Mayo Uno na!
The Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 150 denied Anakpawis Representative Crispin Beltran’s motion for temporary release for May 1, 2007 International Labor Day. We received word around 3pm this afternoon, and suffice it to say, Ka Bel was not happy.
Being the trooper that he is, however, he quickly rallied and said that other means must be utilized to make sure that he’ll be able to deliver his speech for Labor Day. Thank goodness for my trusty Zen — its battery gave out five minutes after Ka Bel finished recording his speech for the Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) -led rally tomorrow.
Tomorrow is also Anakpawis Party-List’s miting de avance. It’s going to be scorching hot tomorrow and the risk of heat stroke is nothing to laugh at or dismiss. I keep thinking - pataasan na lang ng kamulatan bukas to stop ones’ self from rushing under the shade and staying out of the sun (and hence keep some distance away from the stage and the main program).
I don’t have sun glasses and I really wish I could get some. The sun’s glare is so blinding sometimes that my eyes tear up.
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I feel awful for Ka Bel. I mean he has been looking forward to the miting de avance for weeks and hoping that he’d be released by then. But then again, it wasn’t as if we really pegged our hopes on the promise of the Arroyo administration that it will not stand against Ka Bel’s legal motions calling for his immediate release (but then again, miracles still do happen).
The Arroyo government is so keyed up and every day up to election day we can bet that GMA and her henchmen will be paranoid-alert and refusing to give a single inch to her detractors and critics. Ka Bel’s lawyers have already filed a motion for bail (filed last Thursday) and we are still waiting for the Supreme Court’s decision regarding that. May pag-asa pa. (It hurts like hell though, the fact that sleazebuckets like Raul Gonzalez are free and clear and get to strut around spouting garbage but Ka Bel remains detained.)
In any case, Ka Bel is still keeping his spirits up. I told him that in a way he’s lucky to be staying inside an airconditioned room while the rest of us will be frying, baking and broiling under the sun. (Right, as if he ever minded the heat, basta nasa rally si Ka Bel, enjoy siya and never ever complains! Aaargh, nakakainis talaga).
Anyways, kita-kita-kits bukas sa mga sumusunod na assembly
points sa ganap na alas-11 ng umaga:
@ PLAZA STA CRUZ, sa harap ng Santa Cruz Church
@ PLAZA MORIONES, Tondo,Manila
@ PLAZA MIRANDA,Quiapo Church,Manila
@ TM KALAW corner TAFT Avenue, Manila.
@ SAN ANDRES corner, TAFT Avenue, Manila. Sabay-sabay na magmamartsa patungong Liwasang Bonifacio para sa main program.
Hwag kalimutang magdala ng tubig, maliit na tuwalya, sunscreen or sunblock (naks), pamaymay at portable refrigerator at/o aircon unit.
