Street Parliamentarians as Senators?

AKBAYAN Representative Hontiveros-Baraquel is running for the Senate. Same goes to BAYANMUNA Representatives Teddy Casino and Satur Ocampo. These are personalities closely aligned with the Left. There are also reverberations on the ground that Leah Navarro of the Black and White Movement is running; same goes to her bosom buddy, ZTE whistle-blower Jun Lozada and Joey de Venecia III.

Are we seeing the resurrection of the Bugs Bunny craedo that if you can't beat them, join them? Are we now abandoning street parliamentarism in exchange for Traditional Parliamentarism?

Is this also an admission that other forms of struggle, like EDSA or the People's Protracted War, are failures? That the way to go for change is simply be like those in power except that you're non-trapo? Is that the only difference?

For Arroyo and her bunch of nincoompoops, this is a serious security problem. Hawks within the palace will surely squawk and fidget in their seats. They definitely would try to frustrate the Senatorial ambitions of these personalities to preserve the gains of the reinvigorated oligarchy.

Street parliamentarians as Senators? Why not?

The only worry I have is this---will they transform into Joker Arroyos who abandoned the Cause of the People just to protect his political friends?

Will they be the Osmenas who now protect the interests of big energy players and big haciendero interests when they became senators? Or will they continue their fiscalizing roles and try to effect real, significant changes in Philippine society?

Breaking News--Joey de Venecia harassed in Cebu!

As I'm writing my earlier entry, I received numerous frantic texts from my bosom buddy Joey de Venecia 3, the son of former speaker Jose de Venecia Jr who's in Cebu right now for some speaking engagements.

It appears that some officials of Malacanang have prevented Joey de Venecia from entering and speaking in a school inside an airbase in Cebu. It appears that Joey's security is compromised and there are reports that airforce officials want him arrested right there and there!

Joey texted me, and I'll write this in entirety now:

"...jst wud like to infrom u that i am in cebu right now to attend a students forum with student leaders and faculty of the philippine state college of aeronautics on mactan airbase. unfortunately, i was informed that the forum was cancelled after some Malacanang officials called up the school...

According to Prof. JM Sarselejo, Mactan airbase officials and security approved the school forum but "higher authorities" in Manila ordered them to refrain me from entering (the school)"

This is a flagrant violation of Joey de Venecia's right to freely express himself. This shows how arrogant and how high and mighty these Palace occupants think of themselves.

Hang on my friend and fellow Patriot! Continue the fight! Though we are under the vilest and the darkest of hour, the Shining Sun of Salvation will definitely arrive.