Sunday, February 26, 2006

Twilight Of The New People Power

“Channel 27 (ANC) ngayon na.”

My mom immediately asked me to tune in to that local news station for a developing story happening at Fort Bonifacio this late afternoon. . It appears that a top military official was asked to be relieved of duty due to unexplained circumstances. Perhaps, the crackdown on disgruntled officers in the military is not yet over and now, it seems that Coup De ‘Etat is in the midst. Anytime between this evening and tomorrow, it’s either people would rise up again on the streets or this would become another blunder, a series of blunder happening in this pathetic country ever since the celebration of Edsa Revolution began.

Ariel Queribin, a disgruntled officer from the Philippine Marines now calls for everyone to support them. It reminds me of how Fidel Ramos and Juan Ponce Enrile asked the people to protect them from government forces during the time of President Marcos. The hatred against the current government indeed is deeper than I have expected. If this stand-off would push through, it only takes a matter of time before the government finally falls.

Tomorrow is Monday, last Friday; I claimed that no administration would fall on a protest that started at the last day of the week-day. If the standoff would evolve and develop, if more disgruntled officers appear out of nowhere. If this spins out of control, now that the State of Emergency is still in effect.

Now that the legacy of the Edsa Revolution is being remembered twenty years after it happened,.

Perhaps, I might be wrong.

Ate Glo would fall after all.

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