Comments on: Sumilao Walk http://jesserobredo.wordpress.com/2007/11/17/sumilao-walk/ Lessons From My Life's Work Sat, 05 Sep 2009 10:20:25 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Magsaysay Awardee Jesse Robredo on Sumilao Walk* « The Village Tickler http://jesserobredo.wordpress.com/2007/11/17/sumilao-walk/#comment-95 Magsaysay Awardee Jesse Robredo on Sumilao Walk* « The Village Tickler Tue, 18 Mar 2008 07:30:46 +0000 http://jesserobredo.wordpress.com/2007/11/17/sumilao-walk/#comment-95 [...] November 18, 2007 in Village Tickler 2007 The Sumilao March mirrors the general picture of our society today. Poor people continue to suffer. Influential people, fearful of the loss of their pelf and influence, idly sit back and watch where the wind will blow before they cast their lots. Meanwhile, the decision makers wait for these influential people to make their move so they can fittingly respond. This is how I look at the Sumilao problem. This is how problems of inequities come to be. - Naga City Mayor Jesse Robredo on Sumilao Walk [...] [...] November 18, 2007 in Village Tickler 2007 The Sumilao March mirrors the general picture of our society today. Poor people continue to suffer. Influential people, fearful of the loss of their pelf and influence, idly sit back and watch where the wind will blow before they cast their lots. Meanwhile, the decision makers wait for these influential people to make their move so they can fittingly respond. This is how I look at the Sumilao problem. This is how problems of inequities come to be. – Naga City Mayor Jesse Robredo on Sumilao Walk [...]

]]> By: edna http://jesserobredo.wordpress.com/2007/11/17/sumilao-walk/#comment-51 edna Fri, 14 Dec 2007 09:00:35 +0000 http://jesserobredo.wordpress.com/2007/11/17/sumilao-walk/#comment-51 reading your reflection, i feel proud to be a resident of naga - with you as our leader. i know how you tried to make local governance as pro-people as possible. and now, with your stand on the sumilao farmers, i feel prouder of you even more. yes, this may be a lonely fight, but it is better than not fighting at all. it is better than just to let injustice prevail without any whimper at all. at least, they (the unjust ones) know that there are still people whose principles cannot be bought and local officials who have not been swallowed by the system. God bless you, Mayor, and may the light never die in you. reading your reflection, i feel proud to be a resident of naga – with you as our leader. i know how you tried to make local governance as pro-people as possible. and now, with your stand on the sumilao farmers, i feel prouder of you even more. yes, this may be a lonely fight, but it is better than not fighting at all. it is better than just to let injustice prevail without any whimper at all. at least, they (the unjust ones) know that there are still people whose principles cannot be bought and local officials who have not been swallowed by the system. God bless you, Mayor, and may the light never die in you.

]]> By: MANILA BAY WATCH http://jesserobredo.wordpress.com/2007/11/17/sumilao-walk/#comment-48 MANILA BAY WATCH Mon, 10 Dec 2007 01:54:38 +0000 http://jesserobredo.wordpress.com/2007/11/17/sumilao-walk/#comment-48 The Sumilao farmers are not asking for charity but are asking to be given back their land that's been ceritified as theirs by the previous Philippine government and is therefore morally theirs by right. The Filipino nation must help them achieve their quest -- the nation must not allow their government to betray the Sumilao farmers again! Give back the Sumilao farmers their land! The Sumilao farmers are not asking for charity but are asking to be given back their land that’s been ceritified as theirs by the previous Philippine government and is therefore morally theirs by right. The Filipino nation must help them achieve their quest — the nation must not allow their government to betray the Sumilao farmers again!

Give back the Sumilao farmers their land!

]]> By: Homar Murillo http://jesserobredo.wordpress.com/2007/11/17/sumilao-walk/#comment-44 Homar Murillo Wed, 05 Dec 2007 04:49:10 +0000 http://jesserobredo.wordpress.com/2007/11/17/sumilao-walk/#comment-44 some sacrifices are worth doing. i believe the sumilao march is more than a symbolic protest. it is a quest for justice. perhaps, filipinos are still not trully free from the bondage of the soil. perhaps quasi-feudalism still exists in this country. i hope the sumilao walk is the start of the journey towards true land reform. some sacrifices are worth doing. i believe the sumilao march is more than a symbolic protest. it is a quest for justice. perhaps, filipinos are still not trully free from the bondage of the soil. perhaps quasi-feudalism still exists in this country. i hope the sumilao walk is the start of the journey towards true land reform.

]]> By: jesserobredo http://jesserobredo.wordpress.com/2007/11/17/sumilao-walk/#comment-36 jesserobredo Thu, 22 Nov 2007 15:06:46 +0000 http://jesserobredo.wordpress.com/2007/11/17/sumilao-walk/#comment-36 gari: many are watching in the sidelines. do not lose hope. we were bystanders once. Here we are now, "walking" with you. gari: many are watching in the sidelines. do not lose hope. we were bystanders once. Here we are now, “walking” with you.

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