First of all, let us ask ourselves. Where does the very root of all our problems lie? I am not a political analyst but it does not take an analyst to decipher where the root of our maladies lie. It is deeply drenched in filthy souls of the leaders of our so-called democratic government. Many a night I ponder and wonder, why can’t our society be like those small countries in Europe? So solemn, so free of crime, peacefully co-existing with each other. If my knowledge of current news proves me right, those countries are so crime-free that we can even reckon that they don’t exist anymore, kind of like a haven.

The catch is this, aren’t their governments the same like ours? They’re not communists, they’re not socialists. They are people led by their fellow people. Indeed in those countries, Abraham Lincoln’s immortal line proves to be true; the government is of the people, by the people, for the people.

But again, the question. Why are we like this? Is it because our country is marred by poverty, by desperation? Yes, without a doubt. But then again, history has taught us that nations rise and fall, empires surge and plunge. A number of nations have sunk and rose in the past century alone… And in all those cases, the leaders of both the glorious and the damned nations played the most significant part.

Leaders, yes, leaders. What do we look for in our leaders? The first quality the everyman looks for in a leader is intelligence and the ability to govern. Next is intelligence. But keenly pondering, virtually all politicians have those qualities, except of course for a few dumb ones who rely on their charisma only. Shame on them.

Yet there are some qualities which are always overlooked when people are made to choose amongst the aspiring leaders. Boldness, the resistance to temptation, and the might to crush all unruly opposition.

And that one quality we always, always, always fail to take into consideration – morality.

Law is extracted from ethics and ethics, from morals.

Definitely we do not want a leader who is morally upright but is weak, and the same goes for a leader who is bold but heartless.

But when will we have the leader who is brave, morally upright, and not to be subject to temptation brought about by the magnitude of power?

Ah, that remains to be seen, if it is still to be seen. And if our sheer hunch is to be listened to, morality is a forgotten word among most of our leaders.

I am strongly convinced that the few years after next year’s election shall determine the fate of our country.

I think that the leader who will deliver us from doom shall be born after a revolution. Regardless of the kind of revolution.

We have grown sick and tired of EDSA. It would be more effective, methinks, if an uprising reminiscent of the Bolshevik one would occur. I am not an activist. These are just the things running through my mind right now brought about by the culmination of the countless chaos haunting our poor country.

We need a revolution.