Satur tells bloggers: ‘People Power, a tool to change govt’s that’s still available to people’

Posted by tonyo on 19 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: News

People Power remains a tool for social change that is available to a people who want to institute changes in government, said Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo in a Bloggers Kapihan on Saturday at Kape Tasyo in Anonas, Quezon City.

In his sharing with bloggers, Ocampo stressed that “Filipinos are not frustrated over People Power 2, but with the dismal and disappointing regime that came to power.”

He said that the source of frustration is that “People Power 2 was a fight against corrupt and immoral governance, but we were given a worse government by the very persons who composed the new government.”

Ocampo said that the “if ever People Power resulted in bad governance, we cannot blame the people who took part in the uprising. It remains an alternative way of instituting change.”

“People Power as a concept is always relevant,” Ocampo said, adding that “It remains a mechanism for people to express their sentiments when institutional processes fail them.”

The discussion was “liveblogged” on http://bloggerskapihan.com and on Twitter for the benefit of those who were not able to attend.

Cristina Palabay, who was president of the National Union of Students of the Philippines during the 2001 uprising, said that Arroyo completely ignored the “youth agenda” that was presented to her when she was still vice president and in the middle of the then-raging anti-Estrada protests.

Using a photo presentation, Palabay recounted the various contributions of student and youth groups to the ouster of Estrada but said that “almost everybody will agree that we were all betrayed by Arroyo when she became president”.

Palabay said that young people and the public did not expect some of those who joined the anti-Estrada marches and demonstrations to “turn into demons worse than our enemy then” referring to Arroyo and those who were later absorbed into her cabinet.

Bloggers Kapihan crew members Ederic Eder of Tinig.com and Tonyo Cruz of TXTPower also joined the discussions, relating the use of texting, chat, and websites in efforts to unseat Estrada.

Jester-in-Exile, who donned his jester’s hat, stressed the participation of unorganized professionals who went to Edsa in 2001.

The discussion closed the Blog Action Week that urged bloggers to write about People Power 2.

See some photos at Penguin Tales.

More photos to be uploaded on my Flickr account tomorrow.

Thanks to those who attended BK 3.0!

Posted by Shari on 19 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: News

Thanks to our special guests, Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo and Gabriela SecGen Tinay Palabay.

Our utmost gratitude to Dohn Nalumen Jr. for letting us use Kape Tasyo as a venue! Visit Kape Tasyo at 2/F Anonas Commercial Complex, #3 ANonas St., Project 3, Quezon City. Contact numbers are 436-KAPE (5273) and 0916 5129761.

This is Vencer Liveblogging BloggersKapihan 3.0 @ Kape Tasyo

Posted by Vencer on 19 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: Documents

2:59 BK 3 is about to start. Rep. Satur Ocampo is being interviewed by ABS-CBN news crew. Among the people present: Mon Ramirez of photoblog arkibongbayan.org, Cristina Palabay of Gabriela, Gani Tapang of AGHAM, Mao Hermintanyo of Yehey, Suyin of Yinsu.

3:08 Tonyo opens BK 3.0. Introduces Bloggers Kapihan and relevance of BK3 event. Introduces speakers, Ka Satur on Bayan Muna, Cristina Palabay of Gabriela - also National President of National Union of Students of the Philippines during EDSA 2.

3:11 Ka Satur starts his speech with Bayan Muna’s analysis of what happened in EDSA last Jan 17-20.

Ang batayan ng PP2 ay ang pagkondena ng graft and corruption noon ng gubyerno ni Estrada…

Kung masama ang naging bungang gubyerno, hindi ito dapat isisi sa PP2. Ito ay isang popular mechanism na dapat available sa tao. Alternative na dapat buhay…

Ang people power 2, hindi ispontanyo lang na pag-iipon ng mga tao. Me puhunan iyun.

3:17

Hindi mali, hindi nawawalan ng kabuluhan ang People Power bilang isang mekanismo na nag-eexpress ng sentimyento ng mamayan kapag ang institutional processes ay hindi na availabale sa karaniwang tao.

Satur tell of how he personally met Arroyo. Arroyo promised cooperation with Bayan Muna in the struggle against Estrada, explains her stand on issues. However, this was not enough to convince BM to endorse Arroyo to replace Erap. In fact, BM was not in EDSA when Arroyo was sworn in office.

3:27 Cristina Palabay:

As member of Estrada Resign Youth Movement and NUSP President:

Nagsimula na yung mga human chain protests noon pa lamang 1998 nung sinuportahan ni Estrada yung pagpapalibing kay Marcos sa libingan ng mga bayani.

1999, malaking mga aksyon ng mga kabataan laban sa budget cuts, 1st quarter of 2000, about 100 schools nationwide walked out from their classes para ipahayag ang protesta…

1999 also, the Payatas Tragedy happened. Iyan din ang panahon na iba’t ibang moral issues na ang inilalabas ng media at iba’t ibang sources even from the inner corps ng Malacanang. Paggamit din ng pera ng gubyerno para sa iba’t ibang hilig

April 28, 2000 Enough of Erap Nationwide Noise Barrage…

October when Chavit Singson spoke in Senate. Nov 4, EDSA shrine, at marami nang mga sumunod noong panahon na iyon… mga vigil sa Mendiola atbp.

ERYM - China Cojuanco, Mon Pagdanganan, Union of Catholic Student Councils, Bam-bam Aquino

Creative forms of protest: Erapzilla, “shut down erap”, concerts.

Very inspired ang mga kabataan noon! Kasama sina Ka Satur, Nanay Mameng.

Kasama rin natin ang mga “demonyo” na after ng EDSA 2, nagtaksil na sa mamamayan. Mike Defensor, Spice Boys noon. GMA sa women march rally sa Ayala. (showed photos)

Youth gave list of demands: matigil ang tuition increases, commercialization ng education, stop campus repression, free youth political prisoners. Remembers Kerima Tariman, a writer from Collegian arrested while doing research.

Jan16, nang hindi buksan ang envelope, isa ang sektor ng kabataan na unang pumunta. Nanawagan sa dormers sa UP at PUP. Sa araw ding iyon, ang COCOPEA at CEAP caled for the walk-out ng mga estiudyante sa mga catholic schools.

10000 nagmartsa from UP, mas marami ang PUP.

Hindi kataka-taka na maraming kabataan ang disappointed… pumunta pa kami sa Malacanang noon para makipag-usap kay GMA. pero anybody here can attest na pinagtaksilan nya yan..

Marami sa mga kabataag sumama noon ay nawawala din ngayon. Si Choy Napoles, sina Karen empeno at Sherlyn Cadapan.

3:45 Ka Satur: Mendiola march

Nagkaroon ng adhoc coordinaing body sa likod ng EDSA shrine noon, batay sa nagiging mga resulta ng negotiations kina Estrada at isustain ang program…

…ayaw magresign ni Erap. Nagkaroon ng pressure sa military leadership ng AFP at PNP noong 19, na nagkaroon ng decisive na turn. Nagpahayag ng withdrawal of support kay Estrada.

Nang hapong iyon, napuno ng militar at pulis ang stage…

…naging susi iyon ng later, sila ang inibigyan ng credit ni Gloria…

..nang gabing iyon, alam naming magkakaroon na ng stand-off… nagpanukala kami na magkaroon na ng martsa papuntang Mendiola…

..ang message daw ni sin: walang aalis sa Edsa… pero ang grupo namin noon, desidido.. ang ibang grupo na dating naghehesitate, sumama na.

…habang nagmamartsa, nagkakaroon ng debate sa media.. si winnie monsod, nag-aargue na bakit daw gagawin… kailangan naming marecapture ang Mendiola at mapwersa si Erap na mapaalis nun..

…malaking bulto ng mga nagsimula sa EDSA, yun ang nagtapos sa Mendiola, yun ang naging insidente na inescortan na si Erap palabas ng Malacanang…

…first day ni Gloria sa Malacanang, ininvite nya lahat. pinapasok ang mga representatives sa Malacanang… nagbigay ng promise na within 2 weeks, sasagutin ang mga hinapag.. kaya nung 22, nagmartsa ulit…

3:55 Tonyo

EDSA 2 was also Texting Revolution… kung me blogging nun, baka maraming nagblog. By 1am nung Jan 17, thru text and email… People Power has begun…

Partly correct dahil maraming nagtext, partly imprecise dahil pinundar natin yun ng panonood ng impeachment telenovela atbp.

Noong People Power 2, maraming sites. May blog si Erap. Sa susunod na people power.. magkakaroon ng mahalagang papel ang bloggers…

3:58 Ederic

Manila Times ako nun, ‘opisyal na dyaryo ng people power ay Pinoy Times’

Yung pinakaunang CYBERRALLY sa Pilipinas, inorganize ng pldt.com. sa chat, sa web banner. at e-lagda: “cyber warriors.” 1M pirma ang target. hindi umabot pero malaki ang kontribusyon nito sa pagsali ng mga nasa ibang bansa.

4:01 Jester

Seven years ago, working for a company in Laguna, followed impeachment trial every night.

Engineers. We’re not Leftists. when we saw Tessie Oreta dancing. We were pissed, Engineers suddenly said: this isn’t right, we have to go.

Nobody even cared that the next day would be a difficult time for us…

..Another perspective: a pilot-officer… they were waiting to be sent…

…the fact of the matter is that, it isn’t simply that. the ordinary people from Makati who went to EDSA…

…when change must be done, we can do this. it does not matter what segment the political spectrum we belong to…. however, it takes commitment.. that’s something we have now…

we have an advantage… in 86, radyo bandido… in 2001 we had text… now: cyberspace. the next EDSA will be blogged…

…the danger is that… mas magiging ruthless ang mga nasa taas…that’s why it takes commitment…

Tonyo closes BK 3.0

Bloggers’ Kapihan 3 invitation

Posted by Ederic on 16 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: News

Beterano ako ng EDSA2! Kita-kits tayo sa isang hapon ng kuwentuhan at kapihan kasama ang mga beterano ng People Power 2:

Bloggers’ Kapihan 3.0
Jan. 19, 2008, Saturday 2:00-5:00 pm
Kape Tasyo (Freedom Bar)
2/F Anonas Commercial Complex
#3 Anonas St., Project 3, Quezon City

To confirm your attendance, kindly post a comment or text Ederic Eder at 09173864686.

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Bloggers Action Week: Bloggers remember People Power 2

Posted by Ederic on 11 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: News

Kasama ako sa EDSA2!On the weekend of Jan. 19-20, we remember People Power 2.

Do you remember watching the rallies and the impeachment trial that was like a telenovela? Did you receive and forward jokes and the “Go 2 Edsa” message to all the people in your phonebook? Did you come to Edsa Shrine (or the public plazas nationwide) with your family, friends, schoolmates and officemates? Did you take photos? Did you make your own placards? Did you join the exciting march to Mendiola that signaled the victory for the uprising? Do you remember what you felt, and the big dreams and aspirations we all had for our country?

Mark your calendars:
Bloggers Kapihan 3.0 Event
Jan. 19, 2:00-5:00 pm
Kape Tasyo (Freedom Bar)
Anonas, Quezon City

Seven years — yes, seven years — have passed since the four days that redefined People Power culminated in the ouster of the president with the biggest electoral mandate in Philippine history and we in Bloggers Kapihan invite you to remember. Just answer these questions, post memorabilia like photos and videos. Simply put, we want you to act by picking up a pen or going to the computer to tell your story, your version of what happened on Jan. 16-20 and your dreams for the country.

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