| Visayas Republic Leaders include, from left, Bohol’s Erico Aumentado, Cebu’s Gwen Garcia and Negros Oriental’s George Arnaiz. Governors’ meeting tomorrow expected to root for President Arroyo’s stay in office.(Sunstar file) |
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If President Arroyo survives and stays, the least she can do is support a constituent assembly to amend the Constitution, different party leaders said.
But if she is illegally kicked out of office, her allies south of the capital pledged to form the “Visayas Republic.”
“With our rich resources, we in the Visayas can stand on our own, but this is a long shot,” said Bohol Gov. Erico Aumentado, who heads the League of Provinces of the Philippines and the Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (Ulap).
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