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Punishment by humiliation COMMENTS By Ronald Roy 01/06/2011

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Punishment by humiliation

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By Ronald Roy 01/06/2011
Appalling is why the Magdalo and other rebel soldiers applying for amnesty are being required to admit guilt for having committed allegedly mutinous acts against the previous regime headed by Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, unqualifiedly the worst Filipino “president” ever. I don’t believe the Danilo Lims, Ariel Querubins, Antonio Trillaneses and their kindred spirits deserve this humiliation.

The Oakwood Apartelle siege staged by the Magdalo soldiers led by then Navy Lieutenant Trillanes, now a senator of the republic, was essentially an impassioned search for answers, specifically in respect of why they had to continue waging war with enemies of the state who were armed with hardware belonging to the military, and why they had to do so in ignominious shoddy uniforms and worn out shoes..... MORE

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