New People Power

New People Power
By Nicanor Perlas http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicanor_Perlas

The Philippines is known globally for "people power", its non-violent method of deposing dictators and corrupt heads of state. First there was People Power 1 that ended the Marcos dictatorship in 1986. Then there was People Power 2 that toppled the corrupt regime of President Joseph Estrada. So the nation felt a surge of energy when Archbishop Angel Lagdameo, the President of the highly influential Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), even if he was speaking for himself, publicly endorsed the idea of a new kind of People Power. A key question remains, however. What are the ingredients of this new kind of People Power?

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