The political events in 1986 brought promise of hope to the people. Everyone thought, myself included, it would have augured for the change that would drive the country to progress. After a long time, it has not change the lives of the people. The country has not progressed as I expected and the son of the then President is back in power. Something must be wrong.
I am back here in the grassroots after my stroke and I am trying to figure out what went wrong. Why it has not changed for the better. I believe the struggle is among the powerful elites, the yellows closely identified with the Aquino's and the reds, the Marcos camp. In 2016, Duterte won because the poor voted for him as he was seen as the answer to their woes. Along the way when he was in power, the politicians closely linked to the reds aligned with him, and he in order to survive, allied with them otherwise the yellows can lead to overthrow him.
The elites reds won handsomely installing Marcos' son as the President. He is in power because the local leaders preferred him over the yellows to the detriment of the poor because no one really fights for them. The elites are fighting politically but the poor is disenfranchised for no one really fights for their interest. The worst part is that they are not aware about it.
The country has been focused on democracy, on politics after EDSA but no focus is given to the economics of the country. The imbalance of the wealth is maintained. There is still rampant poverty.
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