Statement of the Ateneo Debate Society
We have achieved moral certainty that there is enough basis to call for resignation.
Why We Should Call for Arroyo’s Resignation
March 12th, 2008Statement of Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV
March 8th, 2008Branch 148, Makati RTC
06 March 2008
I am supposed to testify as a defense witness today in connection with my coup d’etat case at the Makati RTC. However, after much reflection, I decided to forego my testimony and write this letter instead.
There are a few undisputed facts in this case: 1) That on July 27 2003, I, together with 300 other officers and men, spoke the truth; 2) No person was harmed; 3) No property was damaged and 4) Not a single shot was fired. Yet, after almost five years in detention, we still stand accused of committing a crime that could have us incarcerated for life. Is this just? No. Did I ever regret my actions? No.
Now is the Time for Change
March 6th, 2008
Before sliding further into chaos, the Filipinos are again called on to stand up and act. The act of granting independence to a country does not make that country a nation. So many nations-states created after World War II have now disintegrated. Kosovo has just declared its independence this week from Serbia, which was once part of the nation-state Yugoslavia created after World War II.
The process of nation-building is long and eventful. Nationhood cannot be taken for granted. After EDSA 1986, the Filipinos had the opportunity to correct all the wrongs done to it by the Marcos administration and his new oligarchs as well as administrations previous to Marcos’. But the people were not vigilant. The old oligarchs simply came back to power. And later, the old and the new oligarchs joined forces and cut the Philippine pie among themselves.
