REAL STRUGGLE

Folks, our country is at the tip of the iceberg, so to speak. We can either make her truly democratic or undemocratic all the way. For far too long, we have been at the mercy of forces whose only aim is to make our peoples' coffers their milking cows, from the top to the bottom. I have seen, read, heard about their shenanigans. And this kind of moral culture of exploiting, is being filtered down to the cooperatives -- the very backbone of non-capitalist thinking and behaving, supposedly, the very instrument that should free our people from the shackles of poverty, of lack of education, and of domination, economically and politically. Yes, I can say that our cooperative systems are also infiltrated by forces with the mindsets of corrupt officials. I shall name names once I am through with gathering evidences of misbehavior and other untoward acts.

Let it be said then, that 2010 should be the year when we shall already be all conscious and very deep into acting on all our pledges for clean and honest elections. We need new leaders and to have them, we all need to be active -- reading, writing, giving feedbacks, raising funds for candidates who espouse our principles and are willing to stand by their word to us. Yes let us help them get elected, and push for a NO MORE GMA IN AFTER 2010. Let us also campaign against her clones, those who wish to be seated, her candidates, and those who are there in Congress. let us expose all her allies and make sure that their powers are diminished if not totally eradicated.

FOR OFWS, may I suggest that you divide the country into provinces and have one coordinator each to determine the strengths of our movement in all its aspects. The OFC, the Fil-Am Forum, the Fil-am Nation, and everybody, we should all be in this together.
So be it.