Masyadong Overkill ang naging reaction ng Malakanyang. Kulang na lamang na pasabugan, bombahin ang buong building, durugin ang lahat ng mga tao sa loob, civilian, media at mga guest na nakachek-in sa Manila Peninsula, 'wag lang magtagumpay ang pagpapabagsak sa Malakanyang o "KUDETA" ng mga kaaway.Habang niraratrat ang lugar, nakakapagtakang tahimik, walang kasagutan ang grupong Magdalo, walang nagpapaputok o hindi sinasagot ang putok ng pwersa ng Malakanyang na nag-ala-NAZI - Gestapo/BUSH forces, blitzgrig na ina-assault, pinapaputukan ng 50 caliber (Simba) ang lugar.
"Trinatong mga TERORISTA, KOMUNISTA, TALIBAN, Iraqi Liberation Movement, MILF, MNLF ang lahat ng nandun sa loob ng Manila Pen." Masyadong nag-over react ang Malakanyang, hindi alam na pinunuod sila sa TV ng milyung-yong Pilipino at ng bung mundo (Al Jazeera, German DW, BBC, CNN), ni Alston ng United Nation na symphatetic sa human rights at freedom of the Press.
Walang pakundangang niyurakan ng Malakanyang ang dangal ng kalayaan sa pamamahayag at hindi lamang yan, dito lamang sa buong kasaysayan ng Press Freesdom sa buong mundo na kinukutus-kutusan, pinoposasan at pinapasista ang media. Dahil sa insidente sa Manila Pen, breaking the record na naman ang Malakanyang at ang Pilipinas, "ang kaisa-isang bansa sa mundo na trumatong mga terorista, trinatong mga terorista at parang mga hayop na kinaladkad at ipiniit sa kulungan ang media, ang kalayaan sa pamamahayag. "
Hindi pa nag-iinit ang Alston Report ng United Nation sa AFP bilang may sala't sangkot sa libong political killings ng mga aktibista at mga journalist, panibagong pang-aabuso't paglabag na naman sa universal na karapatang pantao at sa kalayaan sa pamamahayag ang inasal ng Malakanyang.
Dahil sa patong-patong na kasalanan sa bayan, praning na't minumulto ang Malakanyang. Sabihin man nating nanalo ang Malakanyang sa labanan sa Manila Pen stand off, talo naman ito sa digmaan, sa digmaan ng katotohanan at pag-agaw ng HEARTs and MIND ng mga Pilipino. Maliwanag na talo ang Malakanyang sa hustisya, katarungan at sa "rule of Law" na pinangangalandakan ng palasyo. Ipinapakita lamang dito na naiinip na ang mamamayan Pilipino sa kabulukan, katiwalian ng estado, ang mabigat na suliranin ng country, ang krisis ng demokratikong institusyon at kahit dalawang taon na lamang ang ilalagi ng Malakanyang, handa itong suportahan ang extra-constitutional na pagbabago at talikdan ang electoral (buluk) na landas ng pagbabago.
Ang nakaka-intriga, dahil sa malamang na mawalan na ng tiwala sa electoral, political at justice system ang marami, dagdagan pa ng kainutilan ng Kongreso, mukhang may radical shift sa tipo o arenas of struggle na tinutungo ang mamamayang Pilipino. Kung ibinoto ng 11.0 milyon, nahalal sa SENADO (Trillanes) at sa kabila nito, ginagago, binastos at hindi pinagampan ng tungkulin bilang isang mambabtas sa parliamento, hindi malayong isiping nawala na ng tuluyan TIWALA sa legal na pamamaraan ng pagbabago ang mamamayan at kung lalahok at makukumbinsi ang middle class o ang civil societies, hindi malayong isiping hindi na nga aabot sa 2010 si Ate Glo.
Marami ang naniniwalang may mga kasunod pang mga labanan, hindi pa tapos ang laban ni Trillanes para sa pagbago, sa labas at sa loob ng Kongreso. Ang siguradong epekto nito, hindi na umaasang mareresolba ng 2010 electoral politics ang malalim na crisis ng sistema ng pulitika't lipunan.
Ang nakakalungkot, kung sino pa ang dambuhala, ang berdugo, kung sino pa ang nanggahasa ng demokrasya siya pa ang lumalabas na ANGHEL, at ang yagit, ang nananawagan ng pagbabago, ang palalabasing demonyo.
Kaya lang, ang tanong ng marami, nasaan na si Capt Faeldon? Nahuli ba, sinalvage na ba o nakasimpleng nakaiskapo, malaya na?
-Doy / ipd
Nov 29, 2007
EDITORIAL
We condemn
Link: http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2007/nov/30/yehey/top_stories/20071130top7.html THE Manila Times condemns in the strongest terms the arrest by the police of the journalists who covered Thursday’s incident at Manila Peninsula hotel led by Army Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim and Sen. Antonio Trillanes 4th.
We also protest strongly the decision of the Department of the Interior and Local Governments to place Metro Manila, Region 3 and the southern Tagalog provinces under curfew from 12 midnight to 5 a.m. today.
It must be made clear to the Philippine National Police that the newspaper reporters and radio-TV journalists, as well as the photographers and cameramen, were on the scene to report the news and to convey to the public the context of what was going on. We urge the PNP to release the journalists immediately, ensure their safety, and to respect henceforth the rules of responsible journalism and freedom of information. We urge the DILG to lift the curfew and release immediately all citizens who were arrested and detained last night and this morning.
The arrest of the journalists and the imposition of the curfew were unwarranted and ill-considered. The image on TV of hardworking reporters being handcuffed by heavily armed police reflects badly on the Philippine government and on law and order in the country.
November 29, 2007
Media Not the Enemy
Link: http://www.nujp.org/pr/pr07/prnov29-pen.html
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) urges the Philippine National Police (PNP) to stop treating journalists who covered the failed Magdalo uprising as enemies of the state. We protest in strongest terms the PNP's move to forcibly bring some journalists to the National Capital Region Police Office in Bicutan and condemn the confiscation of video footage of the day-long stand-off at the Manila Peninsula Hotel.
We denounce the overkill that led to the tying of the hands of members of ABS-CBN's technical team and reporters in what looked like a virtual arrest. The explanation by police officials and Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro that the move was made to prevent the escape of Magdalo troops does not wash.
The technical team had superiors who could have been asked to verify their identities. And, certainly, there is no reason police officials would be ignorant of the identities of reporters Pinky Webb and Ces Drilon.
While we concede the PNP's right to conduct a thorough investigation of a crime – and we do not dispute that the takeover of the Peninsula was a crime – the police ought to follow legal procedures. Invitations to questioning should be differentiated from coercion; journalists have the option to accept the invitation and, certainly, should be accorded the basic right to counsel.
We concede authorities' right to demand a halt to coverage that could jeopardize the lives of state security forces but believe any move for redress should pass through normal channels, involving management of television stations and not lowly ground staff.
While journalists' refusal to leave the Pen when ordered by the cops could have jeopardized their lives, live footage of the Pen standoff showed they did not block authorities from doing their tasks. Nor is their little to support suspicions that media showed bias for Trillanes and company; if anything the rebels complained about media's alleged bias for government.
It is regrettable that a day that would have given the government a clear-cut political victory would be marred by knee-jerk reactions of the authorities. This government claims it is protecting democracy. It should realize that media is a prime component of the democracy it purports to serve.
Reference:
Jose Torres, Jr.
NUJP Chairman
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