PNOY and his Liberal Party have set the stage for more coups to follow. Col. Generoso Mariano who allegedly was disgruntled following non-reimbursement of his dental expenses by the AFP, has expressed disgust against PNOY… The Manila Standard Today opines- “By welcoming the military rebels into their fold, Mr. Aquino and the Liberal Party did this country a great disservice, choosing short-term tactical gains over long-term political stability. They also set the stage for more disgruntled soldiers to follow the same path that Col. Mariano followed…”
“It was amusing to watch Palace and Armed Forces officials scramble to spin a video circulating on the Internet showing a military officer who appeared to be calling for the ouster of President Benigno Aquino III.“If the present administration has no intention or will do nothing to save the lives of the majority, it is the duty, it is the right of every Filipino, including soldiers, to replace the government. I repeat, replace the government,” Marine Col. Generoso Mariano said in a video posted on YouTube and other social networking Web sites.
News agencies quickly picked up the video and dutifully reported that Mariano had called for President Aquino’s ouster, while pro-administration bloggers demanded the colonel’s head for daring to make such a seditious call.
The military quickly confined Mariano to quarters and stripped him of his command pending an investigation. The Justice Secretary believes he can be held and charged with inciting to sedition.
A Palace spokesman immediately accused former President and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Arroyo of being the mastermind behind the ouster call. The basis for presidential deputy spokesman Abigail Valte’s startling conclusion was that Mrs. Arroyo’s allies had been “mouthing the same lines” against the President.
Perhaps realizing how silly it was to jump to such conclusions without a shred of evidence, Valte changed her tune the next day, saying the Palace was not alarmed by what she now deemed to be an isolated case.
“We are confident that our soldiers are here to uphold the Constitution, to secure the country, not to engage in politics,” she concluded.
Ironically, the remark recalled the complicity of Mr. Aquino and his Liberal Party in encouraging disgruntled soldiers such as Mariano to take matters into their own hands. After all, Mr. Aquino and his party supported the likes of former Navy Lt. SG. Antonio Trillanes IV, retired Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim, and retired Col. Ariel Querubin who all took up arms against the government—actions that were certainly unconstitutional and clearly political.
But Mr. Aquino’s concept of the straight path is clear: if you are with him, you can do no wrong.
Faced with military rebels who broke the law for all to see, Mr. Aquino simply granted them an amnesty, naively believing that it is all right to take up arms against the government and to seek to overthrow the duly constituted authority—as long as it is a government that he, too, opposed.
We said it at the time of Mr. Aquino’s ill-conceived amnesty and we will say it again. It is wrong to condone military adventurism no matter whose side it is on. A democratically elected civilian government, no matter how corrupt or inept, is far preferable to a military-installed regime.
By welcoming the military rebels into their fold, Mr. Aquino and the Liberal Party did this country a great disservice, choosing short-term tactical gains over long-term political stability. They also set the stage for more disgruntled soldiers to follow the same path that Col. Mariano followed.”
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