Question For Rayllists: After Two EDSA Revolutions -- Where's The Change For The Better?

I considered that there was not one but TWO EDSA Revolutions. One was against the late Ferdinand E. Marcos and the other was against Joseph "Erap" Ejercito-Estrada. Was there going to be an EDSA-3 during the time of Noynoy Aquino? After two EDSAs -- it's time to ask, "Where's the change that was promised?"

Let's go back to EDSA-1 and think about the whole situation. The overthrow of the 20 years Marcos Regime came but where's the change? The problem was that certain problems during the Marcos Years eventually escalated post-Marcos years. The new 1987 Constitution ended up strengthening cronyism instead of weakening it. The Marcos cronies ended up gaining more power instead and the oligarchy had new allies -- the Aquinos. The whole EDSA-1 was merely a power grab. It was merely a change in power from Marcoses to Aquinos. Where was the real change for the better?

The Cory Years ended and it didn't take long for the Ramos Regime to take over. After Ramos, we had the Erap Presidency. After Erap's involvement in the scandal of jueteng -- there was the call for him to resign which he gracefully did. The same mob that put Erap into power would later oust him out of power. But after that -- where's the change for the better? Eventually, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo pardoned her predecessor Erap but it's still time to ask -- where's the change for the better?

This is the problem with the two EDSAs. The first revolution replaced one defective constitution with another defective constitution. There are people who still think no amendments are necessary for the 1987 Constitution. It doesn't matter how competent the president is if the constitution doesn't allow competency. It's not just a matter of who sits in power but also a matter of system. It's always system change before culture change. How can a competent president perform competitively if everyone around him or her is incompetent due to popularity-based elections? In the end, he or she ends up getting wasted during his or her term.

That's why there's the need to overthrow the current defective system and start havign the new agenda. Want to defeat or greatly weaken cronyism and the oligarchy? Be open to economic liberalization. Want to have better, more competent people? Switch from the popularity-based presidential system to the credibility-based parliamentary system. Want to decongest Imperial Manila? Be open to shift from unitary to parliamentary for the Philippines.