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ni Raïssa Robles

Ito ay hango sa talumpati na ipinamahagi ko sa mga kabataang dumalo sa “Salubungan Workshop” ng Edsa People Power Commission na ginanap ngayong Enero 2014 sa La Consolacion College:

Nang pinatalsik si Marcos noong 1986 ang sigaw ng bayan ay – “Tama na, Sobra Na, Palitan Na.

Marami ngayon ang nagtatanong – e bakit walang nagbago? Kundi lumala pa yata ang situwasyon noong naibalik ang demokrasya? Lantaran pa rin ang korapsyon, ang pangungarokot sa kaban ng bayan.

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Sapagka’t meron tayong nakalimutan. Ang mga magulang niyo, ako, at kayo na rin.

Binago nga natin ang Constitution, ang mga nakaupo na matataas na opisyal sa gobyerno.

Nguni’t utak alipin pa rin tayo, tayong mga mamamayan.

Ipapaliwanag ko sa inyo ito sa pamamagitan ng isang kuwento. Ibinahagi ng isang circus trainer kung paano niya kinokontrol ang mga elepante para hindi makatakas kahit na yung lubid na nakatali sa kanilang paa ay di gaanong makapal. Kapag bata pa ang mga elepante, ang ginagamit na pantali ng circus trainer ay mga mabibigat at makakapal na kadena. Siyempre nahihirapang maglakad yung baby elephant.

Sa kalaunan, pinapalitan ng trainer yung kadena ng lubid na mas magaan at hindi kasing kapal, kapag natanim na sa elepante na yung tanikala niya ay hindi niya mapapatid.

Ganyan ang nakararami sa ting Pilipino.

Kahit malaya na tayo ngayon, nakatali pa rin mga kaisipan natin. Hindi natin alam kung paano natin gagamitin ang ating kalayaan.

Kahit malaya na tayo ngayon, utak alipin pa rin tayo.

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Paano tayo magbabago?

Ang sagot ay nanggaling mismo kay Presidente Benigno Aquino nang sinabi niya – “Kayo ang boss ko.”

Yan ay kabaliktaran at salungat sa panahon ng diktadurang Ferdinand Marcos. Ang gusto ni Marcos na itawag sa kanya ng mga mamamayan ay -“Apo”. May ilang puwedeng ibig sabihin ang “Apo”: puwedeng lolo, boss o panginoon.

Ibig sabihin, siya ang boss. Hindi ang mga taong humalal sa kanya.

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Ano naman ang ibig sabihin nang mga katagang binigkas ni Presidente Aquino? Na tayo ang boss niya?

Ibig sabihin – accountable o dapat panagutin ang gobyerno at ang lahat ng nasa gobyerno sa karaniwang mamamayan. Lalo na ang presidente ng Pilipinas.

At isang paraan na gawing accountable ang gobyerno ay sa pamamagitan ng Internet – halimbawa sa Facebook, sa Twitter, at sa mga Blogs.

Ang henerasyon nyo ay napakasuwerte talaga.

Bago nagka-Internet – para ipaalam mo ang hinanaing mo sa gobyerno kailangan tumawag ka sa radyo, sumulat ka sa pahayagan o mag-rally ka sa daan.

Ngayon, puwede mong sabihin sa Facebook o Twitter o sa blog o sa website ng mga diyarho o ahensiya ng gobyerno.

Noon, para ka makapaglathala ng mga bagay-bagay, kailangan mo ng malaking capital. Ngayon, hindi na.

Sa Internet walang language barrier. Kahit anong wika puwede mong gamitin.

Ang isang napakagandang nagawa ng Internet ay ang pag-isahin ang mga nakatira sa Luzon, Visayas at Mindanao at sa lahat ng sulok ng mundo.

Kaya watak-watak ang Pilipino ay dahil na rin sa heograpya. Archipelago tayo. Ngayon, nabale-wala na yan dahil sa Facebook at Twitter.

Isa pang ginawa ng Internet. Ang mga nasa Internet, pantay-pantay. Kahit na mayor ka, wala kang cordon sanitaire. Walang secretary na pumipigil sa tapat ng pinto at nagtatanong – may appointment ka ba?

Kaya marami sa mga government official natin naninibago pag nasa Facebook. Hindi nila ma-take yung mga paglait sa kanila. Yung pagka-prangko ng iba.

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Ang Facebook para yang isang gusali na puwede kang dumungaw sa bawat bintana nito para alamin ang nagyayari.

Ang blog naman, parang one-man newspaper, pero online lang nga.

Sino ang puwedeng mag-blog?

Maski sino.

Noong taong 2012, nadagdagan ng 51 million websites sa mundo (hindi pa kasama diyan ang China). Kaya naging 634 million websites na.

Ibig sabihin nyan, sa bawat segundo,  nagkaroon ng halos dalawang bagong website sa mundo.

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Ang mahalaga sa blogging – nagbibigay ng impormasyon at humihimok ng maraming pagtatalo at deliberasyon.

Kasi yan ang pinakadiwa ng demokrasya – kasama ang sambayanang Pilipino sa paggawa ng mga desisyon.

Hindi lang mga opisyal ang nagdedesisyon lagi, tapos uutus-utusan tayong lahat.

Comments

    • After EDSA,
      year 2013 no available stickers in L.T.O. up to now? change plate numbers at
      owners expenses… BUSINESS….
      year 2014 no available seaman’s book for seaferers? Ano kaya ginagawa nang
      mga tauhan natin sa itaas at palaging ganito nangyayari? TAMAD…

  2. Margaret Thatcher – An Iron Lady born with a will of steel
    Source: Express bu David Robson, April 9, 2013

    Margaret Thatcher had been an unlikely candidate for leadership of the Conservatives. She was not socially high-powered, she was not well- connected and she was not experienced ( education secretary had been her only cabinet post) yet she became one of the best prime ministers of United Kingdom
    …………………..

    Grace Poe, to be a formidable opponent of Binay, should learned lessons from Margaret Thatcher and make her as an inspiration in her (Grace) pursuit of winning the presidential bid. She has to make a lot of good reading about Thatcher.
    ……………………………

    ON SHACKLING THE FILIPINOS

    The Marcos regime has done an enormous damage to the Filipinism of the people. It shackled the nationalistic spirit of the common people, ligated their will power and determination to promulgate a common goal of a better country to live in for everybody. Such incursion of Marcos regime into the heart, mind and body of the masses had led to the disability of their totality, so much so the success of EDSA 1986 has gone futile, lost the meaning of its relevance. So utterly crestfallen we are, we lost the meaning of EDSA as days, months and years go by..

    • Leni Robredo is a good candidate for President. Transparent. Walang baggage. She acted quick to save her district from TRAPOS. Dismayed some experts for running in congress instead of the senate, but that quality of her as a stopper was rare in Philippine politics. She steady and she could go a long way.

      • Good points about leni Robredo, but the majority of the voters are not aware of her who are so obsessed with famous and popular celebrities / people and will who vote for anyone who belong to such category whether he /she is idiot, very corrupt and very dishonest and an abhorrent candidate for government post. Then these very same voters moan endlessly about their lowly life.

  3. @Raissa & CPMers
    Ferdinand Marcos ‘best president ever’?
    Source: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/focus/02/25/14/ferdinand-marcos-best-president-ever

    Nakakalungkot isipin ang mga sinasabi ng kabataan ngayon. Hindi nila naiintindihan kung gaano kahirap mabuhay sa panahon ng martial law. Dapat palawigin pa ang edukasyon patungkol sa edsa at martial law ng maunawaan ng kabataan ang hirap na dinanas ng mga nakakatanda sa kanila.

    Isang idea na pumasok sa aking munting kaisipan ay bigyan ng isang exercise + homework ang mga estudyante ng maintindihan nila ang nangyari noong panahon ng Martial Law at kung paano maihahambing ang sitwasyon noon sa kasalukuyang panahon. Halimbawa sa isang linggo iuutos ng guro na bawal gumamit ng cellphone, tv at computer ang estudyante. Bawal din ang maglakwatsa o pumunta sa mall.

    Matapos ang isang linggo ipasulat sa estudyante kung ano ang kanilang pakiramdam ng tinannggalan sila ng karapatan, yan ang martial law.

    At para sa mga pro Marcos na CPMer (kung meron man, hopefully none) please watch this video from Lourd De Veyra

    Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soFzz0IVwsw

    “Okay mabalik tayo sa usapan. Maraming nagsasabing magaling at matalino raw si Marcos. Lagi nila itong sinasabi pero parang ganito yan e. May nakita kang lalaki sa kwarto mo na nakikipagtalik sa misis mo, pagkatapos limasin lahat ng gamit mo sa bahay. Uupakan mo sana pero nakatakas sa bintana. Sasabihin mo rin bang, wow! ang galing at talino nun a?” -WOTL: Miss mo na ba si Marcos?

    • martial, those saying makoy is best president ever are probably from ilocos region. I think edsa celebration is being suppressed by the marcoses and not allowed to be celebrated there at all. their sense of history is warped.

      the rest of the county may celebrate edsa, but not ilocos.

    • @Raissa & CPMers

      NO, FERDINAND MARCOS WAS THE WORST PRESIDENT…HE IS A DICTATOR!!!

      NO FREEDOM…..

  4. parang di naman bukal sa loob ni Pnoy na tayo ang boss, kasi na passed ang cybercrime law lalo na ang libel. naalala ko comment ni Sen Nancy Binay sa netizens, malamig na pagtanggap at puro negatibo ang dating sa kanya, samantalang sa ground pag bumisita sya ay bukas kamay at mainit ang pagtanggap. di kaya dahil may dala siyan bag of food or dole out. according to poging jesse that does not work in the long run.

    • Si Sen. Nancy Binay ay pumupunta sa lugar na baluarte ng kanyang ama o kaya sa mga lugar na ang mga residente ay madaling mapaniwala at mapasaya sa ilang pirasong de-lata o isang kilong bigas o mahigpit na yakap at pakikipagkamay kaya mainit ang pagtanggap.

      ang netizens ay binubuo ng mga tao na nakakaangat ng konti sa edukasyon at pag-intindi, nakakabasa ng mga news at inaanalisa ang mga nakikita, nababasa kaya iba ang pananaw nila.

      kasama na tayo doon sa grupo ng mga netizens.

      kaya dapat ang ating adhikain ay tulungan natin ang mga kasama sa unang grupo na imulat ang kanilang pananaw at isipin ang kinabukasan ng kanilang mga anak, hindi lang yong araw na bibigyan sila ng konting pagkain or pera…. sapagkat ang binibigay sa kanila ay galing din sa kanilang buwis…. :)

  5. We owe you a lot gratitude to the informations and lectures that you are sharing with us.
    I see it as a moral and social responsibility for every Filipino to enlighten, to inform the other side of lies and propaganda that is circulating in print media.
    And with your pieces, I always find your writings as references whenever we have arguments, discussions here in Facebook.

    Mabuhay ka kabayang Raissa.

    Isang OFW dito sa Gitnang Silangan.

  6. Kumilos na tau hanggang may lakas pa tau.Ating kalagin ang tanikala na pangaabuso ng ganid na mga korap na politiko.Sa ating pagkakaisa kaya ntin ibagsak ang mga korakot na yan,Nagawa nga sa Ukraine magagawa rin natin.Walang imposible kung nagkakaisa ang mamamamayan ng pagbabago.Alisin natin sa isip natin ang takot ngaun na panahon ng pagbabago.

    • When? The internet is tightening your shackles, your mouth is already closed by duct tapes, your mind is already full of fear and never ending showbiz news entertainment., your smile and laughter is almost a hiss and never reach the corners of your eyes anymore, smell of death permeates by continuous strangling of your rights, what else is there to wait for, time is relative past , present , tomorrow , today is the most important for you the knowing masses are still alive and conscious today. Tomorrow you see the same story , same corrupt faces shaking your hands , smiling but still stealing your children’s wealth and future. Your agenda is make change now, not wait for this fake leaders to save you from misery. How much time are you willing to take to give? RESILIENCY, no that is consenting face to face to slavery and bowing down to their powers. You are the power: EDSA is not about them anymore, it is about the dream that never was.Up to now it is still,,,, was , hoped for, failed.

  7. Yes yes yes….TAMA po MAAM…not only the young thru internet will be educated by the internet especially in spreading the truth but also the olds or our parents who embraced the wrong applications of Filipinos strong family ties… Being silent nor telling half ttruth should be discourage … PNOY in telling us ” tayo ang boss nya ” must order now the COA and other whisttle blowers to tell everything ..

  8. salamat raissa.
    salamat sa internet.
    salamat sa edsa people power.
    salamat sa CPM.
    salamat sa CPMers.
    salamat din sa trolls.
    redtrolls.
    blacktrolls.
    wheelchairtrolls.
    sexytrolls.
    pogitrolls.
    tandatrolls.
    meldytrolls.
    mga trolls na natututo sa madilim na nakaraan ng bansa.

    ano ba ung alipin?

    maari bang nasa ibaba ang pwedeng kahulugan ng utak-alipin?

    tamad mag-aral.
    o ayaw mag-aral.
    palahingi.
    palaasa.
    mapunahin.
    maramdamin.
    mahiliin.
    mainggitin.
    maramot.
    madaling mabili.
    utu-uto.
    patsi-patsi. okay na.
    bahala na bukas.
    ningas-kugon. ningas-bao.
    benta lupa, luwas.
    benta kalabaw, luwas.
    okay lang sardinas sa kwarto/tulugan.
    benta boto.
    isang kilong bigas, isang noodles.

    magising na tayo.

    hingin natin sa gobyerno ang tunay na serbisyo.
    libreng pag-aaral.
    lahat ng antas.
    pautang sa negosyo.
    suporta sa talento.
    seguridad sa empleyo.
    seguridad sa kalusugan.
    seguridad sa buhay.
    murang pagkain. tubig. kuryente. transportasyon.
    komunikasyon na hindi karag-karag.
    itigil ang pagmimina kung hindi ang bansa ang makikinabang.
    itigil ang logging kung hindi ang bansa ang gagamit ng kahoy.
    isulong ang agrikultura at pamamalakaya.
    bantayan at pangalagaan ang karagatan.
    panatilihin ang kapayapaan sa bawat sulok ng bansa.
    bitayin ang mga nagnakaw sa kaban ng bayan.
    bitayin ang mga nagingikil.
    lunasan ang talamak na dinastiyang manlalason at mangungulimbat.
    panatilihin sa pamumuno ang matitinong lider ng bansa.
    bitayin ang hindi matino.
    ipakulong kung hindi pa kayang ipatupad ang pagbitay.

    sa internet. sa blog. sa website.
    maipapaabot natin ang ating kahilingan.

    may pag-asa.

      • Salamat Ginang Raissa. Ako’y sumasangayon sa iyong sinulat na hindi pa nababago ang ating kaisipan. Una, kahit na me kabalbalang ginagawa ang mga kandidato, ibinoto pa rin natin tapos sisisihin ang gobyerno sa katiwalian. Ngayon na unti-unti nililitis ang mga kawatan sa gobyerno, heto ang paawa epek ng mga sangkot….pinupulitika sila, gusto silang sirain, tanggalin sa puesto, at gusto silang hiyain sa madla. sa totoo lang, ako ang nahihiya para sa kanila. nanliliit ako sa pagtanggi nila na abot langit na wala silang kasalanan. sus,patatawarin, ika nga. ngayon, gumising na talaga tayo ng tunay. imulat ang mga mata at huwag nang magpaloko. yun lang po.

        • Magsimula tayo sa ating pamilya, mga kamag-anak, mga ka-opisina, mga kapit-bahay, ka-Facebook at ka-Twitter.

  9. Kasi bumalimbing lang naman iyong mga nakaupo na siyang salot ng bayan at mga mamamayan…hayan, sila pa rin ang mga nangakaupo at sumasakal sa ating bayan. Ang hamon, hanggang kailang ang mga mamamayang bayan hahayaan ang pangaalipin ng mga taong ito?

  10. Bravo. A really awesome piece. Thank you.

    Sa wakas nagkaroon ng boses ang mga tunay na boss tapos kikitlin pa.

  11. Talk to turnaround experts, or read a little history, and you’ll hear this story repeatedly: There were people who raised the alarm, and they got shouted down. The night before NASA’s disastrous launch of the space shuttle Challenger in 1986, engineers from Morton-Thiokol urged managers to delay. They were worried that the cold weather forecast for the next day would cause problems with the rubber O-rings that sealed the joints in the solid-fuel booster rockets. “I am appalled by your recommendation,” George Hardy, NASA’s deputy director of science and engineering at the Marshall Space Flight Center, told Thiokol’s engineers, according to the book The Challenger Launch Decision by Diane Vaughan. NASA launched the shuttle on a bright cold January morning. The O-rings failed. The resulting catastrophe killed seven astronauts and could have ended the Space Shuttle program.

    Investigations into the disaster showed NASA had fallen prey to what you might call “groupidity,” a special form of groupthink in which we collectively become willing to take risks we individually recognize as stupid—because everybody else in the room seems to think it’s fine. NASA had been noticing unexpected problems with the O-rings for a while. At meetings about that issue, they systematically redefined what they considered risky, and concerns about the O-rings were downplayed.

    http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-02-20/why-negativity-is-really-awesome-the-value-of-in-house-critics?google_editors_picks=true
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  12. Kung walang UTAK ALIPIN ay walang UTAK WANG WANG.

    Sabi ni Jose Rizal: kung walang MAGPAPAALIPIN ay walang MANGAALIPIN.

    • Paki dagdag na rin kabayan ang ilang talata ni Balagtas sa kanyang “Florante at Laura” na una pa sa kapanahunan ni Gat Rizal na tila palasong nagpapaalala sa mga hindi natunawang utak ng mga Pilipinong patuloy na sumusuporta’t nagbibigay puri sa mga nagnanakaw sa kaban ng bayan:

      Nguni ay ang lilo’t masasamang loob
      Sa trono ng puri ay iniluluklok
      At sa baling sukab na may asal hayop
      Mabangong insenso ang isinusuob

    • a lot of pinoys are passive, and often mistaking aggressiveness for assertiveness.

      nagmamaka-awa sila kaagad, giving others power over them, manifesting a behavior called ‘learned helplessness’. they learned to be helpless early in life, and got rewarded for such behaviors. by being obedient, pitiful and kaawa-awa, relying on the compassion and goodness of others they managed to progress in life and got what they wanted. it worked for a while, for their parents at least. and there was peace. and they got exploited in the meantime. not everyone is compassionte, and they will continue to be exploited until they step up.

  13. Naka-bull’s eye ka na naman Raissa –

    Utak-Alipin pa rin ang mga Pinoy. Sir dito Ma’am diyan… lahat na lang, tawagin natin ng Sir or Ma’am… yan ang pinaka-basic na pagpapakita ng pagiging utak-alipin natin. Palagi nating iniisip na mas mababa tayo kesa sa kanila (kung sino man ang kausap natin). Dapat yan an una nating mabago – ang pag-iisip na lahat tayo ay pantay-pantay ; kaya dapat pantay-pantay din ang pagkamit ng hustisya, pantay-pantay din ang pagkamit ng benepisyo mula sa gobyerno. Dapat isipin natin palagi na ang mga kawani ng gobyerno, mula sa Presidente hanggang sa pinakamababang empleyado, ay sumusweldo dahil sa mga buwis na binabayad natin. At dapat magsilbi sila sa sambayanan – hindi mangurakot sa kaban ng bayan.

    But it’s a very tall order – to change the mindset of Filipinos, to reverse the “utak-alipin” syndrome, to remove the shackles brought by our colonizers and further strengthened by the years of Martial Law.

    • Those weren’t shackles, they were schools. :)

      Actually, I’m inclined to ask exactly what form the shackles took? Empowering the few? I think the shackles are self-imposed at some point. In other words, one must look inward at oneself for the reason, rather than outward at others.

      Lack of discipline and commitment come to mind. To let Edsa be an event rather than an enduring passion we demand of ourselves, as well as others.

        • I strive to educe meanings. That means no, but I do look at the words and guess. Chit threw in some English words, which is kind of like bones to a dog. :)

        • Sigh. Actually, I am being forced into that by ego. My young son recently conceded that his father “knows everything”, and I’d hate to let him down. He has started learning Filipino at his school so the pressure is on Dad.

        • hahahhaha… Joe America!!!

          I thought you would have replied that you are using “Google translation”…

      • Shackles of inferior mentality – ingrained in us from the time we start our education. We felt inferior right away as the teachers were called Sir & Ma’am…(you don’t call them that in other countries). The people in power were called “Apo Mayor, etc.” and we grew up believing we were really inferior. And so when the slogan “Sa Ikauunlad ng Bayan, Disiplina ang Kailangan” during the martial law years, the more that the shackles of inferiority tightened around our culture. That when a politician will come a-visiting to the barrios and shake hands with the barrio folks, he is considered “god” and will patronize him, no matter how bad the performance is. I am sure you are privy to this kind of culture Joe in the locality where you live.

        This is the mindset / culture that all of us has to help in changing – that we are all equal as citizens of the Republic of the Philippines. But then, if our rights are violated and we feel we are being shortchanged, where do we go for protection? When we have a justice system that caters to the moneyed and the powerful and a police system that is the same.

        That’s why the circle goes on and one and unless we have another 6 years of Pres. Aquino, chances are the spirit of Edsa will soon be just a dream…. another Impossible Dream. Unless we get Grace as the next President, eh Joe?

        • Ah, I have never read a more precise and clear explanation of the shackles that bind. Thank you, Chit. And indeed I agree that the occupiers played a heavy (handed) role in this. I also agree that it is time to swap a little power for a little Grace. Little, as in short of bearing but huge of character.

        • @parengtony, I am quiet puzzled by Grace’s action lately about Dennis Cunanan. former TRC Chief turned witness against Revilla, Estrada and Gigi Reyes saying he can be a witness only if he returns the percentage he allegedly received from them while facilitating their papers on pork. It maybe true, but isn’t it the work of DOJ or Ombudsman to decide whom to approve as witness? I still don’t believe that Grace would forgive Estrada knowing how close her father was to Estrada’s father. Pag si Grace ang magiging next President, iisipin siguro ni jinggoy, maaabswelto siya or he will be granted absolute pardon at tuloy na naman ang masasayang araw niya. at any rate she will surely have a chance dahil sa name recall.

        • I’m with you, pelang. erap is like a 2nd father to grace, they’re that close. so looks like the estradas cannot do wrong as far as grace is concerned. it looks to me grace is gunning for cunanan and even suggested that he be life style checked. I thought cunanan is a small fry compared to jinggoy, enrile and revilla, and he is the one being immediately put into lifestyle checked. say anything against jinggoy and you got grace to contend with. she is very protective of the estradas. in a way, grace is harassing the witness cunanan, showing the same animosity she showed to witness ruby tuason when ruby mentioned being the baglady handing money to estrada. grace is proving to be dangerous, instead of encouraging the witness to talk and give evidence, they’re being threatened, hinaharang.

        • Inferiority and insecurity go hand in hand. If you feel unsafe you have to search a broad shoulder to hide when in danger. In strong states all violence is in the hands of the state, in weak states war lords and local bullies deal in violence too.

          Many Filipinos are fearful, and rightfully so, a bullet is so cheap. The state is too weak, judges for sale, (Chief Justice Sereno misses an iron fist?), the police is afraid of local (war)lords or they are involved in criminal activities themselves (Roxas behaves as Aquino’s puppy?), politicians are egocentric (liberal party governed by trapos?)…. And Duerte’s vigilantes are not the solution.

          Wala wang wang was a powerful start but I miss the follow-up. I pray that Grace will have the balls to surround herself with “machos”, but with their heart at the right place.

        • I sant sen Gracd to. lear up her parentage bec I heard different fdom a. lose FPJ friend on the night of the 2013 polls.

        • if makoy is the dad, his dna maybe too contaminated to be of use, the wax being poured on him on a regular basis could pollute and degrade his dna further. a sample from bong marcos will do for comparison, see if bong and gracie are related.

        • Yes. Must be Bong only and Susan. See if they are telling the truth. But if grace does not go for the presidency, I suggest to let it go.

    • Alam mo, Chit, iniisip ko lang, kung panahon pa tayo ni Marcos siguro binansagan na kong “sabarsib” at hinuli.

      Buti na lang.

      Kaya sa kin, “never again.”

      • Tama ka diyan Raissa… SUBVERSIBO ka sa panahon noon… pero ngayon, we have FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION

        RESTRICTED BY THE CYBERCRIME BILL.

        in the 70’s, during martial law, no one would write like how you are doing it now and no one will comment like what the CPM’ers are doing now.

        hindi ako tiga UP, tiga UE ako pero mas malapit kami noon sa Mendiola where all the action were.

        But keep on writing… takot lang nilang galawin ka ngayon….. buong Cyber Plaza Miranda magra-rally para sa iyo!

        • talagang “subersib” ang turing sa iyo, raissa kung panahon pa ni marcos ngayon. i had a leftist inclination, but i never joined a group officially. i tend to have friends on the other side and tried to understand their goals. Once, we had a singing group as part of our YCAP requirement whose members were known as leftists and some had experienced of being picked-up already. And so, we were made to sell tickets for the concert. I was trying to sell to a relative whose father was a member of a military intellegence group. This intellegence group had list of names of leftist group members. I was convincing hard his daughter to buy some tickets and told her who the members of this singing group were. And she in turn asked money to buy the tickets from her father and told her the members were warays coming from the whole Samar provinces. And she began enumerating some of them (the more popular ones turned out to be known leftists), Her father told her to stay away from the group and not get involved because the members she mentioned are known to be leftists and are hunted by the military. which just left me like, WTF? We’d be arrested for singing waray songs in a concert? Thanks goodness, nothing of that sort happened. But that just goes to show how difficult it was to even form a club or an organization. There was always this cloud of fear haunting you. so, i don’t really understand why there are still Marcos hangers here. at least ngayon, free tayong mag report ng anomalies. noong panahon ni marcos, kahit nagnanakaw siya, hindi natin nalalaman. Si Arroyo, gusto ring mag-declare ng martial law para hindi malaman ng tao kung ano ang pinag gagawa niya. she began by signing those executive directives prohibiting his executives, ministries, military not to spill the beans. Parang papunta na tayo doon.

        • E di er wag dapat manalo si either. Promise Raissa, may pang bail ka! 40K ang bail sa libel di ba? I will forego of having an iphone 5S basta wag ka lang makulong. Sayo na ipon ko. Promise.

    • @ chit,

      Tama ka chit, Sa sobrang kabutihan nang asal natin ay lalo tayong naloko at niloloko o kaya nagiging “utak alipin” nang mga mapang-aping pulitiko at maperang kurrapt na leader.
      Tama si senadora Merriam Santiago na karapatan nang bawat mamamayan ang patas na serbisyo mula sa ating Gobyerno at sa lahat nang antas nang serbisyo pribado man o publiko.at hindi kailangan ang express lanes, palakasan, suhol, etc. dahil ito ang ugat nang hindi pagbigay nang magandang serbistyo na dapat natin makuha/kailangan…Ugat nang katiwalian…Ugat nang Kasalanan…
      Hindi tama na basta nalang patawarin mga tiwaling nagkasala sa lahat nang Mamamayan at sabihing bahala na ang Diyos dahil patuloy na magmamalabis sa katungkulan mga tiwali/Kurrapt na mga Pulitiko kapag hindi naparusahan sa mga katiwaliang nagawa…
      Sana ay huwag kampihan nang ibang mga religious leaders ang mga kurrapt na halal nang bayan para magsilbing halimbawa sa lahat na bawal ang kurrapt lalo na at mahihirap ang labis na tinatamaan nang mga Mandarambong sa kaban nang Bayan…

  14. Ang mga TAO BAYAN ay hindi emplyado ng atin mga opisyal…kaya TAYO ANG MAG UUTOS SA KANILA!

    Hindi sa mga opisyales ang mga upuan nila sa puesto…ATIN YUN!

    Pag may presidente ng diktadora, pina tatalsik yun! Pero wag na pa labasin sa Bayan parang “exile”…PARUSA-AN DITO NG TAO BAYAN! Husga-an ng Batas na Bakal ng Tao Bayan.

    Katulad ngayun sa bansa ng UKRAINE…hindi na naka labas ang presidente nila sa ‘airport’. Pinigil. Nag tago subalit…hahanapin at dadakpin siya at i-dadaan sa mga Batas ng mga taga Ukraine.

    Dito, yan ang gagawin natin. No more exile for corrupts public officials. No more pardons!

    Kulong at walang pyansa ‘o temporary liberty [ bail]. Pag nag ka korupt korupt ang hustisya…palitan natin ang pamahalan…karapatan ng tao bayan yan.