Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Spiriting Away
There are two instances in the news that I’ve heard of government officials (of the present administration) doing their “business” in the dead of night when the rest of the watching public (especially the media) are asleep. The first one was when they transferred Lance Corporal Smith from a Makati City jail to the US embassy. The second one, more recently, was when they tried to fly (by private jet no less!) Satur Ocampo to Leyte.
It is in a way the government telling us that no matter how strong the opposition against their pursuits, they can get away with anything. By the time we discover what they’ve done we’re just left too surprised to react. We have only our words when they’ve already gotten away with doing what they want.
How sneaky can a government get? We’ve been cheated in the elections. We’ve been robbed of our taxes. We’ve been duped in court. We’ve been shamed in international polls. How can we fully trust those who are running for government posts? How can we believe their platforms? How can we vote this coming elections and say that our votes and voices will matter?
It’s sad though that people who have a little bit of power in this country are the ones who won’t go to the precincts this May. Those who do not have to be paid to vote. Those who hold businesses and those who pay hundreds of taxes. Those who’ve graduated from top universities and now hold top positions in multinational companies that feed the economy. Why are they trying to bow out of a fight that they once fought in EDSA?
Maybe because EDSA has lost its meaning after several attempts of taking down the pseudo-president who has a death-grip on the seat of power. Maybe because they felt there’s nothing more they can do but focus on what they do best-work. maybe because they are the ones who can leave the country in an instant, and never again look back.
When you read the news and you feel like shouting at the top of your lungs… what does it achieve? I read the news, how over and over again the Palace releases those not-well-thought of statements, I wonder how in the world we can survive under such a government. They react to everything, and always defensively. Always trying to blame someone else. And then they try to recant with motherhood statements they think would soften their appearance to the reading public.
We’re trapped in a government (for we are part of it) that stinks of the tyranny of power-hungry, self-preserving idiots. We sit in complacency because we are too tired to fight and we wait for a hero who could reignite the fire of our love for freedom and faith in democracy.
The fear is that the people who could be our heroes are a dying race. We are the only ones left. Are we going to rot n this hell too? Why can’t our lazy asses, for once, stand up and fight against the corruption of our beloved country? why can’t we stand against the fools who’ve deceived us and reclaim the power for the Filipino people. Those who sit in their seats of power and think that they are indestructible should rethink. They are no longer Filipinos to us. They are ghosts of our terrible past and present. They have no place in this great country’s future. 21march2007
tweenkies_1106 at 8:18 PM