Administration congressmen finally agreed June 30 to play the CD containing the wiretapped conversations between the President and a top election official suggesting electoral fraud last year. More and more legislators believe Macapagal-Arroyo will be judged not in Congress but in the streets. BY DABET CASTAÑEDA Bulatlat.com The protracted debate over whether to play the…
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From Political Crisis to a Revolutionary Situation
Any scenario that would preserve the present political institutions which have proven to be rotten and already past their age – or something that will put up a military junta – will only precipitate a more radical transformation. And the new political struggle may usher in a revolutionary situation. By Bobby Tuazon Bulatlat.com The next…
More Protests Despite Gov’t Harassment
Youth groups launch alliance vs Arroyo The youth was one of the formidable forces in the second Edsa uprising which catapulted Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to power; it may as well be the same force that will boot Arroyo out of Malacañang. By Carl Marc Ramota Bulatlat.com Various youth and student groups are now gearing up for…
Bulatlat Interview: ‘Patriotic AFP Members Can Join Council’ – Sison
By Bobby Tuazon Bulatlat.com Bulatlat last week held an email interview with Prof. Jose Maria Sison as a political analyst and inspirational leader of the national democratic movement in the country with regards the current political crisis. Sison, who is on forced exile in The Netherlands, is also the current chief political consultant of the…
Transition Council – Answer to Crisis of Legitimacy
A well-known Catholic bishop, party-list leader and others agree that a transition council should replace President Macapagal-Arroyo, whose ouster is being sought by more and more Filipinos. By Art Allad-iw Northern Dispatch Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY – A Catholic bishop believes that there is a breakdown in the government as manifested by the present crisis in…
Oust-GMA to End Mining Liberalization, Conference Declares
A national conference on mining held recently concluded that President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo serves as an instrument of corruption and plunder by foreign mining corporations and declared her ouster as an urgent agenda. BY FELICISIMO H. MANALANSAN, JR. Bulatlat.com For participants to the Second People’s Mining Conference, realizing the ouster of the Macapagal-Arroyo government is not…
Tracking `Gloriagate’ Scandal: The First Two Weeks
The following is a chronology of events on the allegedly wiretapped conversations between President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and former Election Commissioner Virgilio Garcillano. The author presented this at the forum titled “Gloriagate Tapes: What the Public Should Know” last June 24 at the University of the Philippines Faculty Center. By DANILO ARAÑA ARAO Bulatlat.com June 6:…
How and What If?
On the taped conversations, the legitimacy of the GMA presidency, and the validity of the laws signed by GMA The controversy generated by the surfacing of CDs containing taped conversations allegedly between President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and former Election Commissioner Virgilio Garcillano has provoked a debate on whether the presidency of Malacañang’s current occupant is legitimate…
Revolutionary Government
By ELMER A. ORDOÑEZ Bulatlat.com Francisco Nemenzo Jr., former president of the University of the Philippines, has said at a Diliman forum that the alternative to the present administration—facing a crisis of confidence—is a revolutionary government. Francisco Nemenzo Jr., former president of the University of the Philippines, has said at a Diliman forum that the…
Time for a Change
The current presidential crisis may be a threat to Macapagal-Arroyo but it is also an opportunity for the nation to wrestle with the fundamental question on what is the best solution. By Bobby Tuazon Bulatlat.com Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo faces the biggest threat to her presidency and how she is able to handle this will determine whether…
Gloria’s Prayer and Other Jokes
Filipinos have been known for their sense of humor even in times of crisis. Bulatlat thanks the readers who have sent the following jokes. By Bulatlat Bulatlat.com Gloria’s Prayer Gambling Lord’s Who art in Jueteng Hakot be thy name Thy kickback come Thy wealth be done in Malacañang As it is in Pampanga! Amin yan!…