On the Question of Political Dynasty

"The exploiters inevitably transform the state (and we are speaking of democracy, i.e., one of the forms of the state) into an instrument of the rule of their class, the exploiters, over the exploited. Hence, as long as there are exploiters who rule the majority, the exploited, the democratic state must inevitably be a democracy for the exploiters... Another truth: there can be no real, actual equality until all possibility of the exploitation of one class by another has been totally destroyed." 

 - Vladimir Lenin, Political Equality (1918)

Under Sec. 26, Article II of the 1987 Constitution Political Dynasty is prohibited in Philippine Politics but the said provision does not give the definition of Political Dynasty thus leaving the room for ambiguity in the confused-minds of the people. Recently, there arouse a case in Supreme court where Justice Antonio Carpio defined the Political Dynasty in Navarro Vs Ermita (GR NO. 180050; April 12, 2011) "as a phenomenon that concentrates political power and public resources within the control of few families whose members alternately hold elective offices deftly skirting term limits". It is normal for this present political system for politician's son, kinsmen, or belonging to the same family to run for office. 

It became a traditional or customary norms in political arenas to follow the same step in electoral process. More so, it is endowed to every family elite for an opportunity to pass to the loophole of present exploitative system to be the stepping stone to oppress the very vast majority of deprived Filipinos. Political Dynasty is equivalent to oligarchy as coined in political science wherein few notable elite s control the country's political and economic - the worst is that they can even more maneuver the political attitude of the Filipinos through the use of media diverting the national issues to their phony stuffs in substituting non-sense stories of their family - this what we call media politics. No wonder our present President Benigno Simeon "NoyNoy" Aquino III came from a political family, his late grandfather then is a politician, his father, mother et.al. 

Today as this political dynasty continues a notable example is his niece Paolo "Bam" Aquino who is running for Senator; Koko Pimentel, Sonny Angara, Ramon Magsaysay, Jack Enrile, the Estradas,  and almost majority running for a senate seat, and a vast majority of congressmen in the congress also come from a political family in their respective districts. Now as we are witnessing their campaigns we also witness their tricks and disguise to mislead again the Filipinos. Morever, what politicians answer to this is: this is a democratic country and nobody could stop us from running for certain position except if we are  disqualified by law, and it is not our fault to be elected again since the people voted for us. 

Perhaps, they are correct. But, by that answer, it is logical to conclude that the fault should be placed upon the Filipino voters. They don't even admit that the failure of this country is most upon their sides as politicians who are responsible to run the country and accountable for their positions. For how many times that this country ruled by the same family (elite) politicians but still a very little changes that has been done. Some of those politicians come from prestigious and best universities yet this country remains poor.

Pideral Solution 

Are we to end the Political Dynasty? The question of prevailing political dynasty does not necessarily mean the fault of the people. But it is caused by the default of the political system and the politicians who are behind this.  There is nothing a solution to this but a change of system. By that I mean that we must change our present unitary system into decentralized federal system. But in what manner can we overcome political dynasty?

 First, we will have a transformation of local government units to a local state or Regional state wherein they will be given a full autonomy in terms of their political, economic and judicial aspects as to give them an opportunity to manage their own political affairs, resources, or community. 

Second, by federal states with a self-governing institutions which means that the state acquired a sovereign jurisdiction to control its political affairs by making their own congress, constitution and judicial branches. 

Third, same as to the equal representation to both state congress and senate. Wherein the Pideral States shall elect their own senators for the national senate representation. No more national elections for senators as we have right now. The registered voters of the state shall elect their own senators. Now the question may arise: how can we assure that the state shall not be ruled by the same family politicians that would consequently turn into political dynasty?

 This question is only prevalent in a unitary political system with a national election for senators. As noted earlier that in Pideral each senator will be elected from their own respective states. The only reason why we cannot fully develop the LGU's is that the lack for the devolution of power. That divulging the complete powers from national down to states but residual powers remains to the national government.

On Article 284 and 285 of the Local Government Code of 1991

The Local Government Code provides for Internal Revenue Allotment:

Section 284 of the LGC of 1991

Local government units shall have a share in the national internal revenue taxes based on the collection of the third fiscal year preceding the current fiscal year as follows:

a. On the first year of the effectivity of this Code, thirty percent

(30%);

b. On the second year, thirty-five percent (35%); and

c. On the third year and thereafter, forty percent (40%).

Provided, That in the event that the national government incurs an unmanageable public sector deficit, the President of the Philippines is hereby authorized, upon the recommendation of Secretary of Finance, Secretary of Interior and Local Government and Secretary of Budget and Management, and subject to consultation with the presiding officers of both Houses of Congress and the presidents of the liga, to make the necessary adjustments in the internal revenue allotment of local government units but in no case shall the allotment be less than thirty percent (30%) of the collection of national internal revenue taxes of the third fiscal year preceding the current fiscal year: Provided, further That in the first year of the effectivity of this Code, the local government units shall, in addition to the thirty percent (30%) internal revenue allotment which shall include the cost of devolved functions for essential public services, be entitled to receive the amount equivalent to the cost of devolved personal services.





Section 285 of the LGC of 1991

Allocation to Local Government Units. - The share of local government units in the internal revenue allotment shall be allocated in the following manner:

a. Provinces - Twenty-three percent (23%);

b. Cities - Twenty-three percent (23%);

c. Municipalities - Thirty-four percent (34%); and

d. Barangays - Twenty percent (20%)

Provided, however, That the share of each province, city, and municipality shall be determined on the basis of the following formula:

a. Population - Fifty percent (50%);

b. Land Area - Twenty-five percent (25%); and

c. Equal sharing - Twenty-five percent (25%)

Provided, further, That the share of each Barangay with a population of not less than one hundred (100) inhabitants shall not be less than Eighty thousand pesos (P=80,000.00) per annum chargeable against the twenty percent (20%) share of the Barangay from the internal revenue allotment, and the balance to be allocated on the basis of the following formula:

a. On the first year of the effectivity of this Code:

1. Population - Forty percent (40%); and

2. Equal Sharing - Sixty percent (60%)

b. On the second year:

1. Population - Fifty percent (50%); and

2. Equal Sharing - Fifty percent (50%)

c. On the third year and thereafter:

1. Population - Sixty percent (60%); and

2. Equal Sharing - Forty percent (40%)

Provided, finally, That the fiscal requirements of barangays created by local government units after the effectivity of this Code shall be the responsibility of the local government unit concerned.



My Proposed amendments are as follows:

The 1st and 2nd terms of Article 284 of the code which both constituted a 50% internal revenue share in the national government are irrelevant because decades have already passed since the effectivity of this code and LGU’s nowadays are crawling to grasp and have been endeavouring the struggle against the attainment, accumulation and procurement of revenues. I want it to strike out from the code itself because of the underlying inequality against the financial sharing of the LGU. Further, that 40% of the accumulated revenue of the LGU shall be changed into 10% percent revenue annually, and shall only be increased in cases of restructuring or re-organization of the government as a whole that may require a great deal of finance and assistance from various LGU’s. It is obvious that we have not yet overcome the unfair competition against foreign investors or multinational companies because we fail to address and empower the local industries and the chance to provide opportunities for local businessmen. Once we challenge the ammendments to the said article can we oly develop and leaving no room for doubts as to the financial managements, procurement and appropriations. The question may now arise: does the 10% share in the national government enough for the budget assistance to the national government in discharging its duties and responsibilities? The answer: it is more than enough! In fact, As of September 2012, there were 80 provinces, 35 highly-urbanized cities, 5independent component cities, and one independent municipality. Imagine every LGU’s has a share in the national government with utmost 10% of their internal revenue income. There’s no less enough to say that this is unfair and uneven for the national government has more than enough accumulated shares from various LGU’s annually. We shared our estimated 60% internal income to the national government yet in return we will only have 25%. What an injustice! For Article 285, I suggest that the manner in which the internal revenue shall be alloted shall be based solely on economic, population and illiteracy rate, and capacity of a certain LGU’s to employ its people giving the opportunity to enhance and develop their capabilities not that we measure it by polititcal subdivisions and boarders across the regions.



Justification and Recommendations

Unlike to our present system, where the poverty of one region is mostly the fault of the national government, giving an excuse for local leaders of their inability to develop their own initiative. The excuse is often states as “wala pa kasing approval ng national or na approve na pero wala pa ang budget sa local.” This system made all this excuses possible. The effect is liability and responsibility of local leaders to prove their competence is quite hard to measure. In the pideral Philippines "system change, people change”. If the system placing liability and responsibility to local states through retaining a larger percentage on revenue allowing devolution and providing decentralized power to local states , hence system change from the unitary arrangement, we can expect local leaders being change with taking clear responsibility as they cannot any more make excuses of wala pa kasing approval ng national or na approve na kaya lng wala pa ang budget sa local.




No wonder we have not overcome some features of foreign controls due to the kind of education we served. No enough level of intellect could change this country except if we make our education as implied result of the system. Look at most of our elected officials, studied from prestigious school in the country, the school of the best, from which most of our government officials elected or non elective do the administration of government, and yet, we are poor, with a corrupt system implemented and administered by the best. With federal eventually every state will develop a more better education, not the type of which is religiously oriented or that which seek to down the intellectual capability of people, fearing that they would eventually be enlightened.




With federal every state would aim to seriously educate human resource that would administer better development in the interest of the state and not simply business education championed by the religious sect. Though the unitary centralized may have likeness to federal they have taken that which essential to the success of the US in having multi states to work for their own territorial jurisdiction, hence divulging the liability for every state to attend for its development to which every state may have direct knowledge and experience as opposed and impossible for the national federal government to immediately ascertain. Giving the national federal government a lighter load to deal with the welfare of the people but concentrates on the national policy development to which they extracted from the success of federal states. Our central government has to do both the welfare act, the administration, and almost everything including the distribution of relief goods. (Ian Balbin, LLP Page. February 1, 2013)




Under local government administration it allows too many opportunity to engage to business enterprise thus increasing its own revenue. The problem a large percentage of this revenue is sent to national which in turn will be part of the general appropriation act decided by the national legislature for which majority members came from luzon. Having this condition most locals had minimal interest on pursuing revenue raising and instead place their hope to budgets provided by those who have pork barrel and cash gifts from among politician to share. unfortunately, we only have two senators in mindanao that could possibly share a little. Another thing what are those business enterprise local government are usually engaged with? Nothing but more or like of small medium enterprises, like souvenir centers that earns rent,public terminal ticketing, sidewalk vendors ticket all branded as GOCC's revenue making. Under Pideral we are talking of devolution of economic enterprise, more of large scale business enterprise under the administration and operation of state government.

Pideral Commentary: Divorce in the Philippines premature?

The Philippines has a Tri-cultural religious and ethnic beliefs, meaning, it bears the belief of Christian, Muslim and Lumad. Beyond the shadow of doubt the Philippines is predominantly a Catholic country. In fact, it is estimated about 85% of the population is catholic,  This has a tremendous impact in terms of political culture of the Filipinos, how they think , their behavior and their political attitude towards Philippine Politics - especially, towards the Laws.  The Catholic institutions such as the CBCP is a conservative-dramatic association that has been many times played a role in Philippine Politics, to name: the EDSA People Power Revolution and that was fueled by the then Cardinal Jaime Sin, the opposition towards RH-Law, Death-Penalty, Juvenile Justice and Welface Act, and advocating "that it is the duty of the Church to educate the people."

And so, here we are again, the CBCP recently opposed the Divoce Bill after the Rh-Bill have passed on the ground that familiy institution is sacred.  They said instead of pushing Divorce Bill, the government should focus on the real issues, such as poverty, unemployment, prostitution and the so-called 'social cancer', (cbcpforlife.com; No divorce, a distinction for Philippines).  The CBCP Legal Counsel Atty.  Jo Imbong said:

“Let’s look at the western countries, it was a disaster. Destroyed family, destroyed children, destroy stepchild/parents relationship, everything is in havoc. Now do you want that to happen in this country? " She asked.  Those examples are irrefutable, “kitang kita na.”

And further, "The Philippine Constitution mandates the protection of the family, Imbong said. It “recognizes the sanctity of life, and marriage as a sacred union. You don’t destroy or attack something that is sacred. It is not even the Church that said it but the state."

So now, Instead of asking ourselves: Is there a need for the Philippines to have a Divorce Law? Rather ask: Does Divorce Law help those families who have severe problems to maintain their marriage? And how does Divorce differ to Annulment, Legal Separation? Here are the differences:

In Legal Separation, the spouses are still considered married to each other, and, thus, may not remarry.

In Annulment, Annulment terminates a marriage just as in a divorce proceeding.  However, unlike a divorce, an annulled marriage returns the couple to their prior status before the marriage.  With an annulment, it’s as if the marriage never happened in the eyes of the law.  A marriage must be void or voidable under law in order for it to be annulled; valid marriages must go through divorce proceedings. (LegalMatch.com/effects-of-an-annulment)

Thus, if you have been legally separated you cannot remarry, on the other hand, annulment is a termination of marriage in general.

What about Divorce? I think the only distinction between divorce and annulment are its price, and the time-consume for processing.  Divorce is cheaper than annulment, and making it a pro-poor.  Unlike annulment, there is a lot processes that you need to undertake, and too much burden for the aggrieved party, to wit: you need to hire an psychiatrist in order to declare the incapacitated of the parents, those who are poor could not able to afford it.

Now in my stand, I firmly support Divorce because of its astounding necessity and cheap price.  More so, I would respectfully and faithfully based my grounds on the Scriptures that any person cannot divorce his wife except in sexual immorality. (Matthew 5:31-32). That only the guilty party cannot remarry, and the aggrieved party can do so.  If I am not mistaken, majority of the Filipino families are poor and couldn't be able to maintain their marriage for long, and who really wishes to generally terminate their marriage.  I will always argue that Divorce can be helpful for those poor families.  For example, supposed  a poor Family of X and Y, and Y being a husband committed a violation to their marriage and is a ground for a divorce, and so X having the ground  to file a divorce yet only annulment is allowed to undertake.  What would happen? X will be constrained to maintain the marriage because of lack of money to file for an annulment. As we all know that annulment is very expensive and I believe that only those elites can avail that while many poor Filipino families are calling every day to make their marriage terminated cannot avail such thing. 

The contention of the CBCP is irrelevant in the case of pushing for Divorce Law in the Philippines that instead of pushing this, the government should focus to address the social issues like poverty, prostitution, unemployment and the like.  But the question is that: Isn't family issues not a social one? The CBCP lacks to grasp the actual economic and social condition of the Family in the Philippines.  The worst is that they even claim that they have the duty to educate people! I argue that it is the duty of the State to educate, improve, and empower the people through proper education.  It is quite right to include the religious ideals and morals to one of the school's subjects.  But claiming the duty to exclusively educate? I don't think so.  I believe more  in the potential of the State to do so.

Pideral Commentary: Bangsamoro Political Entity? Why not make the entire Philippine political subdivisions to be transformed into Federal States?

The 2012 Framework Agreement was promulgated on behalf of the Philippine Government and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (a separatist movement from the Southern Philippines) for the creation of Bangsamoro Political entity.  This supposed Bangsamoro entity,  according to the Framework Agreement, will replace the current ARMM with a more empowered and more equitable system.

But what is more empowered than it was still an ARMM before? Does it have a less effective, empowered and equitable government system for the ARMM when it was still an ARMM? The parties did not give justifiable reasons for this.  The only reason they gave was the severe poverty escalating throughout the ARMM (2012, Framework Agreement).  More so, when it has been concluded that the only way to improve the social condition or status-quo of the ARMM is to replace it with the Bangsamoro political entity, a strong muslim separatist movement have supported it like the MILF.  But the question now arises: does ARMM the only regions that are suffering from severe poverty in the Philippines? Hardly.

 When in this present system Muslim Political Rivalries among muslim families are severe and  worsen how much more if they will have their own independent authority?  This is the trouble: there is not a single phrase in the framework agreement that focuses on the presentation to legislative department.  What does this mean? It does mean that Bangsamoro entity will have its own legislative department and is unique and supplementary to their own laws which is Shari'ah Law and is concurrent to national laws.  Puting aside the Bangsamoro political entity as apart from the national government will only increase ethnic conflict, warlordism, and the so-called Muslim political rivalries will worsen. Further, in the framework agreement it states that the Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces will be put "beyond use" through a process of decommissioning. (Framework Agreement, 2012).  Is this really the case why the government agreed to have a convention regarding the Framework Agreement creating Bangsamoro political entity? To put an end against war and call for agreement for demarcation of state-enemy with providing them aid and relief to their wishes. Well, if that's the case, regions having rebel infested areas must intensify their struggle to call also for the same to meet their wishes, it is clear that the Government has a tremendous and overwhelming support over this case. But do we really need to have an action such as that?

There is a lot of regions that suffered from poverty - and one thing which I don't like is the dependency of the region on the national government.  R.A 7160 otherwise known as the Local Government Code thus provided the local government units economically only to levy, collect, and accumulate taxes and to sustain and generate projects for source revenue of the local government.  Politically, it is still dependent to the national government in terms of its structure, organizations, committee of the government, the president can still supervise, mandate and impose regulations to it and lastly the representation to congress.  LGU's have legislative councils yet it is not enough to support the overwhelming majority of the people in its manner of presentation and participation- it is not fully autonomous.  But then there are cases by which the president can supervise the LGU provided by the Local Government Code but in practice it shows the contrary. How much more in Judicial aspect? Regions have only RTC's they don't have regional superior court or regional supreme court that would finalize the judgment of cases.  When RTC's cases will appeal to the supreme court these will be junked because of so many cases therein pending. That's why in familiar query Justice delayed is justice denied.

Why can't the Government call for a total change of the government system to leap into Federal system? Such as having a biases, unfairness, and unequal representation, maldistribution of revenue among regions shall be diminish and overcome.  Putting too much emphasis on Bangsamoro political entity will not solve the problem of the Philippines as a whole unless if we transform the present unitary presidential system into Federal.  Whereby all regions will turn into local state or States having a constitution, congress and supreme court of their own;  full political, economic and judicial autonomy, to decide whichever economic system and measures shall be used by a certain state depending upon its economic resource. Retaining 80% of tax revenue to the state and contributing 10% to the national government for support.  I firmly believe that this is the only way the government can improve the status-quo of the Philippines.  Rather than only Bangsamoro political entity shall be granted with the same or Mindanaoans will soon calling for a total change.  Would you wait for that Mr. President? Don't be.

The Epitome and Aftermath of 2013 Senatorial Election

I have often asked my self: Is there anything new for this up-coming 2013 elections? Would this lead to change? These questions I hope would be in the mind of every Filipino who are registered voters and are ready to vote for 2013 senatorial elections.  Let's stick to the questions: Is there anything new?  Would this lead to change?  As I have studied Political Science at University of Mindanao I have learned how to scrutinize the system, analyzing and suggested a series of proposals for changing the system, and knowing itself got me to different levels of analysis.

To begin with, I would start pointing out what are the qualifications of the Senators,so let's take a look in our 1987 Philippine Constitution.  The Qualifications for Senator are found under Section 3, Article VI of the 1987 Constitution, to wit:

“No person shall be a Senator unless he is a natural-born citizen of the Philippines and, on the day of the election, is at least thirty-five years of age, able to read and write, a registered voter, and a resident of the Philippines for not less than two years immediately preceding the day of the election.”

Let' me get straight.  I think the two most important qualifications there are a person running for senator is least natural-born citizen and able to read and write.  But in essence the most important qualification that needs to be scrutinize here is the phrase that able to read and write.  As it is written, the framers of the constitution intended to create a smooth flow or equal, non-biased and indiscriminate qualifications for a public office.  In effect, everybody can run for office whether you are educated or not, poor or rich, except if disqualified by the Commission on Elections.  Honestly, as a Political Science student and a member of civic and academic and highly respected organization (La Liga Politica, a political science organization at UM) I don't approve of that able to read and write qualification, representation of senators and the structure of the senate.  Here are my reasons:

First, that qualification maintains the exploitative political system, and since we're having a government system that is a unitary and presidential, meaning, our senators or whoever senators who wish to run for office need to have the support of the vast majority of the registered Filipino voters, they aren't elected  directly in their respective districts or regions.  The practice of this is shown in today's candidates and campaign schemes.  Look at how they guise as public servants, trying to political persuade people from their propaganda and platform. Isn't the duty of every public official to serve the public; and to devote his work duly on the service of the people? Why they are so pushy and assertive about what they intend to be their platform? I understand that one candidate must present, show and explain their platform in the public but not in the sense that they did so in a manner of being exploiters of the system.

Second, that it breeds political exploitation of the system, ever since of the history of Philippine Politics, few were able to express their intellectual ability to govern this country, and all of them suffered under the same system, and as part of the Philippine politics, it is not new.  While this country maintains its apathy, crook political system and the apolitical behavior or attitude of the people towards politics, majority of the senatorial candidates today is exploiting the system itself for their own advantage, of course, not to mention Grace Poe and Bam Aquino, who come from a popular family and thus using it as their propaganda. Badly, the grandmother of Bam Aquino was the late President Corazon Aquino who was the widow of the late Sen. Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino, and after the husband was assassinated in Tarmac now known as NAIA, Cory Aquino then exploited and took advantage to run for presidency because she knew that she would win the election, unfortunately, she lost, but when the People Power Revolution is coming, again, she exploits it and join the PPR, after toppling the Marcos Administration, as expected, Cory Aquino became the President by chance.  That's how the candidate is exploiting the system, go with the flow.

Third, it leads to malpractice, unintelligent and poor governance because it only allows those who are able to read and write to run for office, and the COMELCT only scrutinize them in so far as their moral character is concerned - and nothing more.  Nothing in the constitution or in COMELECT procedures that require a candidate to pass through a series of training, deeper scrutiny, profiling of their achievements and experiences that are written regarding officialdom.  But some might argue that some of our officials especially presidents were from a prestigious colleges and universities. But why is it that the Philippines is poor in terms of governance and economic planing? Well, they had a problem regarding grasping the true condition of the society and acting accordingly, and perhaps, I suspect, they lack to grasp the most important theories behind political governance and economics. And yes it's true that our previous officials and presidents were educated and graduated from prestigious universities but this country remains poor.  Have you ever wondered about it, my friend?

Fourth, aside from that qualification, one thing I will point here is that our present political system maintains unequal representation particularly in the senate. Imagine that only few candidates are representing Mindanao and the worst is that their hearts and minds are not close to Mindanao.  Because one thing for sure regarding this is that the senatorial structure is not fixed; that senate representation suppose to be equal to the candidates apportioned among regions. But this has not met.   While we do have 17 regions, imagine my friends, out of 17 regions Philippine senate has only 25 members and most of them are not coming from Mindanao, and mostly candidates quarreled during election campaign.   What injustice is this!

In line with this, the 2013 senatorial election can do nothing with change, because of the system that operates it.  Still unequal representation is prevalent, apathy of the politicians, and the most apolitical behavior of the Filipinos.

I suggest, that we will have a revision of our constitution and political system.  I highly endorse that we should have a Federal form of Government; change the qualification able to read and write into must have a bachelor's degree and should have passed through an federal electoral academe.  In that case, regions will turn into a local state or State having constitution, congress, supreme court of their own - shall  only elect senators to represent them in the national congress, and thus the unequal representation would be overcome and change, also the apathy and less-visioned attitude of the people  will change.  System change, people change!

The Lady Maharlikan

For how many times you have been raped

Whiped and struck down to the bottom of dirt

By foreign tyrants and opportunists

Who assumed to be the benevolent and kind

Who offer you the opportunity but asked to have you

To spread your legs, tie your arms and to penetrate peacefully

For who is a worst tyrant?

He who is kind and benevolent

You still deserve the best of my love

You, who have been many times

Were embarrassed and spitted

From the face of your land

To the face of the world.

And still forever able to stand naked and spread your arms

Still you are able to endure the evils

Of challenges and risks against to your very nerves

Against  high waves of bombs

The thunder of whips of guns and canons

You have suffered the worst slavery among all the ladies

Though, may not be as showcase of shadows

But beyond doubts of the beats and pressures

They are seen and felt by the utmost hearts and minds

Of the Maharlikans whose over the centuries

Were strong and courageous enough to fight

For those who engage in a battle

Whether intellectual and armed

You are the treasures and volts

Of hope and freedom

That anyone who desire to insult you

Must face the wrath of the Maharlikans

By an enduring intellectual powers

I know that  you will accept the challenges of history

For you have and will forever show your greatness and strength

To fight on and carry the torch of freedom, independence, justice,

Hope, wisdom and progress

That you may able to wear the badge of honor

Which you have and still longing to wear.

For those cowards, the not-all

The not-yet and irreplaceable sparks

That live within the very soul of some Maharlikans

The challenge is for those who are willing to commit,

Dedicate and consecrate themselves for your salvation

For nowadays the Maharlikans seem to have lost their souls and spirit

And contended for what they have, that they don't want to reach out

The peaks and edge of progressiveness that is on the top

For they live within themselves with irrationality, cowardness

And unjustified selfishness for which they think is right.

Your purification is for and by those who are willing

To love you and shall soon accept the challenge of history 

For the beautification of your face, your culture and body

That which has been the victim of injustice

You shall be free and happy.