Wednesday, November 04, 2009

My President, Our President

I wish I had written this.

My president is the president of the powerless and the leaderless.

My president is the voice of those who have no voice and those who are not heard.

My president dreams of things that have never been, and fights for things that must be.

Yes, you know my president.

My president is the biggest critic of the Administration, a tough investigator in Senate inquiries, a crusader in the impeachment of those who betray the public trust. He cannot hide his contempt for abuse of power, and he has no patience for dishonesty in service.

My president is the second poorest Senator in the land. He has chosen the inconvenience of honest service over convenience of easy lobby money.

My president is not the darling of movie stars and gossip hosts. But his is the voice that the public seeks when it needs understanding on the burning issues of the day.

My president is not of the billionaires, and the landed elite. But he is the president of workers, consumers, jeepney drivers, and the riding public who are powerless to stop oil price increases, and the farmers who toil to own the land they till.

My president vows to discard pork barrel funds – one of the biggest sources of corruption in the land, and he cannot be loyal to politicians who never want this privilege to end.

My president rejects the offers of other political parties. He cannot pretend respect for those whose reputations are tainted by money stolen from public coffers, or whose incompetence has wasted the lives of many of our people .

My president ignores the call of those who say it is time to quit. For if he cannot fight for change right now, then when? And if he will not lead the way, then who will?

My president, they say, is too young to be president. But is anyone too young to fight for a better world? Is anyone too young to challenge the powers that be?

My president repudiates the politics of old – the politics of entertainment, the politics of patronage, the politics that treats public service as commerce, the politics of same-as-before, and business-as-usual.

My president stands for new politics – the politics of principles, of conscience and morality, the politics of honest and competent service, the politics for the people, and the politics of genuine change.

My president has bravely declared his independence, but he is not alone. For the Filipino People are his party, and their interests, his ideology.

My president is the president of hope, the president of change, the president of new beginnings.

My president is

Chiz Escudero: Francis Guevarra Escudero.

Now, let us unite to make him, not only my president, rather our president, the president of the Filipino People!

16 comments:

Anonymous said...

But Chiz is a trapo, what makes him different from the very politicians he's denouncing?

Jed M. Eva III said...

I believe his actions in the past few days, particularly his resignation from the NPC, prove otherwise.

Anonymous said...

"May mga nagsabi na ang pagkalas ni Senador Chiz Escudero sa Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC) ay indikasyon na ito’y kulang pa sa karanasan at isip-bata pa sa pulitika.
Hirit nila, paano raw makakausad si Escudero bilang pre­sidentiable kung wala siyang tatlong p’s -- partido, pera at propaganda.
Natatawa lang ako kapag naririnig ko ang argumentong ito lalo’t ito’y nanggagaling pa mismo sa bibig ng mga t­aong nais daw ng pagbabago!
Kung dating gawi ang labanan, ‘yun ang utak trapo. Kung hindi ang nakagawian, ‘yung ang tunay na pagbabago! "---

http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/nov0209/opinions_sangga.htm



tricia santos
tarlac city

Anonymous said...

read gibbs cadiz on chiz instead: http://tinyurl.com/m42kmh

The Nashman said...

Your president is also for the DUMBING down of the Educational system of the Philippines.

Read his privilege speech in Congress when he proposed his moronic ideas on education, ideas that put Filipino kids at the bottom of the league table even in the ASEAN alone.

Good luck with your president. He is an imbecile with a Marcos henchman for a daddy.

Anonymous said...

Hi Nashman,

when you start calling people names like "imbecile" and "moronic" instead of arguing your point, it is a sure sign that you really do not have much basis for your opinion.

and just what do you know of Chiz's father? know of any dirt on him? can you share? or is your comment without basis? again. truth is, people who were grown adults (unlike you) during Marcos' time concede that Salvador Escudero belonged to the group of people whose integrity remained intact even as they served in the Marcos government.

Dom Soriano said...

@The Nashman

Wow, that comment was rather mean, and your assertion, unfounded. I'm not rooting for any of those wannabes yet, so unlike you, intact ang pagiging objective ko. Bwiset lang ako sa mga taong gaya mo - - hindi marunong umintindi, tumanggap ng rason, at obvious na may agenda. And who the fk you think you are, calling the man an imbecile? Mas may dangal pa aso sayo e, ang bata mo pa bayaran ka na..maninira ng iba kapalit ng konting barya, pweh! Kung talagang may bayag ka at kayang pangatawanan ang mga sinasabi mo, magkita tayo - your preferred time and place. Kelangan ng linisin ang lipunan sa mga gunggong na kagaya mo.

Unknown said...

"PARTIDO, PERA AT PROPAGANDA"

Eh, kung ganyan ba lagi basehan at ang 3 p's na yan ang magluluklok sa isang pangulo...wala pa ring pagbabago!Kelan pa mag iisip ang mga Pilipino?
Naniniwala ako kay Chiz escudero sa kanyang dedikasyon lalo na't handa syang iwan ang tatlong ito.
PERA...sige tumanggap kayo ng pera at konting iaabot sa yo ng kandidato nyo...babawiin nila sa taxes nyo yan!
PARTIDO...kung nalilimitahan lang galaw mo dahil ayaw mong makalaban ang partido mo..nonsense na ang partido.Dapat matakot ang isang pulitiko sa saloobin ng sambayanan hindi sa mga nakakataas sa kanya sa loob ng kanyang kinabibilangang grupo.Isinusulong ni Chiz ang abolition ng pork barrel..isang malinaw na indikasyon na handa syang gawin anumang hakbang para mabawasan ang korupsyon....cge nga, papayag ba ang mga pulitikong mawala ito?Iba ka Chiz...Idol!!
PROPAGANDA...wag na tayong magbolahan...wag magpabola sa propaganda..sawa na ang pinoy sa ganito...kelangan natin eh yung pangakong magkakatotoo!
CHIZ...sana mabasa mo ito..Itinuturing man ng iba na "political suicide" ginagawa mo..kasama mo kami manalo...matalo!Unang unang pinasasalamat ko ay may isang katulad mong handang isugal ang karera pulitikal maipakita lamang malinis mong intensyon....sana marami pang ibang kandidato na umaklas sa kanilang partido at mas pahalagahan ang kelangan ng mga tao at hindi ng iilan na nakapuwesto

nototrapo said...

i don't know....chiz was my number 1 senator in 2007...but lately, i am sensing that he is insincere especially when he talks...i agree with what patricia evangelista wrote in her column...and how can you be not trapo, when he has shown a lot of tv ads as early as september and i mean a lot...and this is the trapo way...

Jules Hernandez said...

To the commenter who posted the link to Gibbs Cadiz's article, Chiz never said anything about teaming up with Erap.

@The Nashman: Instead of mouthing generalities, please argue your points. So that we'll know if what you're saying is worth listening to or not.

@nototrapo: assuming that you're correct, that there have been a lot of TV ads of Chiz since September, which I really doubt, I don't think that use of that medium qualifies someone as a trapo.

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