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Saturday, July 09, 2005
Speak out: Why Arroyo should resign
By Jong Rojas
It is a fact that the Arroyo administration has become unpopular because of the controversy over the taped wiretapped conversations between President Arroyo and former Comelec commissioner Virgilio Garcillano during the canvassing of votes in last year’s elections.
The President’s popularity has plunged to lows that could be at the same level when the governments of Ferdinand Marcos and Joseph Estrada were toppled through extra-constitutional means.
Can we afford to stage for the third time a people power uprising to oust a president?
Stratfor, a Texas-based think tank, commented in its Feb. 25, 2004 report that, “One more major political disturbance will push the Philippines over the edge, sending investors scurrying as Manila’s ability to implement policies at home and abroad is questioned.”
The same report indicated that if another popular uprising takes place, the state risks losing substantial credibility in global markets and the confidence of world powers, making worse the problematic image of the country in the international arena.
Stratfor concluded that if the Philippine government is under constant threat of collapse, the country would likely be unsuccessful in free trade talks with Japan and the Asean or in rebuilding a strategic alliance with the United States.
President Arroyo must resign because we really can’t afford to have another people power.
If she makes herself an immovable object against an irresistible force (people’s wrath), then history will judge her as one who brought the country towards disaster.
Resignation is the only way for the political cauldron to simmer down.
(July 9, 2005 issue)
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