Revolutionary Situation

In the past days, I've conducted a mini-survey of how people feel about the present state of affairs of our country. And its unanimous--people want Gloria out. Yes, they want her and her entire government out. Arroyo does'nt need 100 days to reform because the people feel that it's now time for her and her official family to resign collectively.

Ask any taxi driver around and they'll tell you what they feel about the bribery at the palace, the callousness of their local officials, especially the governors and how they felt when some congressmen said that 500,000 is a small sum to pay for supporting the president. Such statements have taken its effect on people and the masses are really pissed. In fact, and in truth, they are just waiting for the military to move.

There's also an explanation why we don't see large rallies such as the ones we saw in EDSA some years back because people think that the police and the military will just move against them and arrest them. For the people, its just a waste of time. What they want is for the military to move and they'll follow. This situation is a repeat of EDSA 1 where a group of generals withdrew support from Marcos and staged a coup.

I am in agreement with what Alejandro Lichauco wrote a few weeks back--the people want men of action, not men who launch propaganda wars. These idealistic soldiers should realize that there's a season for propaganda and there's a season for war. The propaganda stage is now over and what we have is a situation that needs resolution. There's a social cauldron piping hot and this administration needs to do the right thing and fast. Otherwise, we would see a breakdown of the system and meltdown of law and order. Businessmen would'nt want that, right? The US would'nt want that also, right?

Ranking of Issues

These are the issues that the people find truly despicable:

1. Pay-off at the palace. Whatever the government says about this, the people will not believe anymore. Government has lost the trust of the people.

2. ZTE deal. The people find government officials involved in this, kapalmuks and they want them punished.

3. 3-4 peso increase in fuel prices. The people are pissed, really pissed about this. Because, they think that there's injustice. Look, congressmen can go to Malacanan and ask for gas money to the tune of 500,000 pesos when they, the lowly people, can't even afford a 500 peso gasoline.

4. Whitewash of the Glorietta blast. Despite overwhelming evidence that it was a chemical explosion (i support the PNP findings that it was a big fart, get it, methane, hehehe), the people does'nt believe the official palace line. I advise the palace to just distance itself from this thing. The more they talk about it, the less trust the people repose on them.

Proposed resolution

Public Relations cannot really solve these things which the people find truly horrendous and despicable. However, what is going for the palace is TIME. More time, more chance for Arroyo to save her ass. Palace should keep silent. They should not stroke the fires by issuing idiotic statements as they're not responsible about it, blah,blah,blah. They'll be talking to a blank wall because the people does'nt buy their statements anymore.

The most logical solution to save the republic is not SAVE THE QUEEN, but RESIGNATION of all government officials and the institution of a COUNCIL OF CARETAKERS who'll make policies and govern the Republic until 2010. THIS IS THE RESOLUTION.