Former Senate President Franklin Drilon’s description of Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson’s resignation as a “King’s Gambit” lays bare a Senate entangled in its own power plays, where survival demands sacrifice. In chess, the King’s Gambit is a risky opening: the player sacrifices a pawn to protect the king and gain control of the board. Drilon’s metaphor, made in a DZRH interview on…
