ABS-CBN News 10/27/07
Matapos makalaya si dating pangulong Joseph Estrada nitong Biyernes, umakyat pa ang bilang ng mga pumirma sa online petition para patalsikin si Pangulong Arroyo at Vice President Noli de Castro kasabay sa pagtatawag ng isang snap elections.
Nitong Biyernes, nasa 340 ang lumagda sa isang online petition para sa isang snap elections at pagbibitiw nina Pangulong Arroyo at de Castro.
Pagkalaya ni dating pangulong Estrada, tumaas ang bilang sa 525.
Isang grupong binubuo ng mga civil society leaders ang nagsu
sulong ng kahilingang ito.
Nakuha na nila ang suporta ni Sen. Aquilino Pimentel Jr.
“Importante ito para magkaroon ng at least bagong pangulo at matatahimik siguro ang bansa for the moment,” ani Pimentel.
Pero para kay dating vice president Teofisto Guingona na ilang beses na ring nagtawag ng pagbibitiw ni Pangulong Arroyo, ibang usapan na ang snap elections dahil may malinaw na prosesong dapat muna nitong pagdaanan.
Ayaw nang patulan ni de Castro ang panawagan.
Pero para sa isang ordinaryong Pilipinong madalas nagiging piping testigo na lang sa mga rigodon sa pulitika hindi na ito dapat pagkaabalahan pa.
“Huwag na. Pampagulo lang iyon eh. Iyon ngang barangay elections ang gulu-gulo di lalo na kung biglaang eleksyon ng pangulo. Hindi na,” anang isang ginang sa panayam ng TV Patrol Sabado.
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I have signed up for the online petition for snap elections because I support it 100%. But I say it should have happened right after the evil fake president grabbed the throne - right after she deprived us of democratic rights.
I, however, could never fathom other people's understanding of the whole thing. I know of a lot of people, most of them family members and relatives, who still thinks GMA as some sort of a hero - that she cheated in the recent presidential polls to save our nation from further corruption and moral degradation. They were of course referring to the Erap Administration. I say they are being ridiculous! They believe that she cheated and yet they have justified her wrongdoing in their own conscience as an heroic act. How ridiculous can it get? The only fact that we should consider is: GLORIA ARROYO CHEATED HER WAY TO PRESIDENCY. From that fact, we should be reasonable and educated enough to conclude that the act only meant a mad craving for the position. Because while in position, she has the power to steal, abuse, and kill all she wants. Because while in position, her whole family has protection from the law that's why her husband is now like a wild animal on the loose. Because while in position, she can manipulate everything to her advantage. All these because we let her.
My father always quotes Jose Rizal..."The Filipinos are not yet ready..." and I totally agree that until now this quote holds true. We can be blind and we can be idiots. Like what my favorite columnist Conrado de Quiros said, to question who else is more fitting to become president than Gloria is idiotic - because that is what polls are for. Is it a question that I alone has to answer? No, it is for what all Filipinos as a whole dictates. Or has Gloria made us forget about what democracy really is with her being a devout churchgoer and her mother image?
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