a former cabinet secretary now turned state witness and dozens of witnesses assembled, the pursuit reflects a broader human question: whether those who govern in the name o