Plotting a power grab EDITORIAL 03/25/2010

Plotting a power grab

EDITORIAL Click to enlarge 03/25/2010 Just as predicted, Liberal Party presidential bet Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino and his yellows are planning a naked power grab, believing the trigger to be, either the failure of elections and poll fraud, or Gloria Arroyo’s appointment of the next Chief Justice on or before May 17, the date of the retirement of Supreme Court CJ Reynato Puno. Aquino has made it clear that he will be calling for another Edsa “people power” should there be a poll failure, and also made it clear that he is prepared to take to the streets to protest the high court ruling vesting Gloria with the power to appoint the next CJ. Aquino also said that he stands firm on his position in not recognizing the Gloria-appointed CJ, as he insists the high court’s ruling is wrong, and that he will have the next CJ impeached. Evidently, he and his yellows, mostly made up of the elite civil society and believers of unconstitutional coups, are gearing for a naked power grab, as they figure that with his survey numbers dropping drastically, Noynoy will lose the elections... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100325com1.html

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