God Save the Queen Plot

Former general Danilo Lim urged soldiers not to be swayed by talks of a coup. Essentially, he was saying that there is no revolutionary situation, no need to go out of your barracks to militate against the existing administration. 


True, soldiers' morale may be low, as confirmed by Senator Antonio Trillianes IV, but there are no cause to support an extra-constitutional enterprise. The Administration is not a despotic one, says Lim. 


True, there is no cause for revolt. However, there is now, a revolutionary situation brought about by the confluence of forces both social, political and economic.


On the social front, the peace and order situation is really worsening to a point of despair. And it is not the fault of the PNP leadership, oh no. This is expected since rising costs of goods and the absence of any available alternative provides the sociological fodder for dissent in the form of commission of crimes. 


Political because certain groups who are protecting the former dispensation are moving and are using the Basilan incident as a platform to reach out to soldiers and support their coup.


This plot is similar to God Save the Queen, except that this plan tries to protect the former president from being incarcerated. Remember that this government vowed to file charges against the Arroyo couple this November. 


There is a tenuous relationship between the ringleaders of this plot with that of a more ideological group opposed mainly with the present Aquino administration. This ideological group is motivated by the desire to really pursue genuine change, which, to their mind, the Aquino administration has already abandoned. 


A big event in Metro Manila will happen late this month which would be used to mobilize people from an urban community to support troop movement.


This event will involve an urban community which is being ousted by government from their land somewhere near Trinoma. Violence is expected there because both parties, the government and the urban poor, refuses to bulge. This will spark this so-called extra-constitutional action.


Note: this group is trying to agitate the soldiers for more "numbers". however, it failed several times. Now, they are using this issue, especially the Basilan massacre to reach out. The question really is---are their numbers enough to be mobilized against a clearly prepared state?


Another question--why is this official so impatient? Is he afraid that he'll be seventy plus come 2016, the oldest contender for the top plum? Is he or she aspiring to become another Gloria?