Team DailyPedia
EDSA is a hellhole. It has the worst traffic jam that you can get in the Philippines. Sadly, the situation is getting worse and worse every year. And the problem is taking its toll this year, with the blame heading straight to Pnoy’s face and MMDA chief Francis Tolentino.
But lately, the blame game has shifted from public servants going to this religious group who is crying foul from DOJ’s meddling with their internal issues. There was an outrage when INC members took their so-called “justice fight” in EDSA from Faura last Friday night.
With thousands of metro commuters and motorists spending countless hours stuck in monstrous EDSA traffic jam, a couple of netizens were all fed up and had no choice but to break their silence in social media. One of the most notable rants came from a certain Bernard Ong. In his epic FB post he condemns the religious group’s “wrong move” because the INC mob caused monstrous traffic jam last Fri night. Also, this post has started a campaign call to counter the religious group’s game-changing yet anomalous bloc-voting.
The post reads:
For eternity, we accepted INC’s bloc-vote peddling & politicians’ pandering as part of politics-as-usual. We tolerated their televised family feud. Abductions of their own. Even their rally at Padre Faura. Those were best left for the courts & proper venues to resolve.
Something changed when INC mob caused monstrous traffic jam last Fri night. EDSA is hell enough on regular hours. That was the last straw. Wrong move. We’re mad.
Now we will closely watch INC – its bloc-voting, lobbying & horse-trading. Same with the politicians who sell their souls in exchange for votes.
Politicians are afraid of them. Binay. Poe. Bongbong – all pandered. Roxas mumbled something about keeping order but PNP which reports to him didn’t disperse illegal mob that caused 6 hour closure of busiest road in the country. Millions stranded.
No major politican has balls to say what is so obviously wrong. This is the Philippines. When you want something done, you have to do-it-yourself. It’s not enough to vent on social media, we have to DO something.
Let’s do the math. INC = 2.5m members. 1.5m voters. 80% bloc = 1.2m votes. Not as many as you think. INC delays endorsement close to election day. Then makes up list very close to polling results. Makes their endorsement look more potent that it really is.
Here is what we should do. Monitor who among national politicians (P. VP. Senators) solicit & receive INC endorsement. Friends in media, help us find out please. Then don’t vote for these guys. Just don’t. Reverse bloc voting. Impose a penalty greater than what they gain from INC.
I’m sure we are more than 1.2m. Voters who went through EDSA hell last Fri night alone should be more than that. Let’s take our country back from theocrats & trapos.
Share please. If you are mad like me.
(Due apologies to my INC friends. I hope you are the 20% who make up their own mind. This is not against your religious belief. But the bloc-votes for sale business has to stop. It is not good for progress. It benefits a few – our politicians & your ministers – and impoverishes many. Help us end this from inside.)
Meanwhile, Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) on Monday, August 31, announced that they are officially ending their 5-day protest. The official statement said that they have reached an understanding with the government.
They have left the streets. It’s back to normal in EDSA now. Lesser hell-like situation. But still, an existing hell on earth right here in PH.
Source: Facebook
