Of Proclamation No. 1017”
Freedom is something that our people wanted for over many centuries. Freedom is something that we were stripped off for more then 3 centuries. Freedom for our people is very important because it makes us, a person whole.
Democracy is a concept that individual’s freedom is cherished. Because of democracy government came into power due to popular mandate on democratic election. But as soon as people had established their power, people often always forget about the fundamental freedom of an individual. This happened in the days of Marcos Regime. After his election to office, many crimes were done under his administration, people’s right have been trampled. Two decades ago, we were once again victorious in regaining our freedom from the vile hands of Marcos –the dictator.
EDSA I sparked the new wave of democracy just like what Fareed Zakaria was telling in his writing “The Next Wave”. As what the speaker told last talk about remembering people power, EDSA I or commonly known as People Power is not just an event that people revolted against the government. This event was rooted in the concept of popular sovereignty meaning power of the Government from to top to bottom resides from the people, just like what democracy is telling us.
We’ve been talking too much of democracy, but what really is democracy? Democracy literally means rule of the people. Even in the ancient time of Greeks, scholars have already formulated the concept of popular sovereignty.
I believe in what the speaker told us about us living in a very interesting time. He said this because we have the power to shape our history because of what is happening now. We can either participate or sit still and watch our fellow Filipino citizen shape our course through time. For me this was the striking lesson in the whole forum because it really is true that it is in the hands of the next generation that the future of our country is in. For me, what I’ve learned the most is to not repeat the mistakes of the past and use it as a pivoting event to leap forward.
posted by JP @ 2:37 AM
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