A Call to Arms: The Surge is Now!

Like a Hollywood scene, a faint shake grows slowly, wider and stronger before the ground swells up in a cataclysmic occurrence that tips the whole story line into one point or another.

Gibo Teodoro’s presidential campaign is off to a very decent start. From being a virtually unknown cabinet member, I can safely say that 99% of the population, voters and non-voters alike, already know him as a former legislator, former defense secretary, trained pilot – presidential candidate. His superb public speaking skills and his clear cut policy direction presentations has made many skeptics into believers. The young population has overwhelmingly thrown their support to Gibo’s presidential bid. The result is the formation of a solid core of followers, ready to follow Gibo to the gates of hell to ensure the victory of a heavenly cause.

The first phase has been successfully accomplished. The second phase is the surge. And believe me, the surge is coming. This surge is as certain as the sun’s rise every morning and darkness’ fall each night. We read it, we hear it, we feel it, and we know it. This surge is founded on the rise of an exemplary leader exhibiting extraordinary character.

Gibo is an enigmatic case. At this stage of our flawed democracy, it is unexpected for a modern leader to rise. If we make the correct decisions, our system should allow the rise of a forward looking leader anywhere between 12 and 18 years. The system is currently hacked by traditional, backward and pretentious leaders halting the advance of new leadership. Moreover, our system has been wired in a way that even new politicians provide useless and somehow idiotic visions or delusions of how to move this country forward. Nevertheless, Gibo managed to demolish these barriers and is now at the center of the latest saga of our struggle for sustainable growth. His realistic, positive, comprehensive, and genuine reformist vision is our opportunity to ignite and turbo-charge our movement for genuine development.

I don’t think all of us realize how great this opportunity is. This is our opportunity to have a leader who can inspire even the most non-believers to greatness. This is our opportunity to place a modern leader, right now, at the helm of power without the need for bloodshed and violence. This is our opportunity to create a stable society without the pre-requisite of purging. This is our chance to have a leader who sees reality as clearly as possible and one who provides solutions by working with reality and not by going against it.

This is about a rare opportunity. This is about one chance. The challenge here is will you take it? Nay... will you grab it?

Anybody or anyone who hopes for a modern and developed country must take this chance. We must understand that mere rhetoric without substance is bound to fall like the winter wheat. Intentions are good but action is required. Eloquence is a trait well revered but grounded plans are necessary. We must realize that personality politics has been our curse and it will continue to plague us until we understand that meritocracy is not just an option, it is our only option. Anybody or anyone who wants to change this country must realize that the time our voices are the loudest is not when we are on the streets in protest, it is when we cast our ballots. And on the 10th of May, we can make our voices even louder, stronger, and bigger. We can make it resonate across the seas to reach every island. We can make it tear down every dividing wall so that everyone will know that we choose positive and competent leadership. We can make it even more powerful if we bond with this incoming surge. Because this surge is coming and it is coming fast.

In fact, it is happening right now. Gibo’s vision is spreading like wildfire, turning spectators into active citizens in nation building. His positive attitude is contagious. His clear cut reformist vision springs hope. His leadership is inspiring. His vision is what we need now.

It’s been a long hard climb and much has to be done because it remains to be one. But we do not fear because like the charge of a million man infantry, we will prevail. Like the incessant waves successively hitting the shore, we are unstoppable. No different from Patton’s army blazing through the European theater, no matter how formidable the enemy is, our victory is certain. And one by one as arms link together forming a chain from EDSA, along Taft, down to the monument of the greatest Filipino revolutionary, Andres Bonifacio, the world will realize that this is not a Hollywood scene, that this is indeed real and that we are truly in the midst of a revolution. The time has come to grab this country by its throat and demand it to listen: THE SURGE IS HAPPENING NOW AND YOU WANT TO BE A PART OF IT!