February 19, 2006 · Posted in: Edsa Special, Podcasts
Edsa 20/20: Jose Luis Martin ‘Chito’ Gascon
‘WE removed the dictator, but we retained the political system’
Chito Gascon was president of the University of the Philippines student council when the Edsa revolt broke out. He was there every day, as were thousands of other students. Not long afterward, he was appointed the youngest member of the commission that drafted the 1987 constitution. Since then, he has remained actively engaged in political and social movements. He is a member of the Liberal Party and was briefly education undersecretary. Like many of his generation now inching toward middle age, Gascon realizes that the country is in a quagmire. But unlike many of his contemporaries, he has not been swallowed up by the system but continues to fight it.
Yvonne T. Chua talks to Gascon in this podcast.
Length: 00:30:13
File size: 20.7 MB
2 Responses to Edsa 20/20: Jose Luis Martin ‘Chito’ Gascon
ryebosco
February 19th, 2006 at 12:44 pm
What can bring about change?
THE GUILLOTINE WILL SHARPEN OUR DISCIPLINE AND CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY!!!!!
meinardus
February 21st, 2006 at 12:13 am
Congratulations, Yvonne, for this fine interview ith Chito Gascon. After listening to Chito I can only repeat what I often say: The fact alone that a person like Chito is not a leading figure in Parliament (or any other elected office) shows the deficiencies of the Philippine political system.
By the way: I wonder which political parties Chito was talking about when he said they are “nothing more than alliances of convenience”.
PCIJ – keep podcasting!