In the same place where the Peoples’ Power Revolution ousted Ferdinand Marcos twenty years ago today, there’s turmoil again. Meanne writes:
A state of National Emergency or Proclamation 1017 has been declared by Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. The emergency rule gives the military and the police the power to arrest and use force against whosoever they perceive as ‘enemies’. There are now threats of more political repression and curtailment of peoples’ rights. And the situation is bound to get worse. Opposition Senator Aquilino Pimentel has called for an emergency session of the Senate to look into the latest actions of Malacanang.
Another group of protestors are currently massing up in Ayala, Makati City as the wave of protests calling for the ouster of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo continues.
Photo credit: Joseph Purugganan. For more, check Manila and Quezon City Indymedia.
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[Via Meanne].