{"article":{"id":233174,"heading":"ARROYO IS STILL WRONG IN SAYING THE RIGHT THING","author":"Echo Park Community Coalition (EPCC)","created":"2009-12-16 20:45:26","modified":"2013-11-11 01:03:47","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Nov 2013 08:03:47","article":"<p>GMA,She was playing with words. <br><br> OUST GMA, NOW <br><br> Echo Park Community Coalition (EPCC)  <br>  <br> Contact; Jerry Esguerra  <br>  <br> Phone: (818)749-0272  <br>  <br> Los Angeles  <br>  <br> December 15, 2009  <br><br> ARROYO IS STILL WRONG IN SAYING THE RIGHT THING  <br><br> Los Angeles--Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in defending her declaration of martial law in Maguindanao said:&ldquo;we can only have justice when there is peace.&rdquo;  <br><br> She was playing with words.  <br><br> Just like with everything else. GMA played with the Congress and let them hold a useless session just to pull the rug under them by &ldquo;lifting&rdquo; the martial law she declared beforehand. She played around with the Supreme Court by giving them a fait accompli and rendering the case &ldquo;moot.&rdquo;  <br><br> She was clearly playing with the provisions of the 1987 Philippine Constitution when she declared the Maguindanao Massacre - perpetuated by the Ampatuans against political rivals, journalists and innocent bystanders constitute an act of rebellion.  <br><br> Hardly ever \"real justice\" or the equitable dispensing of it has been a prerogative under the U.S.-Arroyo Regime.It does only takes a minute for them to disperse unarmed demonstrators in Manila while it took the administration almost three weeks to muster enough courage to reign in the Ampatuans.  <br><br> Questions are emerging lately even within the ranks of the \"TRAPOS\" whether the declaration of Martial Law in Maguindanao was a brazen attempt to scuttle the criminal investigation and prosecution of the Ampatuan clan - a staunch Arroyo ally.  <br><br> When the culture of impunity marches with greater impunity. When the suppose leader of the land makes a mockery of the law, bends it and interprets it to her own expediency&mdash; what degree of impunity must we call it?  <br><br> No amount of rhetoric can save GMA from her legacy of impunity. She is defending the indefensible. Like the Fascist Dictator Marcos,she belongs to the dustbin of history.  <br><br> It is right after all to shout --again and again: NO JUSTICE NO PEACE!  <br><br> OUST GMA NOW!  <br><br>  <br>  <br> <\/p>\n","contact":"epcc_la@hotmail.com","link":"","address":"337 Glendale Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90026","phone":"818-749-0272","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","summary":"Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in defending her declaration of martial law in Maguindanao said:\u201cwe can only have justice when there is peace.\u201d \r\n\r\nShe was playing with words. \r\n\r\nJust like with everything else. GMA played with the Congress and let them hold a useless session just to pull the rug under them by \u201clifting\u201d the martial law she declared beforehand. She played around with the Supreme Court by giving them a fait accompli and rendering the case \u201cmoot.\u201d \r\n\r\n","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2009\/12\/al__s_12-10-09_pix_004.jpgs8w9n1.jpg","filesize":"623.0 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2009\/12\/233174.php","image":{"original":"\/uploads\/2009\/12\/al__s_12-10-09_pix_004.jpgs8w9n1.jpg","small":"\/uploads\/2009\/12\/al__s_12-10-09_pix_004.jpgs8w9n1.jpgthumb.jpg","medium":"\/uploads\/2009\/12\/al__s_12-10-09_pix_004.jpgs8w9n1.jpgmid.jpg"}},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}