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Wednesday, December 28, 2005
Arroyo faces further political unrest next year: solon
ILOCOS Norte Representative Ma. Imelda "Imee" Marcos said Tuesday the country under the leadership of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will face more political turmoil as the people would start the year with intensified demonstrations, protests and other forms of dissent against the government.
Marcos issued the statement as she claimed that people are expected to suffer more next year brought about by the appalling state of governance under the Arroyo administration.
Majority of Filipinos, according to the lawmaker, would continue to suffer from abject poverty, especially when the government imposes the two percent additional expanded value-added tax (e-VAT) come January or February next year.
"The people may no longer bear much pain and suffering. Prices of basic goods continue to rise. Corruption, crime, unemployment are at its worse, and many businesses collapse. The Filipinos have nowhere to go in 2006," Marcos said.
More opposition congressmen have expressed the same sentiment that the people will suffer more from the present administration, especially when the President still refuses to address the issues besetting her government.
"As long as she refuses to address the issues and controversies facing her, the unrest will continue. People will remain dissatisfied and will continue to demand for her ouster," said Iloilo Representative Rolex Suplico.
Taguig-Pateros Representative Alan Peter Cayetano said the demand for President Arroyo's ouster would be intensified in the coming year because "people are not getting what they wanted from this administration--the truth."
Even the military junior officer, Marine Captain Nicanor Faeldon, who escaped his military escorts a few weeks ago, has reiterated call for the ouster of the President.
Faeldon urged the public to "reassert our rights" and to "reclaim our pride and dignity".
Marcos, for her part, believed that the call for Arroyo's resignation is "only but a legitimate call and the only way to end the public's unrest."
She said: "The situation is ripe in 2006 for an uprising. President Arroyo should be cautious and watchful because the Filipino people are already angry - including the police and the military," she said.
"If President Arroyo does not step down in 2006, the country would have to face further political and economic turmoil," she added. (DBP/Sunnex)
(December 28, 2005 issue)
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