PHNO-HL: JPE'S 'PHANTOM OF THE OPERA' OF PHL POLITICS: SEN. ANTONIO TRILLANES IV

JPE'S 'PHANTOM OF THE OPERA' OF PHL POLITICS: SEN. ANTONIO
TRILLANES IV














[PHOTO -PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Enrile accuses Trillanes, who
reportedly volunteered to negotiate with China, of being a 'fraud' and a 'fifth
columnist,' or traitor. Enrile said he was out to unmask the 'Phantom of the
Opera' of Philippine politics. LYN RILLON GLORIA'S LACKEY Trillanes says Enrile
is working for former President Arroyo, 'bullying' senators to force passage of
the bill dividing Camarines Sur into two provinces. He announced he was quitting
the majority in the Senate because he had lost faith in Enrile's leadership.
NIÑO JESUS ORBETA]MANILA, SEPTEMBER 24, 2012 (INQUIRER) By Cathy C.
Yamsuan, Norman Bordadora - Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile on Wednesday
disclosed notes written by Philippine Ambassador to China Sonia Brady that he
said showed Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV was working for Beijing in the dispute
between the Philippines and China over Panatag Shoal in the West Philippine Sea.

On the day the Philippine Daily Inquirer in an exclusive report outlined the
emergence of Trillanes as President Benigno Aquino's back-channel negotiator
working independently of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), Enrile read
into the Senate record Brady's purported notes of a meeting with the junior
senator.

[PHOTO -Trillanes storms out of Senate after being outed for engaging
in 'backroom negotiations' with China]
This followed a rare clash on the Senate floor before a national TV audience
when Trillanes, who walked out as Enrile was interpellating him, accused the
Senate President of being a "lackey" of former President Gloria
Macapagal-Arroyo.
The Senate President ticked off 20 items in the Brady notes, including a
point Trillanes purportedly said that in the Philippines "no one cares" about
Panatag Shoal (Scarborough Shoal), where Manila had a confrontation with Beijing
in April when the Philippine Navy intervened to stop the poaching of endangered
marine species and corals by Chinese fishermen.
"I do not want to discuss anymore this sordid matter. It is enough that I
read the notes of Ambassador Brady to unmask this 'Phantom of the Opera' in
Philippine politics. My God, this guy is a fraud."
He also called Trillanes a "fifth columnist"—referring to a clandestine force
in Madrid supporting rebels from within—before he walked off the rostrum.
The harsh exchanges between Trillanes and Enrile revealed deep divisions in
the conduct of Philippine diplomatic initiatives in the standoff with China.

Del Rosario's curt remarks
Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario (photo), in a series of
interviews with senior Inquirer reporter Gil Cabacungan, complained that "while
back-channeling has its purpose, it's doing more harm than good." He said that
it was important that "we speak with one voice on this matter."
In the interviews, Trillanes accused Del Rosario of drawing the United States
into the dispute that he said tended to exacerbate tensions instead of ease
them.
On Wednesday, Del Rosario issued a curt message, saying he would not dignify
accusations by Trillanes.
"The DFA executes the foreign policy of the President. We will not dignify
those who are working to divide us," Del Rosario said.
Privilege speech on CamSur
In a privilege speech on Camarines Sur, Trillanes decried Enrile's alleged
"bullying" of other senators just so the Senate would approve the controversial
bill dividing Camarines Sur into two provinces.
He said Enrile was either "deeply indebted to" or a "lackey" of Arroyo. He
said Arroyo had "personally called up" the Senate President to ask that he
"speed up the measure."
Enrile accused Trillanes of trying to control the damage wrought by the
Inquirer report. He said Trillanes delivered a privilege speech on the Camarines
Sur bill to "camouflage" his mistake.
Protecting China
According to Enrile, the items in the Brady report dated Aug. 17 purported to
show:
That the Chinese wanted the Philippines to "tone down the rhetoric" on its
incursion in Panatag Shoal.
That Trillanes suspected that the United States was involved in creating
tension in Panatag Shoal and that Del Rosario was "committing treason."
That Trillanes "was protecting the Chinese," "was alarmist" and accused Del
Rosario of "creating a war event."
That Trillanes asked businessman Manuel V. Pangilinan, a close friend of Del
Rosario, to advise the secretary "to keep quiet, to quiet down" apparently
because the secretary held a press conference decrying Chinese presence in
Panatag Shoal
That Trillanes stated "no one cares about Panatag Shoal in the Philippines."

That Trillanes said the Philippines "cannot enforce coastal protection" since
fishermen subsist only on fishing and cannot venture far out.
That Trillanes boasted that he was able to make 40 Chinese ships leave
Panatag Shoal.
That Trillanes volunteered to become the "direct channel" between China and
Malacañang.
Bullying
Enrile also said Brady quoted Trillanes saying that Del Rosario should be
replaced by incoming Interior Secretary Manuel Roxas.
Before Enrile took out Brady's notes, he and Trillanes engaged in a heated
debate following the younger senator's speech.
Raising the bullying charge, Enrile asked whether there had been any instance
when he asked Trillanes "to vote according to my wishes."
"That's irrelevant," Trillanes shot back.
"You're telling falsehoods here. You are angry at me because you asked me for
an additional budget in your oversight committee and I did not allow it," the
Senate President revealed.
Special envoy status
Enrile also recalled that after Trillanes won a Senate seat while
incarcerated in Camp Crame for leading the Oakwood mutiny in 2003, he "went out
of my way to talk to people to guarantee your presence in the Senate" in an
effort to convince authorities to free Trillanes.
Enrile said Trillanes apparently resented his question during a Cabinet
meeting in May on who authorized Trillanes to talk to the Chinese.
"The President told it to your face," Trillanes said, referring to his
special envoy status given by Malacañang.
"Wasn't it your duty to notify the Office of the Senate President when you
leave this country?" I don't know how many times you have been to China but I
recall six times? I am now hearing reports you were there 15 times," Enrile
noted.
"Are you becoming the fifth columnist of China in this country? Who paid for
those trips to Beijing?" he then asked Trillanes.
Enrile then showed the Brady notes and asked whether Trillanes would want him
to read them.
"Those might reveal sensitive information on foreign relations and national
security," Trillanes warned.
"Do not teach me about proceedings," Enrile answered in a raised voice.
Out of order
At this point, Trillanes walked out of the session hall.
"He's a coward. Senator Trillanes even instructed Mrs. Brady not to take
notes," Enrile said and began to read from the ambassador's report.
"The Senate President may reveal sensitive information pertaining to foreign
relations and national security and I believe it is out of order," Trillanes had
warned the floor.
Trillanes said his trips to China were authorized by President
Aquino (photo).
"I have already informed the people. I'm not obliged to inform the Senate
President and all this line of questioning is irrelevant again. And should this
line of questioning continue I will have to say that I will refuse to yield
anymore," Trillanes said.
"Either way, I have lost trust, faith and confidence in Senator Enrile's
capability to lead the Senate along the path consistent with the reform agenda
that I espouse," he added.
Trillanes, a member of the Nacionalista Party, said he was leaving the
majority coalition in the Senate and joining the minority.
How Trillanes got his job as special negotiator for shoal
standoff By Maila Ager INQURER.net 4:02 pm | Wednesday

[PHOTO - Senator Antonio Trillanes IV. Photo by INQUIRER.net's Noy
Morcoso III]
MANILA, Philippines – President Benigno Aquino III has appointed Senator
Antonio Trillanes IV as special envoy to help in the government's negotiation
with China over the Scarborough shoal dispute, the senator himself said on
Wednesday.
"[It's a] back-channel arrangement so meaning I was the especial envoy of the
President," Trillanes told reporters in the Senate.
"Yes I had the authority of the President," he said when asked if the
appointment was made formal.
But asked again if the appointment was put in black and white, the senator
said, "No black and white [deal]."
Trillanes quickly pointed out however that the President himself during a
Cabinet meeting has announced that he had authorized him to talk in behalf of
the government.
He also corrected presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda's statement that
it was him who approached the President to help in the negotiation.
It was Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa, Trillanes said, who asked him to
help the government in one of their conversations sometime in May this year.

REVISITING: THE 2007 BOTCHED UP PENINSULA
MANILA HOTEL REBELLION

[Senator Antonio Trillanes (R) walks from a court to a luxury hotel in
Makati City, Manila November 29, 2007. Philippine military and police teams
stormed a luxury hotel in Manila on Thursday to end a short-lived coup attempt
by a small group of soldiers and others who had called on the army to mutiny.
Government forces fired teargas into the lobby of the Manila Peninsula Hotel and
used an armoured personnel carrier (APC) to batter down its glass doors before
storming in under cover of repeated bursts of fire in the air.]

FROM WIKIPEDIA, NOVEMBER 29, 2007- THE STORY OF TRILLANES'
IMPRISONMENT
The Manila Peninsula rebellion occurred on November 29, 2007 at The Peninsula
Manila hotel in Makati, Philippines. Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, Brigadier
General Danilo Lim, and 25 other Magdalo (mutineers) officers walked out of
their trial and marched through the streets of Makati.
The mutineers called for the ousting of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo,
and seized the Rizal function room on the second floor of the Manila Peninsula
Hotel along Ayala Avenue. Former Vice-President Teofisto Guingona, Jr. as well
as some of the soldiers from the Armed Forces of the Philippines joined the
march to the hotel.
After several hours, Trillanes and Lim surrendered to government forces after
a military armored personnel carrier barged into the glass door of the hotel
lobby and the hotel walls and windows sustained weapons damage. Trillanes and
the mutineers were arrested while several journalists covering the event were
detained. The journalists were subsequently released.

[PHOTO -Location of Oakwood Premiere and The Peninsula Manila in
Makati. These hotels had become the location of the Magdalo mutiny of 2003 and
2007, respectively.]
Led by Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV and Army Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim, thirty
soldiers with armed guards, on trial for the 2003 Oakwood Mutiny, walked out of
court and marched towards the luxury Peninsula Manila Hotel.
They were joined by former vice-president Teofisto Guingona, Jr., who called
the gathering "New EDSA". They were also joined by other military personnel and
civilians carrying M-16 or M-14 rifles.
The soldiers, some of whom were carrying and wearing Magdalo (mutineers)
flags and pins, marched along Makati Avenue and occupied The Peninsula Manila
Hotel's second floor. Sen. Trillanes and Brig. Gen. Lim stayed in the Rizal
function room negotiating most of the time.
[PHOTO- The Peninsula Manila as seen from Ayala cor. Makati Avenue,
where the rebellion took place.]
Arroyo called for an emergency Cabinet meeting as she took a helicopter back
to the Malacañan Palace amid tight security.
Novaliches Catholic Bishop Antonio Tobias, Infanta Bishop Emeritus Julio
Labayen, Jimmy Regalario of the Kilusang makabansang Ekonomiya, Father Robert
Reyes, former University of the Philippines president Francisco Nemenzo, Bishop
Julius Labayen, Bishop Antonio Tobias, and Fr. Robert Reyes joined Trillanes's
group, as Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita and Presidential Spokesperson-Press
Secretary Ignacio Bunye rushed back to Malacañang.
The Presidential Security Group sealed off the Palace while troops secured
the North and South Luzon Expressways. A website soon appeared, proclaiming Lim
and Senator Antonio Trillanes IV as the leaders of the coup.
The website entry read: "Senator Antonio Trillanes, Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim,
Magdalo soldiers, their guards and the people have started marching towards
Makati triangle. [...] We presently find in existence a dangerous concept where
the armed forces now owe their primary allegiance and loyalty to those who
temporarily exercise the authority of the executive branch of the government
rather than to the country and the Constitution they have sworn to protect.

[PHOTO -Special forces prepare for an assault on a luxury hotel where
coup plotters took over the building in Makati City, Manila November 29, 2007.
The latest coup bid in the Philippines ended on Thursday in a military assault
on a luxury hotel and a fusillade of shots but no casualties. Elite military and
police units stormed the Manila Peninsula Hotel, a plush icon in the sprawling
city of 12 million people, and arrested rebel soldiers, a senator and a handful
of priests who had taken over the building and called on the army to
mutiny.]
That is a concept we defy and struggle to eradicate. If you believe you are a
man of will and courage with unselfish motives and brave enough to fight against
such tyranny, rise up and be counted!" The Philippine National Police
declared a red alert status in Metro Manila as a result of the incident.
At 2:46 pm PST, Police Director Geary Barias, chief of the National Capital
Region Police Office, ordered everyone inside the Manila Peninsula to vacate,
according to reports on radio and television. "I am asking all guests of the
hotel to leave so that we can do our jobs," Barias said in a live interview.
Siege and assault
The Philippine military rushed at least three battalions of infantry,
consisting of roughly 1,500 troops, to Metro Manila's Makati business district
to crush the mutiny.
The Philippine Marines on Thursday said it would be loyal to the chain of
command and would help crush the rebellion led by Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV and
Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim. The Marines sent three armored personnel carriers and two
trucks of troops to Makati to support government police and military units in
the area.
Judge Oscar Pimentel, Makati Regional Trial Court, issued an arrest warrant
and Director Geary Barias, National Capital Region Police Office director,
stated "Arrests will be made at 3 pm". The Philippine National Police (PNP) gave
Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV and Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim until this time to
surrender, as it evacuated guests and personnel inside
The Peninsula Manila Hotel. Lim stated: "We make this fateful step of
removing Mrs. Macapagal Arroyo from the presidency and undertake the formation
of a new government."
The planned assault was held off until 3:58 pm. At 3:58 pm, 50 Special
Weapons and Tactics commandos lined up outside The Peninsula Manila Hotel to
enforce the arrest of rebel soldiers.
The commandos, who were carrying gas masks, went into formation after rebel
soldiers refused to accept warrants for their arrest. There were indications
that the armed rebel soldiers inside the hotel were ready for battle.

Armored personnel carriers and Armoured fighting vehicles (AFV) of the police
and the military were also dispatched around the building. The movement
intensified after 4 pm, when policemen in full-battle gear fired warning shots
as they prepared to storm the hotel. Footage taken by ABS-CBN Sky Patrol
showed Special Weapons and Tactics commandos moving in battle formation towards
the hotel.
Glass on the windows was broken to allow the dispersal of tear gas to those
held up inside the hotel. Afterwards, an exchange of fire was heard between the
military and the Magdalo Group.
Firing stopped at 4:30 pm. Bishop Julio Labayen appealed: "Please do not
storm the place.. so nobody gets hurt." (4:37 pm) Various TV and radio crews, as
well as other media personnel, were trapped in the hotel, while the Palace
appealed to media and the public to stay away from Makati.

[PHOTO -Hotel guests leave the Peninsula Hotel after coup
plotters took over the building in Makati City, Manila November 29,
2007.]
The AFV broke into hotel lobby at 5:10 pm, with soldiers pouring into the
hotel.
Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV and Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim decided to surrender to
the arresting authorities to avoid loss of lives as several journalists and
other civilians were with them. Director Geary Barias declared that the standoff
at the Manila Peninsula Hotel was over as the mutinuous soldiers agreed to leave
the hotel and surrender to Barias after the 6 hour siege (5:30 pm).
Arrests

[PHOTO -In an interview in his detention cell in Camp
Bonifacio, by Ellen
Tordesillas, Trillanes offers no apology to what he and some 300 members of
the Magdalo group did last July 27, 2003, which was to declare a withdrawal of
support from a president who they believe betrayed the trust of the people.
Although his entry into politics indicates that he is going mainstream in
pursuing reforms in governance that he envisions, he says radical means cannot
be totally ruled out if the government goes against the interest of the people.
He said Arroyo has made the situation ripe for it.
Trillanes, Lim, and their cohorts, and Guingona were arrested by the
Philippine National Police and were sent to National Capital Region Police
Office headquarters in Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig. ABS-CBN News and Current
Affairs, Bloomberg News, NHK, DWIZ, Manila Bulletin and Malaya journalists who
were covering the event were also arrested.
All of them were asked to leave their belongings and to not bring anything
with them. They were advised by a lawyer not to talk as what the police were
doing was against the law and violated their rights.
Roman Catholic priest Fr. Robert Reyes and Bishop Julio Labayen were also
seen boarding the same bus where the arrested press correspondents were
transported in. The Special Action Force was involved in arresting Brigadier
General Danilo Lim.
Trillanes said he was ready to face whatever charges the government will give
him.
In a TV interview with ABS-CBN, National Defense Secretary
Gilberto Teodoro (photo) defended the arrests of media reporters as the
arresting officers "didn't know the journalists and may have mistook them as
renegade soldiers," although it should be noted that several of these
journalists were hosting several prominent TV programs. Several journalists,
mostly from TV and radio, were released at the NCRPO HQ.
It was announced that a curfew from midnight to 5 am will be implemented in
the regions of Metro Manila, Central Luzon, and CALABARZON for the night of
November 29–30.
Aftermath
The Philippine National Police ordered a manhunt for the soldiers who escaped
from the hotel, including Marine Captain Nicanor Faeldon; meanwhile, several
persons of interest were detained at Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig. Several
journalists were also "processed" at Camp Bagong Diwa and were subsequently
released. On December 1, fifty individuals, including Trillanes, were charged of
rebellion at inquest proceedings.
On December 3, the Peninsula Manila became fully operational with an
estimated damage at US$ 1.2 million.

[PHOTO OF THE PENINSULA MANILA TODAY, FROM
FACEBOOK]
The next day, Armed Forces chief-of-staff Hermogenes Esperon announced the
arrest of Communist New People's Army operative Myrna Hombrebueno in connection
with the rebellion, proving the connection between the Communists and rebels.

Had Trillanes succeeded, according to Esperon, a National Transition Council
(NTC), allegedly would replace the Arroyo administration, and the Philippines
put under a "lean and mean" military and police force (per 5-page document –
"Proposed Program").
Razon himself revealed that a "female press reporter" provided Faeldon a fake
press I.D. card that caused his escape and that he is still inside Metro Manila.
Razon also sacked the Makati City police chief for failure to prevent the
walk-out.
The Makati City Regional Trial Court (RTC), upon receiving the cases on
December 6, dismissed the cases against Guingona, Reyes, and other civilians, on
December 13.
Reactions
Local community Chief Justice Reynato Puno reiterated that he is not
interested in a proposal to head a caretaker government if President Arroyo is
removed from power.
Sen. Rodolfo Biazon, a former Armed Forces chief of staff, said he hopes that
the situation will not end up in "soldiers killing each other. I hope no more
officers and even enlisted men are going to be sacrificed because they were
either influenced or they were ordered to do things. I hope the turn of events
[is] not going to be rejected by our people,"
Sen. Gregorio Honasan, who was implicated in the Oakwood mutiny, called for
calm and sobriety.
Sen. Juan Miguel Zubiri called on the government to begin the negotiation
efforts. He suggested that Honasan is the "best person" to lead the
negotiations.
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr., meanwhile, said he supports the
calls for President Arroyo's resignation but he said these should be done
through peaceful means.
Sen. Benigno Aquino III said the move of Trillanes reflects the "utter
frustrations" of many Filipinos.
Sen. Manuel Roxas II, however, said any call for reforms should be done
through legitimate programs and not through force.
Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez said that President Arroyo will not declare a
state of emergency because of the mutiny.
Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye said law enforcers were given internal
guidelines on how to handle Trillanes and his group.
Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro has ordered the re-arrest of Sen. Antonio
Trillanes IV and Brigadier Gen. Danny Lim.
Interior Secretary Ronaldo Puno said, "We will finish it today"
Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Oscar V. Cruz declared his support to the
Rebel-turned-Senator Trillanes and echoed his call for the resignation of
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief General Hermogenes Esperon meanwhile
said that that they will take full measures to prevent any trouble in the
area.
Col. Ricardo Nepomuceno of the Philippine Military Academy said that they are
now on alert as well. Nepomuceno said that there have been no reactions from the
cadets in the academy.
CBCP president and Jaro Archbishop Angel Lagdameo stated that the standoff
and curfew serve as preview to Martial Law: "Yesterday and last night, the
people hold-in at Peninsula Manila had a foretaste of what Martial Law could be.
God save us from the worse!"
The Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines (FOCAP) [Burd Wang,
Manila Correspondent of Guangming Daily of China] stated in a letter to Ignacio
Bunye that the journalists arrested were "treated arbitrarily by authorities; We
hope, that through your office, there will be no repetition of this deplorable
action."
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) said in a
statement that the Philippine National Police (PNP) treated the journalists as
"enemies of the state. We protest in strongest terms the PNPs 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."
Accordingly, the PNP leadership apologized to media representatives and crew,
but it refused to accept that their response was "overkill".
Mariano Garchitorena, the Manila Peninsula hotel's public manager, stated
that: Trillanes and company were gentlemen "To be fair di naman sila nag-abuso
ng hotel namin (To be fair, they did not abuse our hotel staff). They were very
gentlemanly in their act. They did not bother our staff and they did not bother
our guests; He (Trillanes) assured us that they meant no harm to civilian to
guests and all our staff of course."
The Philippine Press Institute, in a statement, described the detention of
mediamen as an "unprecedented assault on press freedom. Patently
unconstitutional and carried out with such impunity that the innocent captives
were treated like common criminals, cuffed, ordered to raise their hands in
surrender, and bussed to the country's most notorious camp, Bagong Diwa, in
Bicutan."
Speaker Jose de Venecia, Jr. agreed with Trillanes that there should be
"reforms at the top; the rule of law must prevail in our people's collective cry
for reforms; Without a doubt we need reforms at the top. That is the reason we
launched the moral revolution so the nation can retake the moral high ground and
decisively move from the continuing crisis in our midst to a renewal of our
values."
Judge Oscar Pimentel, Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 148 said "the
walkout (actions) of some of the accused were an entirely different case and has
no bearing from the one being tried before his chamber".
Interior and Local Government Secretary Ronaldo Puno chided Makati City Mayor
Jejomar Binay to punish Makati police officials for not immediately informing
him about the Siege, instead of blaming the Philippine National Police.
Sen. Jamby Madrigal, who was the biggest campaign contributor of Trillanes
when he ran for senator,did not visit Trillanes at Camp Crame detention center
and parted ways: "Thank you, Sonny (Trillanes's nickname). But let us just part
ways."
International community
Australia: The Australian Embassy cautioned their citizens and said,
"Australians are advised to avoid the immediate area. Further demonstrations
could occur over the weekend (December 1–2, 2007)"
Canada: Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade has
posted a warning on its website for Canadians living in the Philippines to be
careful with the implementation of the curfew.
Singapore: Singapore has advised any Singaporeans in Manila to monitor any
changes regarding the mutiny and to check in with the Singaporean embassy.
South Korea: South Korea has advised all South Korean citizens and nationals
to avoid going to the Manila Peninsula for the next 4/5 days as a safety
precaution. The South Korean President also said they do not support any
military coup de`etat such as the Manila Peninsula Rebellion or the Oakwood
Mutiny.
United Kingdom: The British Embassy advised its nationals to exercise caution
and take sensible precautions, and avoid large crowds and gatherings. The
statement said, "You should exercise caution and take sensible precautions for
your personal safety and avoid any large crowds, political gatherings and
demonstrations. You should also keep yourself informed of developments and
follow the advice of local authorities"
United States: "The United States and the Philippines are long-time
democratic allies and the US Embassy wishes to take this opportunity to
reiterate our government's support for the rule of law, constitutional order,
and the government of the Philippines; a statement from the US Embassy in Manila
said, U.S. Ambassador Kristie A. Kenney has spoken with officials at Malacañan
Palace to reiterate our confidence that this incident is swiftly and peacefully
resolved by the Philippine National Police, supported by the Armed Forces of the
Philippines, in accordance with Philippine law." Kenney stated: "No, we do not
support extra-constitutional means to change government, in the Philippines or
anywhere else in the world, I think it's always disturbing when you see people
behaving contrary to the rule of law and constitutional authority; Washington
will continue to "remain a very, very strong ally" of Arroyo, who is President
George W. Bush's key ally in the Southeast Asian theatre of the US-led "war on
terror; "We want this country to move forward."


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