Weather balloon EDITORIAL 12/14/2009

Weather balloon EDITORIAL Click to enlarge 12/14/2009 The lifting of martial law was the expected result of the total inability of the Arroyo administration to justify Presidential Proclamation 1959 which used rebellion as basis for military rule in Maguindanao, which the world now calls the massacre province. The Cabinet men and security officials Gloria sent to the Congress joint session appeared lost in explaining the basis for the proclamation. They tried to rationalize the inability of government institutions to function in the province as a result of fear of members of the Ampatuan.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.classicposters.com/commentary/20091214com1.html

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