Group Calls for Arroyo and de Castro to Resign
November 7th, 2007 at 2:37 am (General, National Politics, civil society)
Petitioners are calling for the resignation of both Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Noli de Castro. According to them, the resignation should be followed by the holding of Special “Snap” Elections in 2008.
Among the initial petitioners are:
SENATOR AQUILINO PIMENTEL, JR., SENATOR ANTONIO F. TRILLANES IV, FORMER SENATOR SERGE OSMENA, BISHOP LEO ALCONGA, PASTOR DOMENG RIVERA, LT. GEN. RAUL URGELLO, LT. GEN. ROMEO DOMINGUEZ, ATTY. JOSEFINA LICHAUCO, ATTY. RAMON PEDROSA, ATTY. LUIS SISON, AMBASSADOR ROY SENERES, MARIETTA PRIMICIAS GOCO, RENATO CONSTANTINO, JR., AMADO MACASAET, CONRADO DE QUIROS, ELLEN TORDESILLAS, CHARMAINE DEOGRACIAS, ARMIDA SIGUION-REYNA, BIBETH ORTEZA, BUTCH ALBERT, BENJAMIN CO, PASTOR BOY SAYCON, ATTY. HARRY ROQUE, ATTY. ARGEE GUEVARRA, AMADO GAT INCIONG, ALAIN DEL PASCUA, PATRICK PANTALEON, DULCE CEPEDA, DR. JACQUELINE SANCHEZ, J.L. LINGGOY ALCUAZ, BUDDY GARBANZOS, RONALD LUMBAO, VER EUSTAQUIO, REZ CORTEZ, MANUELY PORTES, DAGGY COPRADO, JOSE PETE ARCE, P.B. KINTANAR, JR., RIC SERRANO, ED OREDINA, MANUEL ARIAS, LITO RALLISTAN, JUN SORIANO, BUTCH PENA, ROMMEL ZAMBRANO, DAVID DIWA.
Their demands are as follows:
1. Call upon Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Noli De Castro to spare the country from further turmoil and violence by immediately resigning from their respective positions as President and Vice-President of the Philippines;
2. Demand the holding of a Special Presidential and Vice-Presidential Election within Sixty (60) Days from the date of the resignation of GMA and Noli de Castro, pursuant to Section 10, Article VII of the 1987 Constitution;
Their entire petition is online at http://www.petitiononline.com/snap08/ where citizens may also sign the petition.
The group also has a blog where links to the “Scams of the Arroyo Regime” and the “List of Arroyo Scandals” are available.
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Guillermo Prat said,
November 11, 2007 at 4:12 pm
Snap elections to be managed by the same COMELEC? Like shooting our own foot! de Castro should just take over. Without a COMELEC that is reformed, we will simply have the same cast of characters that already inhabit our institutions.