Sunday, December 7, 2025

Critical Analysis
Protests! Protests! Protests!

LOOKING FORWARD TO the November 30 “TRILLION PESO MARCH,” the panicky PNP apparently warns the unarmed marchers, or participants, that it has on-ready 15,000 patrolmen to face any unruly protest gathering!

And perhaps, as they did after the September 21 rallies, possibly arrest (for some strange reasons) a number of the rallyists, minors included. Whoa, haven’t they learned that their fellow Filipinos staging mobilizations to simply exercise, and quite peacefully, their constitutional right of Freedom of Assembly to express their grievances to a non-listening, neglectful, non-performing, government under a President Bongbong Marcos/VP Sara Duterte administration. 

The people are really wondering why this government administration has been so stupid not to understand that every time their constituents, the people, actually in a very real sense, their BOSS (yes, in capital letters!)mobilize in the streets, in a meaningful genuine sense, “parliament of the streets,” because this government’sexecutive branch, its legislative branch, Congress, and its judicial branch, have been blind to, and uncaring about, how the country has been wallowing in poverty, social injustice, massive human rights violations, for decades now – bad governance, in a nutshell!

‘And that as the country’s leaders, they probably missed noticing certain areas of governance which they should have addressed forthwith. Protest rallies in the streets would not be organized and carried out, especially if Bongbong and Sara have the intelligence and conscience, and sincerely have the heart of service for the people.’

STREET PARLIAMENT

As leaders, public officials of the country, they have been mandated simply to “DO THEIR JOBS,” that is, as the Philippine Constitution so clearly states, “to build a JUST and HUMANE society!” And NOT to exploit and oppress the people by stealing their money by way of corrupt practices, such as coming up with a budget with self-serving insertions (actually, pork barrel for their personal use), for kickbacks in the DPWH flood control and other infrastructure projects, and in other government programs.

Thus, for weeks now, since September 21, people have been, going to the streets and in socmed, crying out, “MGA KURAKOT PANAGUTIN!” “MGA MAGNANAKAW IKULONG NA AT BAWIIN ANG MGA NINAKAW!” 

And if this administration is bent on sending its armed PNP ground troops to face the rallyists on November 30, instead of humbly facing the crowds of protesters and listening to their complaints and suggestions for pro-people government policies and programs, the people’s disappointment in their leaders will again be reenforced! And forced, rain or shine, to launch their only weapon, “Parliament of the Streets.” 

ADDRESS FORTHWITH

Can’t President Bongbong and VP Sarah, and the government officials, understand that street mobilizations or people power is a big obvious signal to them that there are serious governance concerns that need their attention? 

And that as the country’s leaders, they probably missed noticing certain areas of governance which they should have addressed forthwith. 

Protest rallies in the streets would not be organized and carried out, especially if Bongbong and Sara have the intelligence and conscience, and sincerely have the heart of service for the people. 

In the absence of such IQ and compassion from the people’s so-called “Tatay at Nanay ng Bayan,” the people cannot help shouting in the streets, “IKULONG AND MGA POLITIKONG MAGNANAKAW!”    

3 COMMENTS

  1. Corruption has been going on for years and remain unabashed. People in the govt has deaf ears and dumb conscience to hear the EMPLOYERS cries! Quo Madison Philippines!

  2. Ooooh so wonderful, a great big crime such as plunder by bad politicians, the product of the Comolec in fraudulent elections and wow no penalties until this moment of time, so clear as the sunshine on midst of the day, the corruption by flood control project’s, ginawang gatasan ng mga senador at Congress, oooh wow mahiya naman kayo Sabi ng pangulo, ganoon lang ba,? Ang gutom na nilalalang nagkupit ng pagkain sa palingke, priso kaagad forthwith, but more than P50 million plunder, Bali wala lang? Ang tagal ng camera action? Oooh Pinas saan ka patungo, ang tagal na nang iyong hinagpis? Armed struggle ba or magtiis?

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Boni Macaranas
Boni Macaranas, retired UP graduate school professor, Chair/President of Peoples' Choice Movement (PCM), activist-survivor of Marcos' ML regime, believes in SERVANT-LEADER public Officials for a progressive Philippines.