New Year’s revolution

NEW Year’s resolutions are, at best, a fun tradition. It does not hurt to attempt to undertake changes, vow to do something new, and aim to do better.

But a new year does not mean simply starting over and just stashing away all that has come to pass in the previous year, or years.

Making a list of New Year’s resolutions should not only be about venturing into the new but also resolving to clear things that have been left unsettled.

Topping our list is pushing for accountability in the 10/11 flood, the biggest to hit the province in recent history, in October last year. While Typhoon “Pepeng” did bring with it an unprecedented amount of rainfall, which prompted the flooding, water released from the San Roque dam aggravated the disaster. When will the Espino administration finally file the complaint vs. San Roque Power Corporation and the National Power Corp.?

Next is the need to claim justice for victims of unresolved crimes – both for the prominent personalities such as former San Carlos Mayor Julian Resuello and the common citizens whose lives cut short in senseless murders are by no means less important. Police authorities and judicial officials need to act more swiftly became each day that justice is delayed is justice continuously denied.

Then there is the continued inaction of the Dagupan City government and the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology on the continued pollution of the Dagupan beach by the Dagupan District Jail. Each day of continued indifference makes the beach hazardous to the communities and bathers.

The illegal fish pens continue to abound despite repeated assurances from local government units including Dagupan City. Unless mayors act in a concerted fashion, fishkills will become a regularity.

Voters must now start evaluating the candidates for the election in May. That means assessing the performance of old faces who are seeking either re-election or another position, weighing the potential of newcomers in the political scene, and then there’s that tricky situation of new faces linked to the old-time politicos.

There is a sense of a brewing revolution in the country this year – a revolution of the non-violent kind, one where we feel there is indeed hope for meaningful transformations in politics and consequently, in the quality of life for most people, especially those who have long been economically and socially deprived in our society.

In 2010, let us resolve and evolve.

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