23/09/2025
𝗕𝗔𝗛𝗔 𝗦𝗔 𝗟𝗨𝗡𝗘𝗧𝗔 𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗨𝗕𝗜𝗚 𝗔𝗧 𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗜𝗦
It was September 21, 53 years ago, that then President Ferdinand Marcos Sr. proclaimed Martial Law, shrouding the entire nation in deeper corruption and oppression. Though the roots have been planted long before Marcos Sr’s rule, corruption within the highest public offices remains a staple in our politics as it had 53 years ago.
Filipino history is dotted with examples of the student-youth taking to the streets to protest against political corruption. We saw this again during the EDSA Revolutions, when the student-youth alligned with different sectors of Filipino society to oust Marcos Sr. and Erap. The rallies during September 21 were just part of a long history of Filipino resistence.
Now, as climate change mixes with misuse of public funds by politicians and contractors, the basic Filipino masses become more vulnerable to flooding and other natural disasters. Now, the Filipino people are fed up and angry which is why such protests continue being organized.
On top of all of that, Tamaraws bear the brunt of Tuition Fee Increase while the burden of learning shifts to students and teachers through Hybrid Learning. Aside from an increasingly exorbitant Basic Tuition Fee, students and teachers must continue paying fees for online learning materials while ensuring internet connectivity, itself unreliable given the sorry state of infrastructure in the Philippines. All the while, the administration refuses to account for such policies, refusing to hold a Tuition Fee Consultation last year. As student-youth, we face the double burden of a corrupt political system and educational system while we face an uncertain future in a nation where the buying power of wages go down and the cost of living increases.
Anger is valid and protest is justified. We are the victims of a system that has long treated us as cash cows for the greedy elite. The state may send as many policemen and soldiers as they can, but our forces will always be stronger so long as we become organized!
As such, Kabataan Partylist FEU vehemently condemns such blatant corruption, making fools of the masses while the wealthy elites continue growing richer. We realize that so long as the Filipino masses continue enduring such crises, our colorful tradition of resistence shall only grow stronger.
Thus, we call on the student-youth to open their eyes to the fact that the only way to fight corruption is to strengthen the student-youth movement. We must combine our forces with the women, workers, farmers, LGBTQ+, and other sectors of Filipino society if we want to realize genuine and lasting change.
Tamaraws, do not be afraid of the Marcos Sr. administration or even the FEU administration. With our combined forces, we shall show the world that we are a force to be reckoned with!
Let us transform our anger into action!
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