“The protests could grow bigger and bigger if Arroyo and her allies ignore the message of the Charter change opponents and continue to push for their scheme,” Bayan Muna Rep. Teodoro Casiño.
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Looming Showdown
The Arroyo regime is hell-bent on ramming through Mrs. Arroyo’s devious schemes to remain in power, no matter how isolated from and detested by an overwhelming majority of our people. Mrs. Arroyo’s railroading of Charter change (dubbed “Chacha”) will isolate her more and rush her rule headlong to political self-destruction. BY CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise/Business World…
Bonifacio Day Marked with Anti-Cha-cha Protest
Members of people’s organizations marked the birth anniversary of Andres Bonifacio with a protest against the renewed push for Charter change. Anakpawis Party List and the Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU-May First Movement) led thousands of protesters in a march from Plaza Miranda to the foot of Chino Roces (formerly Mendiola) bridge. Protesters carried a huge…
Cha-Cha Proposal to Legalize Foreign Plunder of Philippines’ Resources
The proposed amendment in the Constitution seeking to allow the foreign corporations to own land will legitimize the all-out and ongoing exploitation and plunder by foreign corporations of the country’s natural resources. BY IBON FOUNDATION Posted by Bulatlat The proposed amendment in the Constitution seeking to allow the foreign corporations to own land will legitimize…
Survey Reveals Most Filipinos Reject Cha-Cha
Majority of Filipinos continue to reject moves to amend the Constitution or charter change (Cha-cha), according to the results of the latest IBON nationwide survey. BY IBON FOUNDATION Posted by Bulatlat Majority of Filipinos continue to reject moves to amend the Constitution or charter change (Cha-cha), according to the results of the latest IBON nationwide…
Party-list group Slams Mikey Arroyo for Cha-cha Initiatives
Anakpawis Party-list criticized the signature drive initiated by Pampanga Representative Juan Miguel “Mikey” Arroyo, eldest son of Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, at the House of Representatives as ‘reeking of nepotism and crass opportunism.’ Mikey Arroyo’s signature drive calls for the convening of a joint Constituent Assembly (Con-ass) of the House and the Senate for Charter change.…
77% of Pinoys reject Cha-cha – IBON survey
Seventy-seven percent of Filipinos reject moves to amend the Constitution or charter change (Cha-cha), according to the results of the latest IBON nationwide survey. Of the 72.4 percent of respondents who answered that they were aware of the Arroyo administration’s moves to amend or change the 1987 Constitution, 77.4 percent said they were not in…
‘GMA must put into writing she won’t extend her term’
BY BULATLAT The umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan-New Patriotic Alliance) challenged Mrs. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to put into writing that she would not seek to extend her term beyond 2010. The challenge came after a United States think-tank revealed a study that charter change to extend the president’s term remains an option of the…
As House Committee Sets to Vote on Cha-Cha, Groups Stage Protest
BY Bulatlat.com August 26 – 2:30 p.m. Members of the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan-New Patriotic Alliance) and allied groups staged a protest in front of the House of Representatives, 10:30 a.m. today opposing moves to change the Constitution. The Committee on Constitutional Amendments of the House of Representatives will vote on the mode of changing…
Critics Tell GMA: Don’t Use BJE Issue to Push for Cha-Cha
Critics say that it is saddening that a landmark agreement, like the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain (MOA-AD) between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), is now being used as a tool to revive Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s charter change drive. BY NOEL SALES BARCELONA…
More than 60 Years After World War II: Filipina Comfort Women Demand Justice, Reject Arroyo’s Cha-cha
Sixty-three years after the Second World War ended, the Japanese Imperial Army’s “comfort women” are still fighting for justice despite their age. BY NOEL SALES BARCELONA Bulatlat.com Vol. VIII, No. 28, August 17-23, 2008 Sixty-three years after the Second World War ended, the Japanese Imperial Army’s “comfort women” are still fighting for justice despite their…