Let's not fool ourselves

This Monday (July 28), expect not a few people to go out in the streets to protest. Despite the scare tactics being employed by the military and police, groups from the Youth sector, church, civil society and the Genuine Opposition will gather together and present their own State-Of-The-Nation Address (SONA).

And then, what?

Are these groups really serious in making their point known to the world, that everybody hates Gloria and her gang of misfits? Or, are they just going there because it's always a tradition for oppositionists to bang their gongs whenever a head of state opens Congress?

If groups would just do this just to make noise and cause an horrendous traffic jam, then, don't bother. Better stay at home or go to work. Why?

Much as I want to go to the streets and protest, if these things would just be something momentary and would not lead to anything serious, then, I'm just wasting my time. Actions such as these should at least result to something. If it's just a way for these elites wearing activists suits to help people let off steam, then, don't bother. 

People have this attitude because what they expect from these people is something different. They expect them to take the people's cause seriously. What do I mean by this?

When civil society and the rest of the anti-Gloria groups rally, it should at least be part of a bigger thing. If it's just political posturing to make "papogi" come 2010, then, come on people!

The Filipino masses deserve something better. They want action. They want a leader or a group of leaders who'll finally tell Gloria that it's time to leave. 

People don't want to be used. No. They want to be a part of something different, something big, something historic and something that would change their lives forever.

They want another revolution. Yes, the masses had had enough of misguided rule. They want their government to be responsive of their  needs, not a bureaucratic monolith that cause them death. No.

If these groups cannot give the People this, then, let's just pack our bags and wait for 2010 to come. I don't want to hear political speeches. I don't want to listen to a litany of complaints. And I don't want to be told that I'm being fooled by this government. 

I know that when Gloria grabbed power from Erap. I already realized that when she cheated FPJ of victory. I definitely saw that when Gloria admitted calling Garci and when she dipped her fingers in an anomalous ZTE contract. And, truly, I already knew that government and big oil companies colluded to fool me to buy overpriced gasoline and diesel just to make VAT collections big. 

The people are not fools. It's time for civil society and all the rest of like-minded change catalysts to band together and put our money where our mouths are. If we want change, and we want it now, let's act now and save this country from another 2 years of Gloria's rule.