Here we go again, the Philippine politics at its finest - the Lozada version. Crazy. Beautiful. I hope you catch my drift.
I am disturbed, medyo angry lang to a degree, about how things seem to play out on the Senate proceedings. But I am more disturbed about the seemingly nonchalantly reaction of those people who does not have the time to follow the proceedings on the radio or on the net. Maybe they are busy making ends meet and building a future = )
Or maybe, they just do not care anymore.
Here's a snapshot of the audience the Senate's proceeding is trying to reach. The 30-somethings and the 40-somethings. These are the people who at a young age was exposed, without a choice , to the workings of Philippine politics. These are people who was busy doing their homework in Araling Panlipunan by cutting out newspaper headlines of Malaya and of Philippine Daily Inquirer to be submitted and discussed the following day in school. These are the people who watched the bloodied body of Ninoy Aquino on prime time news that fateful week in August in 1983. These are the people who at a young age was swept away by the promise of (the only) People Power. These are the people who sang, with all their hearts and soul, Magkaisa and Handog ng Pilipino sa Mundo in school activities. These are the people who memorize the lines of Let's light one little candle. These are the people who watch the principled heavy politicians on TV. These are the people that read the news on liberal newspaper. These are the people who read the Time Magazine's article on the first ever Woman of the Year.
And now all we have on TV, radio, print and web is a story of power and of greed? Seriously, so old news! Can I borrow the remote?
Can we do something different? Instead of the 21st century version of grandstanding - why not pass a law that prohibits Senators, Congressmen and Government official in sending their kids to study abroad so that they really know how sick the situation is down to the devilish details. That is quality news content. Instead of government officials flashing their braces-filled mouth because a senator who had a limited idea about poor economic policy-execution-induced suffering asked a question, can we ask why the Philippines, who largely depends on agriculture for its economic output (GDP), import rice? That is quality news content.
So, who has done what? We did. We are to be blamed for this situation we are in. Let's stop pointing fingers. Everything is in everything= )
Ha!
ReplyDeleteI am completely with you - though, I may not be that old enough to haven been around during Ninoy's killings and the likes but much of the sufferings are still being played out upto this very day. Traditional politicians, uhm, remain to be traditional.
History repeats itself simply because we have not yet learn our lessons from things past. I may not be the best person to talk about History (am never a fan of History) but somehow, the present still paints what happened in the past.
The present is the fruit of the past.
And it does not quite help pa that we have the tendencies to forget about almost everything, that we have become so numb about every scandal we have to deal with every single day. Yung bang we've gotten used to not finding a noble public official, kaya everytime we stumble someone who is that patriotic - we grill him/her to death.
Ewan ko na nga minsan. Sana lang kasi yung tax na binabayaran ng isang empleyado hindi ginagamit sa kung saan-saan para lang maka-kickback.