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Gad, ang kapal talaga ng mukha ni Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. There is no phrase in English that’s more apt than that to describe her and how she conducts herself in the meetings with the leaders of the European Commission. She’s such a liar ,it’s a miracle that her nose doesn’t stretch all the way back to the Philippines. Everytime she opens her mouth, locusts and cockroaches and earthworms should be poring out along with her lies.
"I, too, am outraged over the killings."
Ang kapal ng mukha mo. Malamang nagdidiwang ka sa bawat isang aktibistang pinatay ng mga ahente at berdugo mo; pinangaralan mo pa ang demonyong si Palparan.
She applauds Jovito Palparan and insists on keeping around, protecting him from investigations and she says she’s outraged over the killings?! What a liar, I could throw up. It’s unreal how she can say all those things and not die of shame. She should be struck down by lightning.
Okay, so maybe I’m not all that surprised; after all, the woman has a track record of lying. — she’s lied about winning the 2004 elections; she lied about ordering Garcillano to maipulate the elections results; and every year since 2001 she’s been lying about the state of the nation.
But to lie about how she really feels about the extra-judicial killings! And to lie in front of the leaders of the international community and say that she’s essentially clueless about the killings and who’s behind them!
It’s all a matter of keeping a diplomatic front, I know; but jeez, I wish even just one of the EC leaders would deliver a more pointed statement and say that since 2001, political activists and human rights activists have been the target of the AFP’s campaign of terror and it’s already 2006 so is Mrs. Arroyo insane when she says that she has no clue about all these killings?!
I am, however, relieved and thankful that the leaders of the EC are strongly recommending (and even demanding) that representatives be sent to the Philippines to monitor the developments on the human rights front. International observers should come in and conduct their own investigations and fact-finding missions; and by just going around the areas where the killings have been taking place and talking to community residents, they will already get a stronger — and shocked — understanding of the situation in the Philippines.
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The Arroyo adminsitration is justifying its refusal to sign the covenant for the establishment of the International Criminal Court (ICC) by saying that if the RP becomes a signatory, the US government will stop giving military and even economic aid.
Where the hell does all the military and economic aid go anyways? Do Filipinos benefit any from it? Every single cent and dollar should be accounted for; development aid that doesn’t really go into genuine development projects for the poor; for sectors that need financial and structural support.
It’s insane, the US gets away with genocide everyday, and all the Macapagal-Arroyo government is concerned about is losing aid from the US. Macapagal-Arroyo, like her predecessors, are very willing, eager to turn a blind eye to all the crimes against humanity that the US government does day in, day out in exchange for a a few million dollars. That, in a nutshell, is the kind of president Macapagal-Arroyo is — mercenary.
