Higher forms of struggle

Okey, let me get this straight.

Gloria admitted having learned of the anomalies preceding the ZTE deal, a day before she signed the agreement. She told the public that she can't do anything about it then because she's already in Boao to meet with the Chinese president. Still, she managed to tell the Chinese president that she'll cancel the contract eventually.

Bull.

Sources said she already know about the anomalies weeks before when she met former NEDA Chief Romy Neri. Neri told her that Abalos was asking for an astronomical commission and that he's being given 200 million pesos just to agree on it. Right then and there, she could have nipped this thing right away? History shows that she did'nt. She allowed it to continue despite her NEDA chief saying that this deal is riddled by anomalies.

What will then happen to the DOTC officials and lackeys of hers who tried to defend the deal to the best of their abilities? What will happen to Monsod, who said that's the best deal and its not really anomalous? What about Mendoza, Formoso and the like? Their reputations have been tarnished. They have been all left in the lurch.

The admission happened to preempt a big revelation in the Senate. What revelation? The revelation to be made by two high government officials saying that the deal was tainted with corruption. Now that the "Boss" had admitted it, then, quo vadis?

How many ZTE deals do we have then? Allies of Gloria says she's the best there is, she's the only one we got, she's the leader, she says. If she's the person opt for the job, then, how many ZTE deals do we have then?

Gloria is telling us--okey, I made a mistake, so what then? Everybody makes mistakes. Tao lang po, she might have said.

Allies of Gloria are asking civil society, everyone of us, to just file the necessary charges and settle this thing in court. Bull. Or initiate an impeachment. Obviously, they still don't get it.

This issue is NOT a political issue. No. This is NOT EVEN a LEGAL issue. Quite simply, no.

This issue is decency and of morality. Will this be enough to depose a president? Yes! Gloria has proven that she has the tendency to succumb to the sparkle of big-time money. That she can be tempted too remains all too obvious here. How many such deals did she approved which she sacrificed her soul to? How many deals did she allowed to be approved despite being tainted by graft and corruption? How many things did she allowed to happen, orders to kill her detractors or mess their lives for the sake of her own survival?

Ousting a president is not just through legal infractions. We have the power to oust her simply because she has not been totally frank about government deals. There's simply no transparency here.

Are we to allow Gloria to continue bungling the job given to her by the people? Are we to allow her family to use government resources, millions or even billions, just to prop her administration up in times like these? They are spending money like there's no tomorrow, funding those rallies in defense of her administration. When will all of these things end?

People should now achieve a higher state of struggle. I am recommending that a civil disobedience be made to show Gloria that she has lost the mandate of the People. Civil disobedience could be:

1. Not paying VAT
2. Not supporting Donald Dee's companies
3. People showing up in places prohibited by the palace, like infront of Gate 1 or Gate 2 of Malacanang
4. Protesting infront or inside of venues where she's slated to speak
5. Tearing up replicas of the 200 peso bill
6. Giving statements to Congressmen, asking them to withdraw their support of Gloria
7. Hunger strikes
8. Labor strikes in companies known to support her
9. Discouraging people from eating at Mikey's, her son's restaurant along Diosdado Macapagal boulevard
10. Prayer vigils in AFP camps

You can suggest other forms of struggle which we can show to all and sundry that we need change and we want it fast. Time is not on the side of those seekers of the Truth. Gloria and her allies are bidding for time. We must not let them have their way this time.