State of Emergency
That's what Her Highness GMA just declared, after the military preempted a plot to boot her ass out of Malacañang. She spoke at length about her resolve to deal with so-called "traitors" with the full force of law.Well, she sure frames the issue in such an interesting way (sarcasm intended). Granted, there exist anti-GMA factions that seek to destabilize the government and usurp her power for their self-serving interests. But isn't it ironic for GMA's administration to impose a ban on rallies, conduct warrantless arrests, and invoke all sorts of constitutional provisions to justify its actions, when GMA herself was catapulted into power via the same processes that civilians "circumvented" (read: staging EDSA Dos, even without a rally permit) just five years ago? Given the way she has flouted the law time and again, isn't it ironic for her to invoke the rule of law, if only to intimidate or silence civilians seeking to exercise their constitutional rights? Who's the traitor now?
I have a lot of thoughts to share, as far as the (il)legitimacy of GMA's presidency is concerned, but I'd rather wait for things to unfold before I say anything more on the matter. There's so much going on in the Philippines, particularly in Manila, right now, that I don't want to sleep yet because I don't want to miss anything important. I've been checking the late-breaking news on the Inquirer website for the past couple of hours.
I still think GMA should resign.
found herself @ 1:24 AM
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I have mixed feelings about GMA resigning. Who is going to take over? Another corrupt or another person without conscience like her? I am so confused when it comes to this issue. I do not want her in position but there seems to be no one who is worthy of leading the country.
The only thing I can do right now is to pray.
nakikibaka ka na rin pala!!!
welcome to the club :)
toi! toi! toi!
I think GMA is better than the previous president. All we have to do is accept the reality because graft and corruption in our government is like a malignancy slowly eating and killing us all. No treatment as of this date, only remedies to ease the sufferings.
I think our country had too much of democracy. We can always resort to "people power" revolution every time we feel we don't like the leadership.
i say let her finish her term na lang para wala nang gulo. sobra naman kasing nabulag sila erap sa power kaya gusto nila i-oust si GMA.
can't we just get along just once? nakakapagod at nakakasawa na eh. :(
hai naku! kaya di na talaga makakaahon ang Pinas dahil lahat na lang ng nakaupong presidente gusto kaagad patalsikin... ai ewan na lang talaga pag politics na ang pinauusapan lalo pa sa ating bayan. ang daming matatalino eh!
wala naman daw coup na naganap or attempted coup talagang takot lang si gloria, natatakot sa sariling multo na ginagawa ng pamilya nya tsk tsk tsk tsk!
Even Cory realized that Edsa dos was a mistake kasi look at where it led us.
I agree with you Diane, GMA should resign because she is the problem.
Hay naku, kahit sinong pumalit sa pwesto kurakot pa rin, bakit?
kaya nga sila nag agawan sa pwesto eh!
Ngayon, patalsikin si GMA, huh! sinong ipalit yong grumadwet lang ng automotive pero sikat na artista? hehe..example ko lang ha!
Kahit presidente ng barangay nangungurakot pa rin kagaya ng tita ko hehhe.. totoo ha! Kasi ba naman alam nyang nangurakot ang mayor, eh di alangan patalo sya nangungurakot na rin hehe...
Kaya, ewan kelan pa kaya mapatay ang sakit na corruption sa ating bansa tsk tsk tsk.
nga pala Di, maraming salamat sa planner hehe..nagustuhan ko mwahaha love you talaga.
hahaha honga bilis mo sa balita eh, kaw pa nagbalita sa kin eh. :)
Absolute power corrupts... If you look at most of the leaders now, yan din ang mga aktibista nong panahon ng kabataan nila. Madali tayong makalimot sa pinaglalaban natin pag nasilaw na tayo ng ginto at papularidad. For me i guess Filipinos have too much freedom and we're not that responsible for this previledge.
Sinong papalit? si Noli? ...wala na akong masabi...
dianne guapa, musta naman ka diha? easy ka lang, walang sinabi yan nangyayari ngayon sa pagpapatalsik kay marcos. bukas baka iba na naman ang headline...
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