BY AUBREY MAKILAN
Posted 12:25 p.m. March 3, 2006
Members of the
legal profession conquered Edsa Shrine on March 3, less than an hour
before the president lifted the state of emergency at 11:30 a.m.
The lawyers and
law students, led by the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP), marched
from the IBP grounds to Edsa Shrine. Outnumbered by the protesters, the
police were not able to prevent them from setting foot on the shrine
premises where a 30-minute program was held.
Aside from the
controversial Presidential Proclamation No. 1017, former Teofisto Guingona
urged that other “repressive” measures like the General Order No. 5 be
also rescinded.
Among the
groups that gathered at the shrine, under the alliance Concerned Lawyers
for Civil Liberties (CLCL), were the Council for the Defense of Civil
Liberties (Codal), Libertas, Alternative Law Group (ALG), and law students
from different universities.
Bulatlat
Photos by Aubrey Makilan
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