Real change in the Philippines is what many protestors are clamoring for or so they say. Problem is that the leader of many of these protests are members of the ruling oligarchy, manipulating the public’s outrage while at the same time working towards their own selfish goals. This is a problem that has been hounding Philippine politics for decades. The only true change can come for a bottom to top revolution, not a top to bottom change that the Philippines normally experiences.
When someone decides to clean their house, you know a real spring cleaning type of cleaning job, they don’t start by mopping the floor and then dust the furniture, it is ludicrious but that is what many times happen in government changes. The best way to clean house is to move the furniture, clean under the furniture, clean the floors, gather all the trash and bag it, clean the bathrooms, really clean everything in the house. When you are almost done, you will mop the floor and have a very clean house from top to bottom. Politics should be the same way.
Protesting in Manila will not change anything in a positive way. Ah, you might get a new rules, but the dirtiness will always remain. Instead, protests need to be on a local basis, remove the corrupt local officials from power while at the same time targeting the national leaders. This is the only way to affect positive change in the Philippines.
Argentines had a great idea, the people finally had had enough of corruption and self serving politicians. The people took to the streets with pots and pans, pounding them as loud as they could in front of banks, local government offices and national government offices, banging and making a noise demanding change. This could work in the Philippines and I am here to show you how.
The lolas and the children(under 12) of the Philippines need to start the revolution and it is simple. Take pots, pans, woks, anything that will a lot of noise and go from their barangay to the nearest large post office or other appropriate government office they choose. The lolas should go with their grandchildren and just start pounding and yelling. Demanding change. If this happened in every city of the Philippines, change would happen.
Soldiers and policeman who have no problem arresting working people, would not be able to arrest large numbers of grandmothers and young children. They couldn’t and they wouldn’t. The international outcry would be deafening and any action against these protestors would be met with a quick challenge from the working class.
One more thing, I don’t GMA will ever read this blog, but I sure hope she does. My advice is plain and simple: Remove yourself from office, admit your mistakes, and institute a fair form of government for the people.
