GMA: give up, get out!

DIE HARD III
Herman Tiu Laurel
7/7/2006



The Gen. Lim video and list of civilian supporters of the “withdrawal of support” adds to the long list of active anti-Gloria diehards, a list growing immeasurably. Gloria can only get more unpopular as time goes on because the nation simply will not accept a liar, cheat, oppressor, “plastic” character who has not sense of propriety, principle, pride and other the normal attributes of a respectable human being. Imagine, now the highly respected and popular Oscar Orbos is openly speaking out his mind on radio and TV. Gloria just hasn’t got anymore highly regarded people on her side anymore.

Oscar Orbos has been an executive secretary in Malacañang and a congressman of several terms, and no one has ever heard of any insinuation of corruption of the man. That is the stuff that the public respects and the same stuff that makes a man indignant over the corruption and decay that has been inflicted by Gloria and her corrupt and cheating gang on Philippines society. That Oscar Orbos was chosen by the Gen. Lim groups to be amongst the civilian leadership to help start the clean up of Philippine society reflects the clean intentions of Lim and company.

Gen. Danilo Lim is not indecisive as some quarters claim and to which they attribute the abortion of the February “withdrawal of support”, as the information surfacing now reveal if Lim and the reformist officer had their way they would have surrounded Malacañang immediately. As we heard last February, it was elements from the clergy who insisted that the change be “non-violent” and prevailed upon the reform movement to desist from decisive action and use the march to the Edsa Shrine to trigger the mass withdrawal of support.

A decent approach to GMA is never going to work because Gloria does not understand decency. This is a character trait we have witnessed since 2001 when she ordered the cold blooded murder of dozens of protesters at the May 2001 Edsa Tres demonstration in front of Malacañang. That has been followed by a bloody trail of violence against peaceful civilian popular protest climaxing in GMA’s infamous CPR and E.O. 1017. Lim and company, like Estrada, hoped to preserve Filipino lives GMA’s enforcers were too ready to fire upon fellow soldiers last February 24 and 26.

What ado does dissipated Malacañang executive secretary Ermita want to raise about Lim’s video? I propose that we show beside Lim’s video GMA’s video taken at the COPA Manila Peninsula ballroom February 2001 celebration of Edsa Dos boasting of her conspiracy with five active generals to oust the elected President Estrada, and on the other side GMA’s “I am sorry” video sequel to the “Hello Garci” tapes. Ermita and other GMA minion’s campaign to besmirch Lim is not going to work because people know it is GMA and her gang is the most guilty of treason and betrayal of Philippine democracy.

The overwhelming public reaction is in fact one of admiration of and support for Gen. Danilo Lim. Just try interviewing taxi and jeepney drivers. It’s still unanimous as far as my interviews go, and the condemnation of Gloria is universal. It would be great if after Gen. Senga retires that GMA appoints Esperon as Chief-of-Staff as the gang of cheaters can be easier to isolate from the rest of the population and the AFP rank-and-file. Esperon should do what he threatened, transfer Lim to Tanay’s maximum security prison and expose his and GMA’s depravity even more.

We salute “Boy” Miranda for standing by all the officers accused by GMA in the February incidents and challenged the regime to file the charges against him instead because the officers were only acted in support of him. That is the officer and gentlemen we visualize our soldiers to be, not the cheats and cowards that Esperon and company represents who operated in the cover of darkness to manipulate the elections results. If Esperon and company have any dignity then let them call for the release of the Mayuga report and they face the truth and its consequence.

Meanwhile, economic racketeering under Gloria continues. The Masinloc project delay is blamed on Meralco’s refusal to give a “supply contract” to any new operator; buy Meralco has supply contracts with its own IPPs. These so-called hard working business groups are really just riding on the guaranteed and risk free “supply contracts” we consumers assure them – there’s no competition! So why did we privatize at all. The announced WESM (wholesale electricity spot market) is also a scam making residential consumers subsidize the 1-megawatt consumers like Raul Concepcion’s businesses.

More rice importations from Thailand and China is scheduled, happy days for Malacañang’s cronies again; sad for our rice farmers and dollar reserves. While NEDA is claiming the “slowing” of the inflation rate to make a good impression, we all should know that this is actually being caused by the shrinking consuming power of the public. While oil deregulation continues to be in force and oil companies rake in windfall profites, jeepney drivers are compelled now to ask for an P8.75 rate from the present P7.00. National rage grows!

Gloria’s betrayals are leading this country to greater civil conflict, she’s no choice but to give up and get out!

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