Adaza: People still longing for change promised by Edsa revolt

Homobono Adaza. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO

MANILA, Philippines—Twenty-eight years after millions flocked to Edsa for the historic People Power Revolution, many Filipinos still need to see the change the revolution promised.

“Now many people still want change. The government did nothing for what people believed were dreams for changing the landscapes.  The landscapes did not change,” Atty. Homobono Adaza said in an interview on Inquirer Radio 990AM on Tuesday.

Adaza, a political prisoner and an outspoken critic during the Marcos regime, said corruption still exists in a massive level adding that the dreams of the people who fought for change were insulted.

“28 years after, a lot of people are regretting,” Adaza said, citing a lot of people who had been saying that they have not gotten what was promised during and after the revolution.

According to Adaza, the life of the poor and the middle class has not changed and claimed that unemployment and lack of education still haunt the government.

Adaza also pointed out that the oligarchs are back in full strength and lamented that only few key players of the people power revolt were remembered and others were forgotten and ignored.

“Those who created the waves are forgotten but those who rode the waves are the ones visible,” he said.

He mentioned that the Edsa revolt would not have happened were it not for the people who created the situation.

Daza, however, said he still has high hopes for the Philippines.

“One day before I reach the sunset, maybe there will be a new dawn in this country and with a new dawn there will be a new day,” he said.