Elections, no. Inspiration, YES!

Arroyo wanted to erase the legacy of the EDSA revolts from the minds of the public. And for what reason? In an uncertain world, it is the duty of the State to diminish collective angst through calibrated responses meant to either re-direct public attention to the pressing issues of the day or summarily dismiss them as destabilizing propaganda. And what better way to hammer that out with the main poster girl of the State prate before a dogged crowd , while she deconstructs History to suit her better taste.

While the national trumpeteer in the person of Lorelei Fajardo investigates how lowly junior officers and former generals manage to cough out 176,000 pesos for the ad of a detained leader, noting perhaps that soldiers are low-paid and oppressed lot, a general wave of interest sweeps the nation. What is the reason for such boldness? Is it to spite those who already gambled their legacies and vow to protect the New Dictator as Praetorian guards? Or, is it to announce to the whole world that finally, the New Patriots of this generation have risen from their stupor?

Others are downplaying it, saying that it's part of a national campaign to support a Senatorial bid. If that is so, then, what's the use of spending time in jail? Are those years spent in incarceration wasted when the very idea of running for public office ran counter to the very reason for the sacrifice?

There can never be change if people of such authority entertain thoughts of compromise.

It is the position of NPR that before we go into an election this 2010, there should be a campaign to correct the system. Without correcting the decrepit nature of this prevailing system, there will always be this general feeling of moribund-ness and of uncompleteness.

We don't need elections. What we need is inspiration.