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The Search for a Rallying Point

July 8, 2005

I’m still in a state of shock at today’s events (see ABS-CBN News’ Timeline).  With the numerous calls for resignation, things are coming to a head for the President.  She has lost the support of the very sectors that first brought her to Malacanang and she has becomea political pariah.

The time is now ripe for people to take action.  The only problem is that no rallying point has emerged.  During EDSA 1, the stretch of highway dividing Camp Crame and Camp Aguinaldo was the logical choice.  The purpose was to protect Juan Ponce Enrile and Fidel Ramos from violent retaliation by then President Marcos.  In EDSA 2, the marian shrine became the rallying point largely because the mass action stirred up memories of the first EDSA revolution  - the ouster of a sitting President in a military-backed civilian coup. 

This time, the rallying point is not so clear.  (more…)

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