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THE only
son of the first post-Edsa government on Monday assailed
President Arroyo’s remarks that the world would no
longer bear another Filipino revolution.
Tarlac
Rep. Benigno Aquino III, son of former President Corazon
Aquino, called as “self-serving” Arroyo’s statement at
the 21st Edsa anniversary on Sunday, that there should
not be another Edsa as the international community will
not tolerate another such uprising.
“The
world will always respect a people that stands for what
is right. Let us not be deceived by her claims,” said
Aquino, whose mother supported then Vice President
Arroyo when she was first catapulted to the presidency
in January 2001 on the crest of massive demonstrations
against then-President Joseph Estrada, culminating in
the controversial Edsa 2.
Mrs.
Aquino, wife of martyred senator Benigno Jr., became
president in 1986 after a million people massed up on
Edsa to reject the suspect results of the 1986 snap
elections.
Noynoy
Aquino, who is running for the Senate under the banner
of the Genuine Opposition, said that the President’s
address on the occasion of the 21st celebration of the
Edsa revolution on Sunday was meant to instill doubts
and fear among Filipinos.
It was
issued, according to him, to make the Filipinos “just
accept her presidency despite questions regarding the
legitimacy of her government.”
Leading
the celebration of the people power revolt, Arroyo said,
“The world embraced Edsa in 1986. In 2001, the world
tolerated another Edsa. The world, however, will not
forgive another Edsa, but instead will condemn the
Philippines as a country whose political system is
hopelessly unstable and the Filipinos as the finest
people but who always shoot themselves in the foot.”
Meanwhile, progressive party-list group Anakpawis has
supported the bid of the Genuine Opposition (GO) to be
declared as the dominant opposition party by the
Commission on Elections.
Anakpawis party-list Rep. Rafael Mariano said that it
would be a mockery of the 2007 elections if the
administration party, Kampi, or the Nationalist People’s
Coalition, would be declared by the poll body as the
dominant opposition and not the GO.
A
political party declared by the Comelec as the dominant
opposition party gets the privilege of securing a copy
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