i was there...

i was in DENR office the past days and what i experienced there is very different.
there were 25 hunger strikers willing to sacrifice by not taking food in order to attain our goal: revocation of INTEX's Environmental Compliance Certificate,cancellation of MPSA, and recognition of 25 year moratorium of Oriental Mindoro and resolutions of 8 towns of Occidental Mindoro.
I arrived there late afternoon of tuesday.
there were many people and only few do i know.
later i was informed that others went to the congress for the privilege speech regarding the issue.
on the evening i opted to stay and sleep there.
it was uncomfortable.
i still did because i have something fighting for.
The following day was the presscon.
different personalities made their statements.
On the afternoon, atienza, the DENR secretary talked to the leaders of the two provinces of Mindoro together with the leaders of the Church and some mangyans.
atienza decide on the dialogue to suspend the ECC.
Holy mass was celebrated after that only to find out later that what was agreed upon was different from what he signed.
hunger strike continue..
the ultimate objective may not reached but what happened to us is more than enough reason to continue the struggle.
this is not an easy battle nor a short one.
this is a journey, a lifelong journey.
we are not doing this for ourselves but for everybody, next generation included.
i learned..i decide..TULOY ANG LABAN...