What’s your color?
Since the start of the campaign, I have been very vocal about my support for Pres. Duterte and regardless of his flaws I still support him because of what he is doing for us – and what he can do for us and our country. My political color is brown since it stands for our natural color and for me it represents the ordinary people. While some agree with me, others believe that I’m a fanatic and I only seek to divide our nation further. But does defending the President, because I want to focus on the things that matter, make me a fanatic? If we look at it closely, we have already been divided into pro, anti, and neutral because of our differences in opinions and this is all right since it shows that we are a thinking nation. What I do not like, however, is for us to be divided into yellows and red/blue when we should all be brown. We should all stand together and work with each other if we truly want our country to improve.
We have been divided into different colors because there are solid supporters of the previous administration who are blind to the tangible achievements of this administration, and yet I’m the fanatic? If these yellow forces are trying to bring down this administration, must I just turn a blind eye? Or must I make a stand and show them that there are people who will not let them succeed in destroying this administration just to put their political party in power once again. Should it be about who is in power or what we can do to help the progress of our country? Are they pro-Philippines or are they just interested in bringing back the power to the color they got used to?
If these groups are really fighting for the interest of the people, then why did they separate from the Anti-Marcos rally last Friday? Why did they call for the people not to support the Nov. 25 rally and support the Nov. 30? This made me question if they are really fighting for the victims of the Martial Law or are they just fueling the anger of the people and channel it towards the President? Do they really want justice for these people or are they just trying to use them to bring down this administration?
I agree that the protesters must be heard and that we must let them fight for what they believe in as much as I believe that we must also respect the decision of the President and the Supreme Court. However, we must not let other groups use us for their own agenda. There are rumors that the yellow group will be using the anti-Marcos rally to oust Pres. Duterte; that, for me, does not make any sense since this has nothing to do with his capability to lead this country to a better future.
“What should we be fighting for?” This is what we must ask ourselves: should we fight for our own agenda or should we fight for the advancement of our country? Should we fight against each other or fight for a country where everyone’s belief and decision will be respected? Pres. Duterte himself said, “I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend your right to say it.” I hope that tomorrow’s rally would not be used to paint the President as a dictator since he is clearly defending our democracy. I also hope that the rally tomorrow would not be about ousting a President that has won fairly through the support of 16 million Filipinos. We respect your opinion and your right to say it but we hope that you don’t do anything to disrespect our decision last election.
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