Kaban ni D_BystandeR: UNANG EDSA GIHULAGWAY SA HANITING PANULAT NI PHILIP LUSTRE JR.

I appreciate the mastery in writing articles shown by the author, Philip M. Lustre Jr., where some of the important details of that history moment in EDSA I revolution not reported earlier in the media are now seen coming out in a convincing manner of reporting where he was able to supply the actual conversation between the  fallen dictator and the Republican U.S. Senator Paul Laxalt, who was a member of  the bipartisan group of American lawmakers, who served as Observers in the  February 7 snap elections of 1986. It was an achievement by the author to behold that after the lapse of 29 years since the triumph of EDSA I, still he is able to print showing a vivid picture through his pen of what actually transpired in that historic moment. It was an unforgettable chapter of the country's history, where it was able to free itself from the shackles of martial rule under Marcos Dictatorship where everybody was living in fear for the unimaginable abuse through horrible human rights violations. It was a day where everybody was enveloped with an atmosphere of euphoria,  everybody was a picture of somewhat like a man who just newly acquired his long lost freedom and this was all brought about by the assumption of "people power" through the leadership of the iconic President Cory Aquino. The feeling itself that  we were no longer ruled by Marcos was like a soothing balm of wholesome satisfaction that everybody enjoyed except for the Marcos loyalists who lost their fallen leader in the person of Dictator Ferdinand Edralin Marcos. And the loyalists were seen  at this time retreating to the corner as they have already lost their military firepower of the dictatorship who ruled the country for a period of 20 years in an iron grip of a ruthless man who was drunk with unlimited power to suck all the treasures of the  country and hid it in Swiss banks. But Filipinos have short memory because they  have allowed the Marcoses back in our country to slowly regain their political  stronghold in the Solid North of Ilocos region. But I only hope Senator Bonbong Marcos will not be driven by the thirst of greed of unlimited power like what his  father did when he envisioned himself as president for life in the Philippines. The way Bongbong carries himself in the Senate is within the acceptable stride that  any worthy senator worth his salt will do. And I appreciate the way he demanded  from P-Noy that his BFF Purisima be charged in court for his involvement in the  Mamasapano massacre  that claimed the lives of our 44 SAF commandos. Bongbong is so far doing the right thing and with his potential brilliance shown in the way he carries himself in legislative deliberations he could be somebody that holds the key  in the future that could provide a breakthrough for all the problems that our country is facing today.

Footnote: This comment came out in connection with a news item in CNN Philippines, entitled, "Ferdinand Marcos: His last day at the Palace." It came out on June 15, 2015.