It’s really annoying how Michael Defensor and Raul Gonzalez proclaim that all these arrests and calibrated responses are part of their defense of the state. They claim the nation is at threat kaya may national emergency. Wow, the way I see it, only Gloria Arroyo’s leadership is at threat. They shouldn’t claim the entire country is at risk just because Arroyo’s presidency is in danger from people who are tired of her leadership. What’s really sad, is that the military has become her army, ready to protect her in guise of their protecting the “state”.
Weren’t these the same reasons Ferdinand Marcos used for declaring Martial Law?
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The fact that the highest position in the land is under threat is not reason enough for national emergency for you? Please look at the implications.
Only her prolonged grip on power is at threat.
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[ Since you're so against press freedom, I censored your comment. I'm the dictator here. -- BIKOY ]
“Only her prolonged grip on power is at threat.”
Under the constitution, Mrs. Arroyo legally has that “grip on power” for six years. If it’s threatened, as president she has all the right to defend it. What is threatened here is not the president but the presidency, and not just one person but an institution.