Beyond Gloria Resign

First, I want to take back what I wrote previously--that protests will wane after Holy Week. I am now very confident that events will escalate to boiling point at the last few weeks of this month lasting to April. The triggering event would probably happen when the Supreme Court releases an unfavorable decision regarding Neri's supposed appearance at the Senate. That could be the thing which could break the camel's back.

Issues right now goes beyond Gloria resign. The emergence of the Spratlys deal and all other executive agreements entered by GRP with China including the purported "lease" of prime RP agricultural lands, thousands of hectares, to feed some of the billions of China. Amidst poverty in this country, with millions of families unable to eat three decent meals a day, this news is quite disturbing.

The sudden shift of foreign policy directions of this administration was hinged not on national interests but on personal greed. China came at a time when Arroyo and her mafia guys were relishing triumph against previous attempts at ousting her. This shift is very dangerous since it threatens our other relations with other nations, especially of the United States and Europe.

Like I wrote previously, these deals which Arroyo entered with China are all sellout agreements entered into a period of weakness. China is slowly being seen as the next new Colonial Master of the Filipinos. Less I be accused of being sinophobic, I don't make a big fuss out of this simply because governments like ours have rights to entered into equitable transactions with other countries. Reviewing these agreements, these are lopsided deals which compromises not only our national security but the very patrimony of our nation.

In the next few days, I would have completed my research. I hope you're still here, my dear readers. This is a very serious time, a time of collective reflection and action. I am looking at the horizon and I am certain that we are entering a more darker, sinister time when the hands of foreigners looms in all areas of policy-making. We, Filipinos, are slowly losing our democracy, in exchange for this regime's survival. This is not rhetoric. This is not propaganda. This is very serious, my brothers and sisters. In the next few days, calls will be beyond Gloria resign. Gloria's head is not enough to rectify this situation. What we need is a total overhaul of the system and a re-examination of our foreign and security policy directions.