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The war in our midst.
(From Philippine Daily Inquirer)
Byline: Conrado de Quiros
(This is a much abbreviated version of the talk I gave at the graduation rites of UP Visayas in Iloilo City last Monday. The full text appears on Inq7.net on Saturday.)
THE PHILIPPINES is in the midst of a war today.
I do not mean by this the "war against terror," though that is cause for grave anxiety itself. We have been fighting the Abu Sayyaf for some time now, and for some reason, despite the deployment of the awesome resources of government, we can't seem to get rid of them. I do not mean by this the war in Iraq, though that is cause for even graver anxiety. The physical war is over but its consequences have yet to unfold. I do not mean by it our war against crime, though that is still an even graver cause for anxiety. You know crime rages when people you know get to be victims of it.
I mean by it that this country is in the midst of a war with itself. That is cause for the gravest anxiety of all.
The clearest proof of it is the finding by a local survey group last year that 19 percent of the population wants to leave the country. That is a startling figure. Of course, we can always be optimistic, or facetious, and look at the bright side of it. We can always say: At least 81 percent of the population still wants to remain in this country.
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