An editorial that draws a parallel between the Philippines’ People Power phenomenon and the dismantling of the communist states in Eastern Europe.
While the countries of the former Soviet bloc have settled down to democracy, the mass protest has become dangerously embedded in Philippine politics…
The editorial’s conclusion is that ending a corrupt government should be done through the ballot.
I still disagree. The reason why it is so easy to exhort people to stage these People Power episodes is precisely because with every change of leadership, the same systemic problems recur. Changing people at the top, through the ballot or through People Power, never solves the problem.
