The armed forces of the President, not the People

The media reported the thousands of outraged citizens who attended the massive gathering in Makati to manifest their outrage against Ms Arroyo and her gang of liars. But there were equally indignant citizens who could not do so because they were not allowed by the hypocritical soldiers.

Entry points to the great gathering of indignant citizens in Makati were blocked by the soldiers and policemen under the orders of their commander in chief. Thousands of Filipinos who wanted to join the angry protest were barred by the Armed Forces for shallow and stupid excuses.

The people were merely intending to add their voices to the indignant outcry against Ms Arroyo, her husband and their children, the blowhards in the Cabinet, the team who abducted Rodolfo Lozada and threatened his life, Mike Defensor who gave him P50,000 and Manuel Gaite who loaned him P500,000 supposedly from their own pockets and out of the goodness of their bleeding hearts.

But the people were denied this constitutional right by the AFP. Filipinos who could not exhibit their identification cards were denied free passage. In another entry point, the road was blocked by a big bus that the soldiers said could not be moved because of engine trouble.

Originally Postd by: Jane Abao of TOPIX