Enduring In Silence....
By eileenleyva
@eileenleyva (27555)
Philippines
June 30, 2021 3:41pm CST
Five years since I shut down the television and radio for local news because I couldn't endure the vulgarity of the administration that succeeded the governance of President Benigno Simeon Aquino III.
It was just sometime ago that I promised my self to tune in again because I need to know who the candidates are for the impending elections of 2022.
Little did I know that when I watch the news again, it would be about the demise of former President Benigno Simeon Aquino III.
So it was that long - five years of enduring in silence the pain of knowing how, in a snap of fingers, the work on getting the country and the people on course the straight path has been demolished to decadence.
I tried listening to the radio again - the world famous boxer turned senator pits insinuations of corruption on the administration of the killer in power.
My stomach churned. This is how morally degrading the airwaves have become.
A commentator had the audacity to verbalize that another Aquino had to die to remind the Filipino of decency and integrity and holding on to the ideals we hold dear as a people.
We have endured in silence long enough. It is time to speak against the tyranny of the demagogues feasting on the sweat of our brows.
Filipinos are once again called to arms. We need to gather courage to fight for truth and justice. We need to vote on candidates who will be true servant leaders.
It's been the eighth day since the passing of President Noy and am still reliving the days of old when I was very proud of being Filipino.
One thing comes vividly to mind again - after enduring in silence - and that is - the Filipino is worth fighting for.
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@rsa101 (40946)
• Philippines
1 Jul 21
I may also been silent about many things happening in our country but I never shut myself from getting aware of what is really happening around me. I still hear the news and messages from him despite I despise hearing all of it although I never really hear everything he says anymore since most of it is really garbage. What I am really interested to know about them is the rollout of vaccines which I think they are using to promote themselves as they are quite slow in private sectors allowing themselves to acquire vaccines and give them to their workers. They seem to be enjoying doing it so that the admin can improve their fading public image. They are also doing selective distribution of it as well to those they think are allied with the present admin.
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@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
1 Jul 21
I have zero tolerance for hearing bad mouth and foul language. I remember shutting the news the first time during the Erap presidency. That lasted a year. I was agog when the impeachment proceedings came.
I felt a little ashamed of my self when I heard that President Noy wanted the present administration to succeed all because it meant the betterment of the Filipino people. He truly is the servant leader who loved the country and the people.
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@rsa101 (40946)
• Philippines
1 Jul 21
@eileenleyva Even though I didn't vote on him. There is still that hope in me that I was wrong not to support him and he could really make this country better. But, sadly, I am right that he was an incompetent power-hungry kind of a person and would never help this country at all. Since 5 years after our country is still grappling to survive. Dirty politicians are the ones happy in all of these hardships since they can control more and twist their minds into making them look that they are doing something for the poor when in fact all are just for show only.
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@rsa101 (40946)
• Philippines
5 Jul 21
@eileenleyva True and am just sad that people tend to easily forget what happened in just a span of 3 decades they soon forgot what many have endured during those years to achieve where we are.
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@allen0187 (59648)
• Philippines
1 Jul 21
We get to regain back decency in our country when we vote out this corrupt government and everyone who is associated with him in 2022.
@allen0187 (59648)
• Philippines
4 Jul 21
@eileenleyva agree.
Standards have been set so low that we are used to mediocrity.
@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
3 Jul 21
@allen0187 For all the faults and weaknesses this country has, we had been blessed with geniuses willing to sacrifice lives for our welfare.
Jose Rizal advocated non-violence and believed the pen mightier than the sword. Left us two great novels before he was exiled in Dapitan and killed in Bagumbayan.
Benigno Aquino Jr endured seven years of incarceration that included a solitary confinement in a 4 by 5 meter hut enclosed by chicken wire far, far away in the fields of Laur, yet, he read two thousand plus books after a heart bypass and went on to lecture as a fellow in Harvard and as a speaker in many political conventions.
What accounts for the brilliance? There must be something in their beings that transcends the physical.
What is uncanny in Philippine history is that three in a family - Ninoy, Cory, and son Noynoy possessed the courage and the brilliance - and each, in their own time - rose to the occasion and lived it.
If Filipinos still do not see the significance of this family in shaping our nation, then the penchant for evil just exists.
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