I should clarify that I am not asking for the position of the Craft when it comes to political matters. Indeed, our masonic duties are distinct and separate from our political stands. But inasmuch as Masonry is a moral philosophy, I believe it should stand on the side of truth. Therein lies our duty: when the principles that we uphold are trampled upon by a government that has lost much of its credibility and moral authority, a government that covers up the truth with reckless imprudence and dirty politics, a government which has institutionalized corruption. I am not for or against civil disobedience, which this country has experienced many already. But I am all for it when all the constitutional and legal means for peaceful redress have been exhausted, and the reasons are as valid as the 1986 EDSA revolution, which many of our brethren in politics, military, and civil society participated in to overthrow a dictatorship. One brother laments that many of our brethren in politics seem to have forgotten loyalty to country, to people, and to democratic principles. He thinks duty to country has been replaced by political expediency. As a way of proceeding, maybe the Craft should send representatives to the various fora and discernment talks happening all over the country. Maybe it should join the calls for a different kind of revolution, a moral revolution where truth and justice reigns, as it should in any free country. This does not mean that we should drag the name of the fraternity into politics, but instead break our silence and social malaise, and speak out and join our people in seeking the truth. If we cannot do this as a group, I hope there are brethren who still consider it a masonic duty to contribute individually in condemning “evil”, in this case the unjust social structures perpetuated by a corrupt government.