The outrage is still there over the trillions of pesos worth of public funds that were diverted to pockets of senators, congressmen, other public officials and contractors. But the shouts and placards in the two separate rallies held on Nov. 30 show a growing sense of frustration over what many people feel is the slow pace of making those involved accountable.

Commissioner Rogelio Singson of the Independent Commission for Infrastructure observed correctly when he said: “The demand is very strong to put in jail those behind anomalous flood control projects.”

That sense of frustration is making the angry public vulnerable to alternatives outside the Constitution.