The EDSA recipe

Many writers have analyzed EDSA Uno and Dos and they came up with so many recipes. They forgot however, that both events have one thing in common--a major dramatis causa. People were moved to action by one or a series of dramatic events that unfolded prior to the main attraction, that of going to EDSA.

In EDSA Uno, it was the walkout of computer encoders, then, the arrest of soldiers-coup plotters. In EDSA Dos, it was, again, a walkout, this time by senators.

People behind the creation of another EDSA tried vainly to recreate another dramatis causa. They fail. They fail to recognize that revolutions are not film with a script. No. Revolutions are spontaneous acts of emotion by the people. There can never be a replication of dramatis causas. For these things depend on the current situation for success.

If in those times, non-violence was picked as the mode of struggle, maybe this time, it would not be the case. Maybe, we need a shocker. Or worst, a major dramatis causa.

By the way, I would like to say these things to the Patriots: never waiver in your resolve to restore the honor, the dignity and the respect of the Filipino to themselves. No.

Patriots should forget about their cookbooks. They should act based on their reading of the current situation and on their instincts. I remember my mentor telling me that before they made the coup that is EDSA one, one of their compatriots looked at the ceiling and shouted " Let's go. We have the chance to win."

It is that remark that sparked a revolution. Yes, your predecessors have only their guts and their unshakable resolve to right the wrongs that made them heroes, yes, heroes of the New Philippine Revolution.

Do not be afraid. Even when our enemies show us the specter of martial law and death right before our very faces, do not think twice of abandoning the struggle. We are lights under an era of darkness. We shine so that others may live. Darkness is short. We fight because we bear the torch of truth and justice which only God give to those who are true to the Cause of the People.

March on, young soldiers. March for the freedom that your people oh so long to regain from the clutches of evil.