THERE is an old and ugly tradition in Philippine politics: the weaponization of the law. Not the application of it, but the weaponization. The difference matters enormously. One is justice; the other is control. As the Senate careens from one crisis to the next in 2026, it is becoming impossible to ignore the pattern of how President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s administration has deployed both lavish rewards and the blunt force of prosecution to bend the upper chamber to its will.