On Monday, May 9, Filipinos will elect a new President and other national and local leaders. The election of a new President is a watershed event in the life of a nation. In 1986, the snap election called by Ferdinand Marcos – widely perceived as a gambit to fortify his grip on power after extending his tenure for more than a decade – led to the EDSA People Power Revolution.
The façade is made up of accommodative surface values, such as hiya – a sense of propriety or shame; utang na loob or gratitude; and pakikisama or companionship. Going deeper, we encounter the confrontative surface values, namely: bahala na or sheer determination; lakas ng loob or inner courage; and pakikibaka or resistance against injustice. The pivotal interpersonal value is pakikiramdam or shared inner perception.
It was the confluence of these surface values and societal values that melded with the Filipinos’ core value of kapwa and produced the phenomenon of EDSA People Power. From a few hundreds blocking the advance of armed personnel carriers and tanks with their bodies – while carrying Marian images and clutching rosaries – their numbers swelled to tens of thousands that filled the long stretch of EDSA between Ortigas avenue and Bonny Serrano avenue.
These are the reflections I am sharing today with a group of Australia Awards scholars who are preparing to leave for Australia to pursue graduate studies. Coincidentally, the venue of my meeting with them is in a building near the shrine of Our Lady of EDSA on the corner of Ortigas avenue.
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