TAKE TWO ON PEOPLE POWER

FROM JM NEPOMUCENO

Now, what really happened in February 1986, beyond the deliberate "romanticizing" of "People Power at EDSA 1986" to continue the "Zarzuela con Moro Moro" since 1935?


From the day immediately following the evacuation of MARCOS from Malacanang by the US military, who exactly "took over" the "power vacuum" that was created?


Did the "MASA" including the "Landless Peasants / Tenants" gain control of the National Government of the Republic of the Philippines? Those who will answer "YES" better review the documented real history from 26 February 1986.


Who assumed absolute power to "take over" starting 26 February 1986? Was it Corazon Cojuangco Aquino by herself alone?


The day after the "MASA" including the "Landless Peasants / Tenants" and the "Middle Class" went back to their respective nooks and corners for "daily living", the LANDLORDS and all others who were relegated to the side-lines by the ousted Dictator came out from their holes and crevices for "take over" of "absolute power".


That was the real "beginning" of the post-Marcos era. If that is not recognized and acknowledged by everybody, then there will be absolutely no point in continuing this discussion to where it should go properly.


Whether one likes it or not, the subsequent unfolding of the CARP "zarzuela con moro moro" from 26 February 1986 up to 30 June 2010 must be evaluated with iceberg-cold objectivity by everyone who still wants to help solve the CARP issue with finality.


Everyone has to be crystal clear on the actual political dynamics that occurred. It should be easy enough even for a High School student to understand that it has been the LANDLORDS who have wrested back absolute power from the ousted dictator over the political and judicial systems, both at the National and LGU levels.


Of course, the illusion that there is an effective "Opposition" representing the welfare and benefit of the "MASA" including the "Landless Peasants / Tenants" and the "Middle Class" (including most of denizens in cyberspace, even in this forum) to play out the "Zarzuela con Moro Moro" from 26 February 1986 up to today.


That is the real bottom-line of where we truly are to this very day, politically.



JM