GMA MUST GO!
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Please bring us back to the barracks
We are soldiers. We are also citizens. We, together with our families, are so much a part of the community more than our beloved organization. We are not faceless automatons incapable of thinking, feeling and discernment. We feel the pain of our neighbors as much as their anger. We see their oppression and sense their hopelessness. Of course, their happiness is ours too. But they are not!We, too, can distinguish good from evil, a truth from a lie, an honest one from a cheat and a thief. But it would be our most grievous sin if we tolerate and do nothing about it.
In the 2004 elections, a misguided and partisan few from among our ranks went out of our barracks not with a noble intent….but to commit a crime against the people. The rest of us stayed behind and watched as it happened. These criminals in uniform strayed away from barracks not to protect the people, but rather to subvert the will of the people. They are still out of barracks trying to cover up for the crimes they committed while suppressing the truth. Sadly, more are being lured out of barracks to partake of the loot.
EDSA 1 and today are no more different. In fact, today is worse than the conditions that prevailed before. There are more compelling reasons for the soldiers to go outside of its barracks. The mess that was created in 2004 either by direct participation and/or by silent complicity needs to be cleaned. It would be the height of insensitivity and callousness to let alone the people do the cleaning when we, ourselves, were so much a part of it. Going out of barracks to join the people in communal action to rid the ills that befell our nation is a Constitutional duty. In fact, it is demanded of us, as soldiers, by the very people whom we failed. Let us not, this time, fail them. Let our voices be heard from the barracks. Let our sense of community be felt from the barracks. And let our actions be seen in and out of the barracks.
After everything has been said and done…. We appeal to the Filipino people to bring us back to barracks and keep us there. Keep us forever in barracks by electing responsible public officials and holding them accountable, by being ever vigilant and by strengthening your sense of community. We, your soldiers, will then march back to barracks to settle to the task of keeping your worthy trust and respect. Let that be our covenant.
Keep the spirit burning and MABUHAY KAYONG LAHAT!
Maj. Gen. Renato Miranda and Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim, Marines and Scout Rangers
incarcerated for allegedly planning to withdraw support from Gloria Arroyo two years ago.
February 25, 2008
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THE TRUTH
It is often said that “the truth will set you free.” Bu this would be understood in the philosophical and moral context, because the truth, in many cases will send a person to prison. Mr. Lozada does not appear to be a saint, but the truth may have set him “free,” as perhaps, it was a means for him to attain peace with his own God and to reconcile himself with his concept of what is just and good. However, for Mrs. Arroyo, some members of her family, and their cohorts, including Mr. Esperon, the truth will send them to prison.
And so it is said again that “the truth hurts.” The truth may hurt because, well, it could send you to prison. But the truth could hurt more if and when it publicly reveals a person for who he really is, e.g. – a crook, a cheat, a liar, a coward, or simply dishonorable. It has been said that a man values his reputation more than anything else. Whether that reputation is correct or not is a different matter. Nobody wants to be called or known as crook, a cheat, a liar, or a coward. That is why people go to great lengths to hide their true nature, or pretend to be something they are not in order to cultivate a more palatable public image. Some people have become so adept at this deception, that they fool even themselves.
And so we come to the next point – what is the truth, anyway? Goebbels once said that a lie, repeated often enough, becomes truth. In law, regardless of what the reality is, the truth could simply be what the available evidence shows, and ultimately what the tribunal declares it to be. And, in a society such as ours, who really “determines” what the tribunals of law say? Is truth what historians say it to be? And who writes history? Is it not the victors of the present dispensers of power?
Mr. Esperon and his handful of minions are fully aware that the vast majority of the men and women of the AFP are already repulsed by the brazen, unabated and worsening corruption in the highest levels of government, the unmitigated and boundless greed of a favored few, the government’s insensitivity to the abject poverty and suffering of the masses, and the politicization of key officers and positions in the AFP. Mr. Esperon should know, because he is right at the center of this depraved, decadent and degenerate administration. Deep inside him, Mr. Esperon knows that he no longer has the respect or support of the men and women of the AFP. In truth and in fact, Mr. Esperon relies on nothing other than military bureaucracy and chain of command to maintain nominal control and to project an image of unity in the AFP.
Mr. Esperon has made repeated and frantic calls for soldiers to uphold the constitution and the laws of the land. He would like to brand himself and his group as defenders of the constitution and those who oppose him as “mutineers,” “rebels,” “Adventurists,” “rogues,” “criminals,” and “enemies of the state,” with “messianic complexes.” This call comes from a man who has violated the constitution and the law many times over, and with impunity.
Following the constitution or defending the constitution, indeed sounds appealing and the proper thing to do. For, we have wakened and lived all our lives in a society held together by that social compact known as the constitution. But we must open our eyes and rise above paradigms that have become dysfunctional in a society such as ours. The truth is that our leaders, including Mr. Esperon, have no respect for the laws of our land and for our constitution, but they hide behind its rhetoric when they find it necessary, convenient or expedient to entrench or perpetuate themselves in power. The truth is that our leaders, our political elite and their business partners, are using and abusing our institutions, our laws , our constitution, an our processes to give a semblance of legitimacy to what is in fact an immoral and unabated orgy of corruption greed and abuse of power. The truth is that, under our constitution, SOVEREIGNTY RESIDES IN THE PEOPLE AND ALL GOVERNMENT AUTHORITY EMANATES FROM THEM. Hence, when the current political elite use the very institutions of government to commit and “legitimize” unspeakable abuses, wreak havoc and inflict all sorts of injustice against the people, THE MASSES HAVE THE MORAL, CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL RIGHT TO CLAIM AND EXERCISE THE SOVEREIGNTY THAT PERTAINS TO THEM IN THE FIRST PLACE. And the further truth is that the ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES IS THE PROTECTOR OF THE PEOPLE AND THE STATE.
This is the common yearning of all democratic peoples, indeed all peoples, as embodied in the American Declaration of Independence: “All men are created equal, x x x they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, x x x among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. – That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, - That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government and to provide new Guards for their future security.”
So the question again is, what is the truth? Who are the rogues, who are the criminals, who are the enemies of the state, who are the enemies of the people? Who are the crooks, the liars, the cheats, and the cowards? Who are the true defenders of the people and constitution? IT IS THE VICTOR WHO WRITES HISTORY. That is why Mr. Esperon will do everything in his power to ensure Mrs. Arroyo’s political survival. Mr. Esperon’s fate is cast with that of the current administration. His loyalty is not to the constitution, his loyalty is not to the people, rather his loyalty is to himself, and to those who will ensure his survival.
The clarion call for TRUTH is being sidestepped by a flurry of calls and messages evoking undying loyalty to a person, at the expense of institutions. Shameless and pathetic are but tame words to describe these actions of some members in the AFP leadership.
I WILL DIE FOR YOU MA’AM…but never shall I die to ferret out the TRUTH behind the “Garci Tapes” and the involvement of Mr. Esperon and his criminal gang in the 2004 elections.
I WILL DIE FOR YOU MA’AM…But never will I die in defense of our soldiers and policemen who have been robbed of their housing units.
I WILL DIE FOR YOU MA’AM…But never shall I die to demand for the combat pay of our dying soldiers in the battlefield.
I WILL DIE FOR YOU MA’AM…But never shall I die to protect citizens and “Lozadas” whose truth will undermine your presidency.
I WILL DIE FOR YOU MA’AM…But never shall I die for the right to air legitimate grievances.
I WILL DIE FOR YOU MA’AM…for in doing so; I continue to enjoy the perks and benefits of my position. Err, please keep the funds flowing. I don’t care if those funds come out of the misery of our soldiers or that of the citizenry. Ma’am, I will die for you, even if it takes my own soldiers to shoot me. To hell with them!
WHATEVER HAS BEEN OR WILL BE SAID AND DONE, THE TRUTH IS THAT THIS GOVERNMENT HAS BECOME DESTRUCTIVE OF THE ENDS OF LIFE. LIBERTY AND JUSTICE. THE TRUTH IS THAT THIS GOVERNMENT HAS A LONG RECORD OF ABUSES AND USURPATIONS, EVINCING A DESIGN TO REDUCE THE PEOPLE UNDER ABSOLUTE DESPOTISM. THE TRUTH IS THAT THE FILIPINO PEOPLE HAVE THE COLLECTIVE CONSTITUTIONAL, NATURAL AND MORAL RIGHT AND DUTY TO DEFEND THEMSELVES, TO FIGHT FOR A BETTER FUTURE, TO FEND THE YOKE OF POVERTY AND CORRUPTION, AND TO RID THEMSELVES OF ABUSIVE, CORRUPT AND UNWANTED LEADERS.
February 20, 2008
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Break the chain of lies and deceit
We express our support for truth and justice. As members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines who have sworn to defend the Constitution and protect the Filipino people, we refuse to be cowed into silence and submission by a leadership anchored on thievery and deceit.The events that transpired during the elections in 2004 have brought so much shame in the collective conscience of the AFP. A cabal of a few criminal elements in the Armed Forces led by Mister Esperon has wrought so much misery to our country and people. The silence of the majority reinforced this misery. There will be No Esperons, No Abaloses, No Pidals, No Garcias, No Bolantes, No Garcillanos, No Bedols, No Neris if only there were more Lozadas.
Engr. Jun Lozada has broken the chain. And by doing so, he has been liberated. Our Armed Forces, whose chain of command has been used to cheat the people, lie to the people and oppress the people, has lost all its moral claim as protectors of the people in the eyes of whom we seek to serve. It is now time to break that chain and liberate the Filipinos. In the words of Mr. Lozada, “let us keep whatever is left of our souls”.
To the Filipino people, we are one with you. Your aspirations are also ours. Your dreams are also our dreams. Your actions may well be ONE.
MGGEN RENATO P. MIRANDA, COL ARIEL O QUERUBIN, COL ORLANDO E DE LEON, COL JANUARIO G CARINGAL, COL ARMANDO V BAÑEZ, LTC CUSTODIO J PARCON, LTC ACHILLES S SEGUMALIAN, LTC NESTOR T FLORDELIZA, LTC EDMUNDO D MALABANJOT, MAJ JASON LAUREANO Y AQUINO, MAJ FRANCISCO DOMINGO R FERNANDEZ, MAJ JOSE LEOMAR M DOCTOLERO, CPT JAMES C SABABAN, CPT RUBEN B GUINOLBAY, CPT MONTANO B ALMODOVAR, CPT JOEY T FONTIVEROS, CPT ISAGANI O CRISTE, CPT WILLIAM F UPANO, CPT DANTE D LANGKIT, CPT ALLAN C AURINO, CPT FREDERICK M SALES, 1LT ERVIN C DIVINAGRACIA, 1LT JACON S CORDERO, 1LT HOMER A ESTOLAS,
1LT SANDRO U SERENO, 1LT RITCHIEMEL S CABALLES, 1LT BELINDA R FERRER.
February 15, 2008
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Panahon na para manindigan
Nais po naming ipaabot ang aming pagbati sa lahat ng nakikibahagi sa napaka importanteng pagkilos na ito. Bagama't kami po ay kasaukuyang nakapiit dito sa PNP Custodial Center sa Camp Crame, kasama ninyo kami sa diwa at damdamin. Kami po ay malugod na nagpaaabot ng aming pakikiisa sa inyo.
Pagkatapos po nating marinig ang mga rebelasyon ni Jun Lozada kung gaano na kalala ang korapsyon sa Malacañang, kailangan po sigurong mag muni-muni tayong lahat at pag isipan natin ang kahulugan nito sa buhay natin at kinabukasan ng ating mga anak. Ayon po kay Jun Lozada, hindi pa sila nakuntento sa 3.2 bilyon na kickback mula sa ZTE NBN project, walang pakundangan pang pinakailaman nila ang pondong nakalaan sana para sa pabahay ng ating mga sundalo at pulisya at para sa proyektong patubig para sa barangay para makakuha ng 200 milyong dolyar o 8 Bilyong pisong kick back. Ang masakit po nito, tayo ang magpapasan at magbabayad para dito. Grabe na'to!
Ito ay isa na lamang dagdag sa sangdamakmak na anomalya at iskandalong nagawa ng GMA Administration sa nakaraang pitong taon.
Panahon na para magdesisyon! Panahon na para manindigan! Panahon na para kumilos! Panahon na para mamili ng bagong lider ang ating bayan.Sa lahat ng lider ng ating bayan at sa lahat ng ating mamamayan, samahan po ninyo kami ni manawagan kay Gloria Macapagal Arroyo na magbitiw na.
Ituloy po natin ang laban para sa katarungan at katotohanan! Ituloy po natin ang laban para sa Inang Bayan!
Mabuhay ang Pilipinas!
Brig. Gen. Danilo D. Lim (AFP), Senator Antonio F. Trillanes IV, Capt. Gary C. Alejano PN (M),
Capt. Segundino O. Orfiano Jr. PAF, Ltsg Manuel G. Cabochan PN, Lt James A. Layug PN, Ltsg Andy Torrato PN, Ltsg Eugene Louie P. Gonzalez PN, Ltjg Arturo S. Pascua Jr. PN, 1Lt Billy S. Pascua PAF, 2nd Lt. Jonnell P. Sangalang PN (M),
Ens Armand G. Pontejos PN.
February 14, 2008
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