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  1. Join Date
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    Traffic na naman lalo for sure... ano kaya kalalabasan ng rally na ito

    Opposition to press for Arroyo’s resignation in Friday rally
    February 11, 2008 18:33:00
    DJ Yap
    Philippine Daily Inquirer

    MANILA, Philippines -- Opposition groups are mounting a demonstration Friday to pressure President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to resign following the revelations of Rodolfo Noel Lozada Jr. about the alleged bribes and overpricing tainting the $329-million national broadband network (NBN) contract.

    Organizers said on Monday it was too early to tell whether these protests would lead to another People Power uprising to unseat President Macapagal-Arroyo from power.

    "People power is never planned. It has its own momentum. What we're trying to see is how widespread public unrest is in terms of warm bodies and expressions," said Bayan Muna (People First) Representative Satur Ocampo.

    "We should understand the dynamics of mass movement…The important thing is to open up the venue for people to take action," he said.

    Details of the planned rally are still the subject of future talks but opposition leaders indicated it may be held either in Makati City or at Mendiola bridge in Manila.

    "The situation is more precarious now for the administration, unlike the time of the ‘Hello Garci controversy’," said lawyer and opposition spokesman Adel Tamano, who spoke for the groups.

    The 2005 "Hello Garci" scandal revolved around a recording of a tapped phone conversation, in 2004, between President Macapagal-Arroyo and then Commission on Elections Commissioner Virgilio Garcillano about her one-million-vote lead in the presidential election canvass.

    "Back then, it was just the opposition versus the administration. Now there's infighting within the administration," he said, citing what he called "cracks" in the ruling party such as the ouster of Representative Jose de Venecia Jr. as House speaker.

    On Monday, United Opposition president and Makati City Mayor Jejomar Binay called a meeting at Makati city hall with allied groups and activist organizations to discuss their next course of action.

    The meeting was attended by, among others, Representatives Crispin Beltran, Liza Maza, and Teofisto Guingona III, San Juan Mayor JV Ejercito, former senators Ernesto Maceda, Leticia Ramos-Shahani and Ernesto Herrera, and opposition leaders Jose “Linggoy” Alcuaz and Rez Cortez.

    The top item on the agenda was the opposition's stand on Lozada's revelations implicating top government officials and First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo to the alleged corruption marring the NBN deal.

    Tamano said the groups agreed to stand behind Lozada.

    "We're not saying he's perfect or that he's blameless or that he's without blemish. But we support him for telling the truth," he told reporters after the meeting that lasted almost two hours.

    He added that the groups also agreed politicians would take a backseat to the people, who should be the ones to air their sentiments, regardless of their station in life.

    "It's time for ordinary employees, drivers and teachers to also make their voices be heard," Tamano said.

    "We want the people to take the lead. It could be the Rotary Club, or a college debating society, or a barangay association, or a labor group. They just have to make a statement, and it does not even have to be a mass action," he said.

    He admitted that the group was initially hesitant about whether to categorically ask the President to resign.

    "We had some hesitation because we felt the public might think that it's again [another case of] politicians out to grab power," he said.

    But eventually they decided "the situation calls for it," Tamano said.

    Ocampo warned the government not to take any drastic action against the demonstration, which would be "within constitutional bounds."

    "This is going to be peaceful, lawful and constitutional," Tamano said.

    Asked if they would invite former presidents Corazon Aquino or Joseph Estrada to the rally, Tamano said "everybody is welcome."

    "Even Lakas of or FVR [former president Fidel V. Ramos] himself is welcome to join us," said Tamano.

  2. Join Date
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    sana ala nang pasok
    Damn, son! Where'd you find this?

  3. Join Date
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    Organizers said on Monday it was too early to tell whether these protests would lead to another People Power uprising to unseat President Macapagal-Arroyo from power.

    "People power is never planned. It has its own momentum. What we're trying to see is how widespread public unrest is in terms of warm bodies and expressions," said Bayan Muna (People First) Representative Satur Ocampo.
    hmm... this could be the start of a string or rallies.
    i hope di na umabot sa isa pang people's power.

    kung mapaalis si GMA, sana through due process.
    people's power has had its day, IMO.

  4. Join Date
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    OK sana yung layunin ng rally (in support of Jun Lozada's revelations sa ZTE).

    Pero if it's the same old clowns (Binay, Jinggoy, JV, Maceda, Satur Ocampo,
    etc.) leading it, nakaka turn-off yata.

  5. Join Date
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    ^oo nga eh. same old faces w/ the same old agendas. makes me wonder how sincere these wonderful guys are

  6. Join Date
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    O paalala lang po doon sa mga dadalo, maging mahinahon at wag maging
    violent at wag kalimutang magbaon ng mga kakanin baka kayo'y magutuman,
    sana pag igihan mabuti...para sa dolyar

  7. FrankDrebin Guest
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    Quote Originally Posted by buriroy View Post
    OK sana yung layunin ng rally (in support of Jun Lozada's revelations sa ZTE).

    Pero if it's the same old clowns (Binay, Jinggoy, JV, Maceda, Satur Ocampo,
    etc.) leading it, nakaka turn-off yata.
    Hehehe. Tapos nandun na naman si Guingona.

  8. Join Date
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    interesting......pupunta kaya lahat ng kampi kay lozada at galit kay GMA?....ready na ba tayo kay noli de castro?....i'm not going

  9. Join Date
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    So far our company haven't got any feedback on the upcoming rally. If this will really push through, I'll post a notice here for you guys avoid traffic.

    But honestly, di ba parang nakakapagod na if we don't like the President, we always do the "People Power". In my own point of view, parang nawawala na ang essence ng People Power kasi sa mga nangyayari sa gobyerno natin now.

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    circus circus

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