GENERAL SANTOS CITY, August 26, 3013 – The organizers of the “Million People March” nationwide are right. President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino heard but has not listened. So, the March must go on even if he has declared the abolition of the PDAF (Priority Development Assistance Fund) of the members of Congress. The “F” will remain intact in the 2014 budget. The “P”, the “D” and the “A” will be reformulated.
What is there to celebrate? None! Not at this time. The people want the House of Corruption named “PDAF” demolished. Mr. Aquino will only renovate it and change the name. Anybody who has lived through the Commonwealth to the present Republic will testify that the same SOP or modus operandi has turned a clean bureaucracy into a nest of corruption – change the name after the renovation.[]/a> with |||
Let’s not forget the EDSA I. The “people power” reverberated throughout the world and was replicated by some oppressed nations. Yet, the fruits rotted before they could ripen under the Cory Aquino and Ramos governments.
Let’s not forget the EDSA II. Vice President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in her impromptu acceptance and inaugural speech as the new president made three promises that could have brought glorious days to the Philippines. Yet, she turned 180 degrees around and the 3,390 days after are remembered mostly for the nightmares.
Is President Aquino III really different? Yet, it should be asked: If it would suffice just to renovate and rename PDAF, why did he not do it on Day One of his administration in 2010? But if the same renovating and renaming by his predecessors did not work, will his doing the same be different?
The “Million People March” is right. The President heard but has not listened. Today, the million “netizens” want him to listen. Will they not be disappointed like the million citizens in the People Power of EDSA I? (Patricio P. Diaz/MindaNews)