Invitation:Holy Mass for Civil Liberties
bayan...@gmail.com
and Inter-Faith Movement for Truth, Justice and Genuine Change (IFM)
invite you to a Holy Mass for Civil Liberties
3:00 PM, OCTOBER 27, 2005
SAN MIGUEL PRO-CATHEDRAL
National Shrine of St. Michael the Archangel
1000 JP Laurel St. cor Gen. Solano St., San Miguel, Manila
* entrance gate: foot of Ayala Bridge
UPHOLD AND DEFEND CIVIL LIBERTIES!
NEVER AGAIN TO MARTIAL LAW!
NO TO CALIBRATED PREEMPTIVE RESPONSE!
NO TO EMERGENCY RULE!
YES TO FREEDOM, JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY!
For details and confirmation, please call the IFM Secretariat at
4123174.
"PRAY AND ACT FOR TRUTH, JUSTICE AND GENUINE CHANGE...
ENOUGH OF CORRUPTION, DECEIT AND VIOLENCE!"
"For your hands are stained with blood, your fingers with guilt.
Your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters wicked things."
(Isaiah 59:3-4)
Move on. Such wonderful words. It means being active and dynamic. Move
on,
the favorite phrase of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ever since the
Gloriagate
scandal broke out.
However, in her skewed sense of reasoning, Mrs Arroyo is compelling the
people to turn a blind eye to serious charges of cheating and
corruption
against her. In the nation's quest for truth and justice, the
president is
telling us to stop our search and to move on.
But where in God's name shall we go to? To her side? What has she
given us
lately? Let us have a look:
· The ever increasing prices of basic goods and services which
will
double significantly with the implementation of the Expanded Value
Added Tax
(EVAT);
· The fiscal crisis which is definitely far from over amidst
massive
plunder of the national treasury and further indebtedness brought by
GMA's
corruption before, during and after the 2004 elections;
· The massive and successive demolition of urban poor communities
through the anomalous Northrail contract and other anti-poor
development
projects;
· The continuing failure to guarantee genuine land reform, just
wages,
job security and social services for the poor;
· The reign of state-sponsored terror and repression through the
Calibrated Preemptive Response (CPR) policy which brutally suppresses
the
people's right to rally;
· The superfluous anti-terror bill which considers legitimate
political dissent as an act of terrorism;
· The wave of ruthless killings, enforced disappearances and
massive
displacement of communities resulting into a clear pattern of
repression and
destroying the people's efforts to have a life of abundance and
dignity;
· The grossly expensive and treasonous Venable LLP deal which
employed
direct lobbying of US agents to effectively impose the Charter Change
agenda
at the expense of our national sovereignty;
· The wanton destruction of people's lives, livelihood and
environment
through continuing promotion of large scale mining and logging;
· The perpetual subservience to US-led globalization policies and
unwavering support to the immoral and unjust US wars of aggression and
intervention;
· The all-out war, militarism and constant betrayal of
substantive
agreements forged in the GRP-MILF and GRP-NDFP peace negotiations...
When a country is in a state like this and our so-called leader, who
has
lost the moral ascendancy to govern, is steering our course, how indeed
can
the nation move on? Up to now, the inquiries about the 'Hello
Garci' tape
containing evidence of massive fraud and manipulation to ensure the
outcome
of the 2004 elections in favor of Arroyo and de Castro are dismissed.
We
only got a televised apology telling us that it was a "lapse of
judgment".
In GMA's world, it is perfectly alright... to cheat, lie and steal,
as
congress has junked an impeachment complaint on these bases...to sell
the
country's patrimony...to use force to silence critics.
No. This is not alright. What is perfectly alright is to be filled with
righteous indignation at what Mrs. Arroyo is doing to our country. The
people's quest for truth and justice will surely move forward despite
the
government's manipulations, including de facto Martial Law to
suppress the
people's rallies.
Let us move on. Let us move on to work for truth and justice. Let us
continue to pray and act for what is true, just and liberating for the
poor
and oppressed, keeping in mind that a ruler who constantly betrays the
people is morally unfit to govern.
Inter-Faith Movement for Truth, Justice and Genuine Change (IFM)
BUKLURAN PARA SA KATOTOHANAN
and Inter-Faith Movement for Truth, Justice and Genuine Change (IFM)
invite you to a Holy Mass for Civil Liberties
3:00 PM, OCTOBER 27, 2005
SAN MIGUEL PRO-CATHEDRAL
National Shrine of St. Michael the Archangel
1000 JP Laurel St. cor Gen. Solano St., San Miguel, Manila
* entrance gate: foot of Ayala Bridge
UPHOLD AND DEFEND CIVIL LIBERTIES!
NEVER AGAIN TO MARTIAL LAW!
NO TO CALIBRATED PREEMPTIVE RESPONSE!
NO TO EMERGENCY RULE!
YES TO FREEDOM, JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY!
For details and confirmation, please call the IFM Secretariat at
4123174.