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Save as PDFArroyo’s Charter-Change Gambit: Longer Rule, Assured Immunity, Divided Public
Arroyo’s Charter-Change Gambit: Longer Rule, Assured Immunity, Divided Public
Analysts say the Arroyo regime is exploiting a disorganized political opposition and an apathetic (or deceived, if not coerced) public to ram through charter change so Arroyo can remain in power -- either as prime minister or House speaker -- and possibly protect herself from legal suits in the future. The key to confronting this gambit, they point out, is to transform the people’s discontent and disgust into real political action.
Slideshow: Lightning Rally Vs Arroyo in LA
Slideshow: Lightning Rally Vs Arroyo in LA
Lightning Rally Vs Arroyo in LA
Only 15, Student Confronts Military-Backed Political Repression in Quezon City School
Only 15, Student Confronts Military-Backed Political Repression in Quezon City School
Pressured by the military, officials of a high school in Quezon City rejected the enrollment of a student activist. She could only enroll at the school, they told her, if she signed a waiver that would prohibit her from participating in protest actions and rallies. Aghast and angry, the student decided to fight back.
Video: Con-Ass According to Juana Change and Pacquito Yu
Video: Con-Ass According to Juana Change and Pacquito Yu
Con-Ass According to Juana Change, Pac Yu
Dismantling of IALAG, Arroyo’s Shadowy Agency, ‘Just for Show’
Dismantling of IALAG, Arroyo’s Shadowy Agency, ‘Just for Show’
Unless the Arroyo regime released all the individuals it has thrown to jail for politically motivated and fabricated charges, the abolition last month of the agency behind these cases will amount to nothing but a publicity stunt, according to lawyers and human-rights advocates.
Audio: In Makati Rally, Fiery Words Against Charter Change, Arroyo
Audio: In Makati Rally, Fiery Words Against Charter Change, Arroyo
Audio: Fiery Words Against Charter Change
Slideshow: Outside Manila, the Same Indignation
Slideshow: Outside Manila, the Same Indignation
Outside Manila, the Same Indignation
Slideshow: ‘Stop Cha-cha! Enough of Gloria!’
Slideshow: ‘Stop Cha-cha! Enough of Gloria!’
'Stop Cha-cha! Enough of Gloria!'
A People Angered by a Shameless, Deceitful Regime
A People Angered by a Shameless, Deceitful Regime
Related Story: Threat of Flu No Match to Protesters' Outrage
More than a show of force, the protests across the Philippines on Wednesday were an expression of outrage, a manifestation of a people’s growing revulsion toward a regime that has become the most despised since the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos.
It’s Battle of Good Vs Evil, Church Leaders Say of Fight Against Arroyo’s Cha-cha
It’s Battle of Good Vs Evil, Church Leaders Say of Fight Against Arroyo’s Cha-cha
Several religious leaders have vowed to never abandon the Filipino people in their struggle to defeat the regime’s attempt to change the Constitution. Arroyo, they say, “has surpassed the brutality and evilness of martial law.”
Slideshow: Youths Out in the Streets Vs ‘Piggish’ Arroyo
Slideshow: Youths Out in the Streets Vs ‘Piggish’ Arroyo
Youths Out in Streets Vs 'Piggish' Arroyo
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