A EULOGY TO DEMOCRACY

Goodbye Democracy, you will be missed. From the Twenty-fifth of February 1986 to the
Ninth of May 2016, goodbye Democracy you will be missed. Our thirty years together I shall
always remember. A thirty years that’s so sweet, but at the same time bitter. Rest in peace
Democracy, my dearest Democracy, farewell!

Twenty-fifth of February we’ve brought down a dictator. Twenty-fifth of February we

brought life to Democracy, and thirty years later dear Democracy is to be murdered. Murdered
by sixteen million people swayed by promises of Discipline, Order, and Change. Sixteen million
people willing to give up Democracy! My God! What is happening to you people?! Yes, we need
Discipline, yes we need Order, yes we need Change, but do we really have to kill dear Democracy
for these? Give up our Freedom for these?! If so, why? Can’t Democracy and Order be together?

I guess Democracy is too weak. The Filipinos are too tired, to desperate. Too tired and
desperate?! Now I know. Now I know what is wrong with you, the People! You give up easily!
You want a quick escape from this perpetual cycle of sadness and misery. Why did you give up so
easily?! Why do you want problems solved so quickly?! Why must you kill precious Democracy?!
Why must Democracy die?! Why oh, why?! The death of Democracy endangers the future. Not
your future but our future! The future of us, your children, and your children’s children, and our
children’s children! Unfortunately, the Youth has no voice. And with the death of Democracy, we
might never be able to use our precious voice.

You never listen to us. You never listen to us! YOU NEVER LISTEN TO US!

Why you never listen to us? Yes, we have a voice! A voice that you never listen to. And
now listen to us, the youth, listen to our voice! Yes, it is Peace and Order is what you want. But
why? Why are you letting us suffer? You say Democracy did not do you better. You say
Democracy made you bitter, but why are you letting us suffer? Why don’t you give us Democracy
and we’ll make her better? Why did you take her away? Why did you take her away? Why did
you take her away?!

Goodbye Democracy, sweet Democracy, you will be missed. Goodbye Democracy, you
will be missed. But like what we did in Eighty-six, my dear Democracy you’re a phoenix. Like
what we did in eighteen ninety-six, in nineteen forty-six, and in nineteen eighty-six, Democracy,
you shall again live!

To you my fellow Filipinos, you shall be free. Free from ignorance that blinds you! Free
from desperation that oppresses you! Dearest Democracy, we will fight for you! But first rest in
peace Democracy, we shall meet again!