The battleground is outside this echo chamber

"I AM part of the solution #KulayRosasAngBukas" was one of my tweets that garnered a modest amount of likes on Twitter. The hashtag campaign #KulayRosasAngBukas, which started a day prior to the proclamation rally, occupied the top spot-on Twitter trends in the Philippines for hours. Many friends on Facebook also flooded my timeline with pink profiles and cover photos.

"The rose is the symbol of our campaign because, in our country, the rose also stands for love, hope and a better life," said Barry Gutierrez, spokesperson for Vice President Maria Leonor "Leni" Gerona Robredo. When interviewed by a reporter on February 7 at the Leon Q. Mercado High School, Robredo explained how pink represents our aspiration of what we would be if the government is honest.