EDSA I ANNIVERSARY

Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people, who have… a right, an indisputable, unalienable, indefeasible, divine right to that most dreaded and envied kind of knowledge, I mean the characters and conduct of their rulers.

– John Adams (One of the Founding Fathers of the United States)

In light of today being the 24th anniversary of the overthrow of the Presidency of Ferdinand Marcos and with the up coming Presidential elections in May, that we as voters have our own responsibility to uphold our own freedoms.

1. Freedom from arbitrary or despotic government or control.
2. Freedom from external or foreign rule; independence.
3. Freedom from control, interference, obligation, restriction, hampering conditions, etc.; power or right of doing, thinking,speaking, etc., according to choice.
4. Freedom from captivity, confinement, or physical restraint:The prisoner soon regained his liberty.
5. Freedom or right to frequent or use a place: The visitors were given the liberty of the city.
6. Unwarranted or impertinent freedom in action or speech, or a form or instance of it: to take liberties.

We must not let apathy take place and surrender these freedoms. Our government is not perfect and more so our politicians. But this should not be an excuse. We should hold our government and politicians to a higher standard than us.

When it comes to politicians, I will take an honest man over a dishonest man any day.  For a politician who is corrupt, only decides what is best for him and not what is best for his constituents.