Thursday, October 11, 2007

Edsa 2,is this real?

Last 2001, millions of Filipino people in Metro Manila gathered in Edsa Shrine to voice out to the public their disapproval to the leadership of Pres. Joseph Estrada or in a harsh manner, they are there to drastically witness the victory of Anti-Erap militants to oust the president from the Malacanang...as expected they won the battle and Pres. Estrada did what the people wants him to do..then at that moment Vice Pres. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo out of nowhere came up to the stage and took her oath immediately as the new President of the Republic of the Philippines,with that brief history now 2007 has come, is there a difference?
Philippines made a remarkable history with the edsa tradition where we can oust a president through a simple gathering by many people in one place then all together shout their rituals(or any chants there maybe). A tradition that "some" of us consider it as a unique trait the Filipinos have or some would say,"only in the Philippines". Some dramatic people will treat the Edsa Revolution as a symbol of unity and democracy we have in our country. In general, it is where Filipinos became victorious of what they are fighting for. But is this the real nature of Edsa? or there is something behind it that " many" of us can't see?
The Edsa Revolution happened last 2001, according to Philippine historians, is the repeat of the Revolution happened during the Marcos Regime. So, is the saying "History repeats itself" true? or is the saying conveys a deeper meaning of what we treat now as a literal definition of it?
The Edsa 2 is full of lies. It is full of injustice and corruption. Do the people said to Gloria that she should come up their and immediately take her oath as the new President? Are they fighting for the Presidency of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo that time? Surely not!..it is just that Gloria is an opportunist that took advantage of the sympathy the people have that time. Now, are we victorious at that moment? or Gloria became the winner because she got what she wants and we are being fooled?
Philippines is still one of the poorest country in this world. We became more poor and no. 1 on the list of most corrupt country in Asia. Hundreds of militants and activists are missing right now due to military abuses and dealings. Human Rights Law is now violated and took for granted. Unfortunately, these are now the results of the efforts done by many people on the Edsa Revolution. Is this good? are we happy?
Nothing to blame here but ourselves. We are blinded of the circumstances came to us. We didn't think of what will be the result in the future. We let bastard politicians corrupt our minds and feelings by their "words of wisdom" to us. We became selfish and violated the constitution just to let foolish people govern the desperate Filipinos.
They are right, History repeats itself, because until now we are deprived of our rights, we are still on the poverty line, we are still ruled by greedy and asshole politicians in our country. Is this what we want? is this the result we look forward to after the Edsa Revolution?
Oh c'mon.. shame to ourselves. We became morons to our simple way. Edsa is not for Filipino people, it's for the corrupt politicians. It does not symbolizes unity and democracy but it signifies foolishness and ignorance of people towards the real score behind the event. I really can't think of any valid reason why people are still celebrating the Edsa Revolution, hence, it reminds of us the sad event when people started to be fooled. Edsa slowly transformed into a horrible event that showed the real Filipino character; dumb, easy to be fooled, and most likely, naive to what's the real Philippine community needs for its people.
Now we suffer the consequences of our actions in the past. We can't do anything but to face the fact that we made a mistake because of our ignorance and lack of awareness in our surroundings. We can never turn back time and avoid the Edsa Revolution we did. This terrible happening will serve as a historic lessons that will never be erased in our memories and in our minds. Time may passed, but it can never heal the wound we brought in our Philippine History. Even though centuries will pass, Edsa will always carry the memory that there were once people out there shouting "Erap Resign!".

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