EDSA 3...?!

I know, I know. The idea of an EDSA 3 currently lingers the Philippine atmosphere for the past few days due to the President's late confession last weekend of her knowledge about the tainted and anomalous National Broadband Deal with the Chinese company, ZTE. This last-minute attempt to regain the country's trust, however, enraged a lot of anti-GMA leaders and supporters, thereby asking her to get out of the palace or be impeached.

But, before anything else, let us first look back at the first and second EDSA people power that established the Philippines as a country who stands for democracy.

Of course, there is the original EDSA people power 1. Most of its proponents were clergymen and politicians who were sick and tired of the Ferdinand Marcos regime. I was about a month old then so I basically had no knowledge of the said event. :)

Then came EDSA 2 which ousted the former President Joseph Estrada from the Malacañang Palace. I was in high school back then and the said event gave me a clear definition of how a group of individuals with a common cause can move mountains, or in this case, a so-called "Plunderer" out of a palace.

EDSA 3? Hmmm. I don't know. There are a hundred-and-one things to consider before such an undertaking could be realized and mobilized. First, the church has yet to reveal a clear stand on the controversy at hand (I think they, the CBCP, will procure a stand some time this week). Their earlier statement about a "communal action"has been plaque with criticisms as an unclear stand about the said event. A number of reporters repeatedly asked the bishops about what the said action means and what it consists.

Then, there's the President's persistent stubbornness about staying in power till the end of her term come 2010. Come on! Where's her DELIKADESA?! She knew that the whole deal was anomalous right from the start yet she signed the damned thing just to save the China-Philippines international relations. Yes, she did save the international ties but, unfortunately, she just received a direct flight to fiery hell. No pits stops there. Sorry.

This is obviously the second time that President GMA betrayed the Filipino people. First, the "Hello Garci" scandal."Now the ZTE anomaly. What's next, Mrs. Arroyo? Millions of Pinoys scattered all over the 7,107 islands of this country are hungry, unemployed, and homeless while you and your fat family sit and sleep in millions of dollars worth of ill-earned government money. Why not try to eat and live in the shanty parts of this country just to get a better view of things?!

Anyways, if you ask me about my view on a possible EDSA 3, I'm still skeptical about it. Hmm. But, come to think of it, I'll probably join the picket lines if my alma matter, the University of Santo Tomas, would call forth its alumni to make a firm stand on VERITAS (truth). The UST community has been consistent in its unending quest for truth during times of national turmoil, although not as publicized as other top universities around the country. No harm meant there, sorry. Nonetheless, it is a no call, no show for me. Haha. :)

Coffee, anyone?