LUCRATIVE POSTS

Politics in the Philippines is truly a highly competitive arena. Many people would even kill the contenders if they pose a threat to their own chances of winning, or even of image. It is very sad because politics should be a tool and not the be-all and end-all of things.

We move in to political activities because we want to help our people reach their highest level of achievements in all arenas of life, not just to being contributors of dollars to prop up the economy of this government. We act politically because we want our children and our grandchildren and all the incoming generations to savor a life free from want, from hunger and thirst. We want them to be happy, in simple terms.

But as we view the jockeying for positions at this time, the political scenario becomes very confusing, very muddled, in fact it is now blurring our own hopes of a smooth transition of this government to what we have always aimed at when we launched the People Power Movement.

We should not lose the fact that we could have made it had the government of Cory not suffer too man coups d'etats at that time. Probably, if the hotheads then had slowed down a bid, our people need no longer migrate to other lands just to earn a living, to make their families survive.

We should not lose our sights to what is good for our people. If we feel threatened by anyone, I think that the best thing to do is to ask:

1. is his or her behavior legal?

2. was he or she elected by the people and so has th mandate to rule?

3. what are the functions that he or she should exercise to give the utmost for the people's welfare?

4. does he or she have a plan, outside of all the required tasks that are called for by his or her position? Meaning, is there any other creative idea that he or she can do (outside of the prescribed tasks) that will redound to the people's welfare?

5. what are the many ways by which he or she can be helpful in making this coming administration win? Who or what could be blocks or obstacles? Is the person open to discussions for collaborative action?

6. how can we strengthen People Power as a movement to make this and all other future administrations strong enough to defeat any kind of coup d'etat or any move to destabilize the situation to suit the personal agenda of a person or group of persons?

At this time, the call of the times is still: STABILIZATION OF OUR DEMOCRATIC PROCESS AND INSTITUTIONS AND NOTHING MORE.

Let us read Plato's Cave and see for ourselves what could still be relevant in that to our situation.

So be it.