Clearing of a Black Smoke

Youth for Nationalism and Democracy-Cebu

March 5, 2008

She voted for the entry of the Philippines into GATT-WTO as a senator. She unseated a president illegitimately by riding on the people’s disgust for her personal interest. She defied the people’s mandate by cheating her way in the 2004 elections. Now, she’s holding on for dear life over the spontaneous rage of the masses’ disgust and the greed of the trapos among their (elite’s) ranks. Who wouldn’t be enraged over her countless mischiefs?

• Diosdado Macapagal Highway,fertilizer scam, aviation fuel scam, PhilHealth scam, etc.
• State of National Emergency declaration (P.P.1017), E.O.464, No Permit, No Rally Policy
  Anti-Terror Law (Human Security Act of 2007)
  Extra-Judicial Killings, Glorietta & Batasan Bombings
• JPEPA, RP-China Economic Partnership Agreement, ZTE–NBN deal

Come to think of it, she is no other than our beloved president, Gloria “MACAPAgaL”-Arroyo who has done all these anomalies, human rights violations and disrespect for law, all for her “strong republic.”

Now, time is ticking against the system. As the investigation in the Senate slowly clears the smoke of PGMA’s and the totality of our political system’s fraudulent ways, so is she getting vulnerable to her own judgment before the people whom she betrayed eversince. With the coming out to the open of key witnesses (JDV III, Neri, Lozada) in the controversial ZTE-NBN deal, so is she condemned by the truth, which she hid from us all.

Now, several organizations have made their position – marching on the street calling for GMA’s resignation and for the search for truth, the elites suggest for a snap election, the CBCP calls for “communal action,” and even those pigs in power bannering for a “moral revolution,” yet what do these actions recommend? The maintaining of this corrupt, inhuman, decadent & neo-colonial system that binds us all in grave poverty – not the total alleviation of our misery. They all have the same solution and yet they are reactionary in nature – despising corruption and a crooked leadership but considering WHO among the trapos could take GMA’s seat.

The real issue lying here isn’t WHO should replace GMA but WHAT should replace this rotten system. Should we expect choosing among the trapos – the likes of Noli de Castro, Ping Lacson, Mar Roxas or a Loren Legarda – when they uphold not our call for a better life but their & their masters (US Imperialist) interests? Should we be hailing the likes of Jun Lozada who simply testified to save his & his family’s neck & not really to cater the move to stop the oppression of the Filipino people? Shouldn’t we be thinking to cut the unending cycle of greed, poverty & opportunism, not only in the government, in the whole system as well? Shouldn’t we be looking forward to a future where those seating to serve the people prioritize education, health, job security, women empowerment & provision of other basic services over infrastructure, debt services and militarization?

Indeed, the headlines and the daily news can be very boring. Everyday, the same news rewinds over and over again without giving explanation why they continue to occur and the possible solutions. Yet the challenge to us all, especially the youth, is to critically analyze our situation and get ourselves involved in the issues. Know the problems of our nation, spread what you know on the issues and share among your friends, relatives & even families the real effect of our societal system. Keep in mind that true sovereignty of our country could only take root if the majority of the people are the ones asserting for it and not any single individual bringing with them their own narrow, personal and biased interest.

We invite you all to take part in writing the pages of history. If you so wish, the Youth for Nationalism & Democracy (YND-Cebu) can facilitate an interactive educational discussion where we can further deepen our understanding of what’s going on in our country. In joining in such venues for exchange of/in ideas, we lose nothing except our innocence & ignorance.

“EMANCIPATE OURSELVES FROM MENTAL SLAVERY, NONE BUT OURSELVES CAN FREE OUR MINDS…”