Thursday, December 3, 2009

57 Peaceful and Non Violent Ways to Resist the GMA Occupation Regime (GMAOR)

1. The GMAOR has snuffed out the light of democracy in our country. Turn off lights where possible when they are around..
2. The force of darkness are defeated by light. Carry mirrors and reflect light on the members of the GMAOR when they are on stage or in public places.
3. The GMOAR is a confederacy of those who are on the dark side of the moral divide. List down and remember all actors and collaborators of the GMAOR in a Record Book of Abuses for the day of reckoning.
4. Join telephone/fax brigades to call government officials serving the interest of the GMAOR and ask that they step down from office.
5. Join the call for the resignation and prosecution of GMA and cohorts.
6. Write to GMAOR officials and family to state what you feel about them..
7. Post photos and picturesof the crimes and victims of the GMAOR in government offices and public places.
8. Do good and be a servant to others, especially the less fortunate in the name of the resistance.
9. Enjoin others to actively but peaceully and non-violently work for the return of the Rule of Law and genuine democracy in our country.
10. Appeal to the patriotism of the military to uphold the Rule of Law by defying unlawful orders and to arrest those who give them.
11. Reach out to the police and other agents of the law to ensure that they will always be on the side of the people and abide by their proper duty.
12. Help fight graft and corruption. The interest of the corrupt and the craven are aligned with the GMAOR.
13 Lend your voice in choosing appointed government officials to protect the integrity of government offices and institution which could be hijacked by the GMAOR and turned against the people.
14 Encourage government workers to gather documents and informartion that can be useful in the eventual prosecution of officials and employees who serve the GMAOR and who may be committing illegal activities themselves.
15 . Appeal to media outlets for a complete news embargo of the GMAOR personalities and their activities.
16 . Boycott media outlets giving publicity for the GMAOR.
17. Appeal to advertisers to withdraw ads from GMAOR friendly media outlets
18. Do not patronize, as far as you know them, businesses of the members of the GMAOR
19. Avoid contact and social interaction with members of the GMAOR and family.
20 Wear symbols of protest until the occupation of our country is ended and the Rule of Law has returned.
21. Keep a miniature Philippine Flag at half mast on your desk or working table as a reminder that the country is under occupation and struggling to be free
22. Fly black and red kites of protest
23. Throw black and red confetti during public functions.
24. Write “57 DEAD” on all publicity and newspaper photos of the GMAOR.
25. Always include the name of the main protagonists in the scandals and crimes the members of the GMAOR are involved in.
26. Sail paper boats on the Pasig with the names of the victims of the GMAOR.
27. Give comfort and support to the victims and families of the GMAOR
28. Demand for government restitution and support for the GMAOR victims and families.
29. Paint the roads that lead to the offices of the GMAOR red and black
30. Write to embassies and ambassadors to make them aware of the abuses and excess of the GMAOR that they deal with and for them to know the pulse of the people
31. Reach out to th supporters of the GMAOR and present your position calmly and quietly
32. Register to exercise your suffrage rights
33. Protect your vote. Join organizations working for clean and honest elections
34. Enjoin and help other people to exercise their suffrag rights as well
35. Be vigilant and report election anomalies to the COMELEC and media and eletoral watchdog groups
36. Help defeat candidates supportive of the GMAOR
37. For people with relatives abroad, discourage them from attending functions for or hosted by the GMAOR.
38. Instead, encourage your relatives abroad to join protests against the GMAOR
39. Bring your indignation to cyberspace. Mark your site with 57 candles.
40. Speak your indignation and grief on blogs, vlogs, youtube etc.
41. Join peaceful and non violent public gatherings against the GMAOR
42. Join prayer rallies and protest vigils
43. Add your voice to the clamor to arrest and prosecute those who have grossly violated the constitution, committed plunder and killed for the GMAOR
44. Protest functions where members of the GMAOR are present
45. Make noise – blow car horns, blow a whistle, bang on pots and pans whenever you see members of the GMAOR in public
46. Red is the color of blood the GMAOR spills to stay in power. Make red the color of protest and let them see red everywhere they go. Sport a red handkerchief or wave a red flag in their presence.47. Cross out in red mark publicity photos of people associated with the GMAOR
48. Recite the names of the victims of GMAOR in public places.
49. Emulate the “tatsulok” of Andres Bonifacio and organize yourselves as a trio of peaceful and non violent protesters. Each member will in turn create a trio of his/her own to carry out a chosen plan of action to support the resistance to the GMAOR
50. Unleash your creative potential for a peaceful and non-violent resistance to the GMAOR
51. Make a poster
52 Do a play
53 Make a joke
54 Paint a picture
55 Compose a song or an anthem for the Resistance
56 Recite a poem
57.Link arms with others and shout - Enough! Enough of the GMAOR!

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Efren and Gloria


Efren Penaflorida is an ordinary citizen, son of a tricycle driver and an itinerant vendor.

Through his Kariton Classroom project, he battled the dragon of ignorance releasing hundreds, maybe thousands of children from the mental prison of illiteracy. He did not seek to be elected first to a position of power before he can do good. He just did it from where he was standing, from where he moved. And he made a difference.

For his achievement CNN recognized him as a World Hero.

On the other hand, Mrs. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo had to lie, cheat and even kidnap her way to the Presidency and when her term is almost finished proclaim that she is not ready to step down from public service and files yet her candidacy for another albeit lower elective post.

Is she truly motivated by a desire to serve? Or is she merely a power addict with an insatiable desire for power?

Considering the litany of scandals and crimes imputed to her administration and which she would not squarely face, maybe what she truly is , is that she is a prisoner of power.

If so, she will never give up power. But it is up to the people to transfer her imprisonment from that of power to jail.