Move on, Philippines!

Graft and corruptions,  plunders, nepotism, political killings, coup d’etats all time high unemployment and poverty rate together with the never ending investigations going-on in  the senate as well as  in congress.  These are all the common struggles of the filipino people.                                                                                       
Yesterday, a group of  more or less ten thousand people assembled in Ayala Avenue, Makati City to show protest to the present government regarding the NBN-ZTE broadband deal catapulted by the star witness Jun Lozada.  Many thought that it would lead to another EDSA 1 or EDSA 2.  But no, such expectation did not materialize. I think, Filipinos are tired and fed-up of such actions. It will not help the country, I for one, am truly disgusted by the politics of the nation.  We are going nowhere and seems like we are doomed.  I wonder if we still have a chance to have a real sincere Filipino leader whose genuine interest is to make our nation progress and develop into a country that can stand side by side, to at least, other Asian countries such as Malaysia or Singapore.  A leader who will not plunder, is not immoral, is not  corrupt, will not cheat and one that is intelligent enough to know if his/her advisor is for real or just there to make her feel good.. But I guess, all these hopes will remain futile. I remember catching a glimpse of Mister Dodie Limcaoco, the former Assistant to Ex-President Aquino and the  present Head of religious affairs of the Macapagal-Arroyo government as  he gave testimony to one religious television program.  On the said testimony, he admitted having been through the same corruptions and the likes, reasoning out that all politicians do the same. And to quote him, “ Lahat ng tao na humawak sa kawali ay hindi pwedeng  hindi maulingan.”(All those who took hold of the pan are inevitably bound to be stained.)  It goes without saying that all of them , who are in the government are one and the same. No one is clean.

To oust the Philippine President once again by the so called People Power is, for me, another waste of time.  What are we Filipinos apt to?  Shall we forever elect then overthrow a President on our own whim? In case we do, who will take over?  How sure are we that the next president won’t commit the same misdeeds?  Can we not move on without the equivalent uprising.  How about accepting and giving the present government a chance to change.  Perhaps PGMA, FG and his cronies will realize that it’s about time to give the Filipinos what is rightfully for the Filipinos, Honest and crdible leadership. Enough for those millions of dollars stolen through commissions.  There will always be courts for such concerns. (But on the second thought, isn’t the present judiciary an extension of Gma’s hand.)  Where do Filipinos turn to now?  We beg the officials of the land for honest performances. Stop the bickering, and let there be peace in the land. Let us all move on for the betterment of  our country, Philippines..