Giant Medusa, Vulture Effigy greet last GMA SONA

News Release
July 27, 2009
BUKLURAN NG MANGGAGAWANG PILIPINO (BMP)

Giant Medusa, Vulture Effigy and the like greeted the last SONA of the GMA Administration

Thousands of participants coming from various points belonging to the BMP-Sanlakas group converged at Tandang Sora, Commonwealth for a big march going to Batasan.

After serving an eviction and closure order at the office of NHA along Elliptical road, marchers identified with the urban poor group, KPML (Kongreso ng Pagkakaisa ng Maralitang Lungsod) and ZOTO (Zone One Tondo Organization) joined the delegations at Tandang Sora

For their turn, 500 tricycles massed up along North Avenue near Elliptical Road and simultaneously joined by the urban poor as they marched towards Tandang Sora while members of Kalayaan and KPP (Koalisyong Pabahay sa Pilipino) waited patiently across Iglesia ni Cristo along Commonwealth to join the march.

By 1:30pm, a huge build up of rally participants numbering around 10,000 at Tandang Sora were converging and a program was held anticipating their march by past 2pm. The march was a colorful display of effigy depicting Gloria as the vulture and “medusa” marking the 9 years of the GMA administration.

In a related development, Mr. Leody De Guzman, BMP President said “Only fools will believe that the GMA administration is telling the truth because the past SONA’s are full of make believes and half truths and this time the last SONA is perfectly 99% lie and 1% truth. What is more lamentable is that the one percent is her earnest desire to stay in power whether it be through Con-Ass or any form that would be possible for the administration.”

Upon reaching the nearest point of their march along Commonwealth near St. Peter’s at around past 3pm, the group launched a formal program in time with GMA’s SONA. The program highlighted the burning of the vulture and “medusa” to which the group attributed these as a fitting symbol of ending the elite and trapo rule in the country.

Pahayag ng BMP-ST sa SONA

BUKLURAN NG MANGGAGAWANG PILIPINO
(Southern Tagalog)

July 9, 2009

Nalalapit na ang huling SONA ng Pangulo. Ang Global Financial Crisis (GFC) na nagresulta ng malawakang tanggalan sa trabaho at pagbabawas ng oras paggawa sa mga pabrika ay wala pa ding malinaw kung hanggang kailan ito matitigil at makakabangon ang lugmok na kabuhayan ng masang manggagawa at sambayanan.

Ang Cha-Cha (Con-Ass / HR 1109) na isinusulong ng mga Congressman sa House of Representative ay patuloy na pinagdududahan at kinukondena. Ang palanong automation voting ng COMELEC ay pinagdududahan din. Diumano’y, layunin lamang nito ang makapanatili sa mataas na pwesto ng ating pamahalaan ang kasalukuyang pangulo (GMA) at mga kaalyado nito.

Marami ang nababahala sa mga nagyayari ngayon. Umiiral ang Global Financial Crisis, Isinusulong ang Cha-Cha (Con-Ass Thru: HR 1109), ang COMELEC Automation Voting ay pinagdududahan, may naganap na mga pagsabog at nalalapit na din ang pambansa at local na halalan sa Mayo 14, 2010.

Marami ang nag-aalala na baka hindi na matuloy ang pambansa at lokal na halalan sa Mayo 14, 2010, kung ipipilit ang Cha-Cha bago ang 2010 election, kung hindi matitigil at magpapatuloy ang mga pagsabog (bombing). At higit na nakakabahala ang pangitain nang pagpapanumbalik ng bangungot na Martial Law. State of Emergency o Junta Militar.

Kaugnay nito, kami ay naniniwala, na ang anumang hakbangin o balakin, na hindi magsisilbi at makakabuti sa interes ng nakakaraming populasyon at sa halip, magsisilbi lamang sa personal na inters at personal na ambisyong pulitikal ay hindi makakabuti sa buong publiko at sambayanang Pilipino.

Dahil dito, ang Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino - SouthernTagalog, Calabarzon Displaced Workers Association – CADIWA. Kapatiran para sa Seguridad sa Paninirahan – Calabarzon. SUMAPI Federation, Pagkakaisa ng mga Manggagawa sa Trasportasyon - PMT. At Makabayang Pilipinas-MP ay nananawagan na magkaisa, magkaroon ng mahigpit na ugnayan at maging mapagbantay (Vigilant) sa kasalukuyang takbo ng ating sitwasyon.

Nananawagan kami na tayo ay maglunsad ng mga pagpupulong o talakayan, para magtulong tulong na suriin ang kasalukuyang kalagayan. Sa panimula, kami ay nag-aanyaya sa inyo na dumalo at makibahagi sa ilulunsad na Malayang Talakayan (Multi-Sectoral Forum) na gaganapin sa mga sumusunod na lalawigan at Bayan, Upang paksain ang Temang: “SA GITNA NG GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS, TANGKANG CON-ASS AT NALALAPIT NA 2010 ELECTION, ANONG KINABUKASAN ANG NAKAAMBA SA ATIN? ANO ANG NARARAPAT NATING GAWIN”:

CAVITE: July 19, 2009. Ganap na ika-1:00 ng hapon. Gaganapin sa Brgy. Madiran, Covered Court, General Mariano Alvarez-GMA.

LAGUNA: July 17, 2009. Ganap na ika-2:00 ng hapon. Gaganapin sa River View Conference Resort, Brgy. Parian, Calamba City.

BATANGAS: July 19, 2009. Ganap na ika-2:00 ng hapon. Gaganapin sa Brgy. Poblacion – 4 Sto. Tomas Batangas (Malapit sa Munisipyo ng Sto. Tomas)

QUEZON: July 23, 2009. Ganap na ika-1:00 ng hapon. Gaganapin sa CADIWA Office, Brgy. Masin Norte, Candelaria, Quezon. (Tapat ng Nursery Hospital)

At sa nalalapit na huling SONA ng pangulo ngayong July 27, 2009., tayo ay sama samang magtungo sa Batasang Pambansa upang sama-sama nating ipahayag at hilingin sa House of Representatives (SONA ni GMA), sa buong publiko at samabayanang Pilipino ang mga sumusunod:

1. TRABAHO, KABUHAYAN AT SIGURIDAD SA PANINIRAHAN! HINDI CON-ASS/CHA CHA NG MGA TRAPO AT ELITISTA!
2. PATAS, MALINIS AT MAPAYAPANG HALALAN, HINDI CON-ASS, KAGULUHAN AT DAYAAN!
3. CHA-CHA LABAN SA GLOBALISASYON AT GFC! HINDI PARA SA PERSONAL NA AMBISYONG PULITIKAL!
4. CON-CON DELEGATE NG MASA, HINDI NG MGA ELEITISTA!
5. NO TO MARTIAL LAW! NO TO CORRUPTION SA GOBYERNO!

Militants slammed the GMA Administration for the unabated bombings in the country

Press Release
Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino (BMP)
Partido Lakas ng Masa (PLM)
July 10, 2009

Militants slammed the GMA Administration for the unabated bombings in the country

Members of the Militant BMP-Sanlakas and Partido Lakas ng Masa (PLM) picketed in front of the office of the NICA (National Intelligence Coordinating Agency) along V. Luna St., Quezon City to denounce and condemn the recent spate of bombings in the country. The group further believed that these unabated bombings is no longer a joke but a desperate move to preserve the illegitimate GMA government and is out to create a scenario that will ultimately entertain the possibility of declaring a state of emergency or worst a Martial Law option.

“These bombings are reminiscent of the era of President Marcos where a scenario of chaos are being hatched to scare the people and in anticipation of declaring Martial Law” Mr. Sonny Melencio, President of PLM (Partido Lakas ng Masa) said.

Mr. Melencio, who also sits as member of the BMP National Central Council further elaborated that, “The real bombs that besieged the Filipino people is the ramming through of Con-Ass to amend the Charter and the ever worsening economic crisis”.

The picketers presented a huge bomb made of paper with issues written on its surface and symbolically placed it in front of the gate of the NICA to register their message that it is returning the genuine bomb that will explode anytime and in turn will pave the way for more real chaos and disorder.

The group held a short program and took turns in lambasting the government’s hand in these bombings and singled out the culpability of Norberto Gonzalez, the incumbent National Security Adviser and an expert of terrorist acts like bombings during the time of Marcos.

The group vowed to escalate their efforts to expose and oppose the ploy of the government and calling on the Filipino people to exercise their utmost vigilance and frustrate any move to preserve and prolong the ascendancy of power of the illegitimate GMA administration.