‘It is really Aquino who is the driver of the Cha-cha train.’
Workers reject Cha-cha, demand wage hike
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Filipinos warned against Aquino government’s rush to amend 1987 Constitution
By MARYA SALAMAT
When President Aquino sought US support for joining the Trans Pacific Partnership during his US visit, the US Ambassador to the Philippines Harry K. Thomas Jr. declared…“[we] have to change laws, issue executive orders and frankly, introduce amendments to the Constitution.”
Groups say Constitution needs enabling laws, not amendments
By MARYA SALAMAT
“Globally in the past ten years, the trend among countries is to put in restrictions and protection into their domestic economic policies; this is also true even among those who are pushing the Philippines to remove restrictions against foreign capital.” – Sonny Africa, Ibon Foundation
Sidebar: Critics view cha cha as 10 times more disastrous than current typhoons
Critics view cha cha as 10 times more disastrous than current typhoons
By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com Main Story: Groups say Constitution needs enabling laws, not amendments MANILA — In Tuesday’s hearing in Congress by the Committee on Constitutional Amendments, few groups expressed support for amending the economic provisions of the constitution. Of the nearly 20 groups that arrived to take part in the discussion, most expressed opposition…
US pushing for charter change to allow US firms to operate freely in the country
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“For several decades now, even with these restrictions in place, foreign investors and multinationals repatriated billions of dollars in profits without any real and substantial contribution to the domestic economy and social development.” Rep. Luz Ilagan, Gabriela Women’s Party
Increase in FDIs do not mean economic growth
NEWS RELEASE 16 August 2011 Gabriela Women’s Party Representative Luz Ilagan dismissed today attempts by Charter Change proponents to paint a rosy post Cha-cha scenario. “Let us not be fooled by Cha-cha’s promise of investments. Our experience shows that foreign direct investments have not resulted to employment, poverty alleviation and economic growth.” The Gabriela soon…
Cha-cha won’t lift PH from poverty – KMU
PRESS RELEASE 15 August 2011 MANILA — “More trade and investment liberalization won’t solve the country’s poverty. Implementing these through Charter change is like mistaking the poison that has made the country ill for the medicine.” This was labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno’s reaction to US Ambassador Harry K. Thomas, Jr.’s recent push for the…
Aquino’s Cha-cha to serve US, not Moro people – KMU
MEDIA RELEASE 12 August 2011 MANILA — “Given the present disposition of the Aquino regime, Charter change will most likely not serve the Moro people but the US’ capitalist and militarist interests.” This was labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno’s reaction to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front’s re-assertion of its demand for a Moro sub-state more…
Anglican Bishops Say No to Arroyo’s Cha-cha
By ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch Posted by (Bulatlat.com) BAGUIO CITY – As President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s allies in the House of Representatives have not given up their move to transform Congress into a Constituent Assembly (ConAss) to amend the 1987 Constitution, bishops of the Episcopal Church in the Philippines (ECP) have joined the opposition…
In Night of ‘Rape’ and ‘Outrage,’ Arroyo Allies in Congress Take First Step to Cha-Cha
Opposition congressmen tried to block the approval of House Resolution 1109 that would create a Constituent Assembly, with some valiantly opposing the apparent railroading of the measure. But the sheer number of Arroyo’s allies was overwhelming.
ConAss: Anakpawis Solon Slams “Tyranny of Majority”
Con ass rush reveal GMA not stepping down in 2010 Anakpawis party-list Representative Rafael Mariano today slammed what he described as the “tyranny of the majority” in rushing House Resolution 1109 and called on the Filipino people to rise up in protest of the Arroyo administration’s plan to stay in power beyond 2010. “Once again,…