Noynoy’s time to get out of Ninoy and Cory’s shadow.
August 5, 2009
It’s like in the middle of a battle when the smoke billowed up in the sky and on the ground, lays the dead heroes and the only ones left standing are a few survivors destined to follow the path left by those who perished in the battle.
Cory’s death, meanwhile is a culmination of a long journey towards the search for a better leader of this country. Sadly Ninoy was never able to play the part as he was tragically stopped on the tarmac one August day in 1983.
For while Cory’s leadership was more honest, there are shortcomings brought upon by other factors, outsiders wanting in, endless coup plots, Mt. Pinatubo eruption, the ever unstable Asian economy and those who took advantage of her kindness.
Noynoy obviously lacks the charisma and magnetism of his late father and the magic of Cory, yet as a son of these two modern day father and mother of our country, It is expected that Noynoy should live up to what both Ninoy and Cory envisioned a rightful leader of the Philippines should be able to pull and deliver.
With the lacking of sureball choices among the obvious “Presidentiables” in the coming 2010 Presidential elections, Cory’s death has made it clear that another man should take a major role in aspiring for the top post in this country.
2010 might be too soon for Noynoy, but at least he should be in a position wherein he’s just a reach away from finally, fulfilling what Ninoy and Cory always dreamed and all we ever wish about, which is the Philippines getting the right leader or President it deserves.
Will this feeling of anger at our present leaders and the itch and passion to make sudden changes backed up by this sudden burst of patriotism can survive and gather momentum and snowball into the coming 2010 elections still remains to be seen, Noynoy shouldn’t just let it all out to fate, he should very well step out of his parent’s gigantic shadow and prove once and for all that INDEED, greatness runs in the blood of his family.
AND with that, The Philippines will benefit, thus saving us from having another wrong President for the next 6 years.
