Opposition Forces Should Link Up Now

While the road to May 2010 polls has remained unobstructed, events of the past few days seemed to suggest otherwise. Comelec has hinted a no-election scenario, whereby losing bidders can go to the Supreme Court to question the bidding process and delay or postpone the presidential elections. This could happen, according to the Comelec chairman, two months before elections are to be held. One would ask if there is an organized plot to delay or block the holding of the 2010 elections. Meanwhile, the drive to push through with the Charter change has gained full steam. The end-result of this is the holding of a Constitutional Assembly to change the Charter, in other words, change the form of government to a parliamentary one. Election watchdogs and citizen movements have been formed to see to it that the cleanest elections will be achieved in 2010. The goals of these groups, which are undeniably a part of the greater opposition forces working to "change" a corrupt society, are noteworthy; however, it is still important that all these forces vying for attention from a seemingly uninvolved populace should start to link up and share strategies and analyses with each other.