Today is a special day with a lot of memories flashing to mind like the tumultuous journey the country took since fascist dictatorship. As the entire nation jubilates, I hope against hope that finally, after the long storm of graft and corruption, human rights violation, political patronage and misgovernment, the blessings of a new administration and leader that Filipinos waited for too long start to shine with fervor promising hope to a despairing nation.
This country and its people suffered too much from misgovernment, apathy and greed. We are a rich nation of talents and endowed with rich natural resources but the picture of the urban poor and countryside breaks the wondering heart. To accept that we are a third world country is difficult when in fact we are richer than some of our neighbors. How could this be? We are a country where the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. It is a country where social justice seems to be a thing of the past.
We cannot remain unperturbed. We either swim or sink in crossing the treacherous river of political insanity.
Hoping excessively or irrationally is foolish but it is wise to put the fate of the country into the hands of the new president who has an iron will to fulfill his campaign promises. (He has formed a Truth Commission headed by former Chief Justice Hilario Davide that will put a closure to the scandals and perceived crimes of the Arroyo government.) Yet, he cannot do it alone without the support of the entire nation and its patriotic citizens from all walks of life.
As Noynoy Aquino takes his oath of office, may he silently hear the groans of the suffering nation. May he visualize the flight of his unfortunate countrymen. At the other end, may he be given a vision on how grateful the nation will be to him if he is indeed true to his vow that he can make the Philippines much better from the past. -30-
(Photo Courtesy: Philippine Star)
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