If we want to keep the EDSA spirit alive, we have to ensure she is victorious everywhere. Perhaps the President of the Philippines will consent to putting up a copy of this statue on EDSA. She is the real icon of People Power. If the President has enough moral courage, then once the statue is up, the Republic of the Philippines will no longer boycott a Nobel peace prize conferment. Also we will have to stop kowtowing to the political party that destroyed this statue's original.
Well it seems with that proposal to rename Camp Aguinaldo to Camp Antonio Luna in time for National Heroes Day has generated a lot of social media buzz. We really have to really understand our national heroes. Antonio Luna was a remarkable personality but like all of us was flawed. He likely would be an academic had the revolution not intervened. He would have been the first Dean of a College of Science of the Philippine University had the nation made the transition to indepe ndence in a peaceful manner. That was recognized by the American College of Pharmacy when they feted Dr Luna on what would have been his 60th birthday noting his work in combating malaria. But that was not to be. He became a soldier. General Luna was for a professional military within the bounds of the constitution. Perhaps that is the biggest sign of contradiction for today. Please answer the question: Would President Duterte (or a President Aquino, Marcos, Arroyo, Quezon etc) have a General Luna as his c...
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