Press Release
June 10, 2009
Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino
Labanan ang Con Ass!
Para sa Pagbabago: Rebolusyon hindi Cha Cha!
Thousands of workers, urban poor, peasants, women and students under the banner of the Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino (BMP)join today’s rally to slam the convening of the constituent assembly to change the 1987 Constitution and call for genuine social change and not mere charter change.
All sectors of society, particularly the toiling masses and workers believe that this act of the Lower House of Congress, supported and hatched by the GMA administration should be condemned and fought in the highest degree.
Acoording to Leody de Guzman, President of BMP, “This act is so sickening! It is a blatant insult to the Filipino masses and workers. As if 9 years in power for GMA and her cohorts are not enough. Lies and deceit, political killings and plundering of the nation’s coffer by this administration for almost a decade are already intolerable and nauseating.”
“The news that each representative received P20 million for their ‘aye’ vote - a crime that amounts to 4.22 billion for 211 representatives who passed HR 1109 - while thousands of workers are getting retrenched due to the crisis and the poor getting hungrier is really disgusting. We will not let these representathieves, along with the GMA administration go away with this impertinent act unpunished! We will hound and shame them persistently.” de Guzman adjoins.
De Guzman asserted that “Clearly, the Filipino workers and poor masses can no longer rely on the present system. There are talks that even the Supreme Court will decide and act favorably to the GMA administration. The whole system is rotten. The system that perpetuates this kind of politics – the trapo and elite politics of the rich and powerful! The system that has ruined this nation for decades and cursed us into bankruptcy.”
“We call on all our worker and poor brothers and sisters to be vigilant and fight this callous act of the GMA administration and finally put a break on this decaying trapo and elite system. Likewise we call on our esteem brothers and sisters in the Armed Forces of this nation to side with the insurgent masses, and truly uphold their sworn duty to protect this country and its people from this rotten and bankrupt system – this trapo and elite system!” de Guzman adds.
“This multisectoral rally will not be the last, it is only the beginning. We will work tirelessly in fighting this treacherous act of the Lower House of Congress and the GMA administration. We will vigilantly fight for genuine change and an end to this decadent trapo system! Para sa Pagbabago, Rebolusyon hindi Cha-Cha!” de Guzman concludes. ###
June 10, 2009
Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino
Labanan ang Con Ass!
Para sa Pagbabago: Rebolusyon hindi Cha Cha!
Thousands of workers, urban poor, peasants, women and students under the banner of the Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino (BMP)join today’s rally to slam the convening of the constituent assembly to change the 1987 Constitution and call for genuine social change and not mere charter change.
All sectors of society, particularly the toiling masses and workers believe that this act of the Lower House of Congress, supported and hatched by the GMA administration should be condemned and fought in the highest degree.
Acoording to Leody de Guzman, President of BMP, “This act is so sickening! It is a blatant insult to the Filipino masses and workers. As if 9 years in power for GMA and her cohorts are not enough. Lies and deceit, political killings and plundering of the nation’s coffer by this administration for almost a decade are already intolerable and nauseating.”
“The news that each representative received P20 million for their ‘aye’ vote - a crime that amounts to 4.22 billion for 211 representatives who passed HR 1109 - while thousands of workers are getting retrenched due to the crisis and the poor getting hungrier is really disgusting. We will not let these representathieves, along with the GMA administration go away with this impertinent act unpunished! We will hound and shame them persistently.” de Guzman adjoins.
De Guzman asserted that “Clearly, the Filipino workers and poor masses can no longer rely on the present system. There are talks that even the Supreme Court will decide and act favorably to the GMA administration. The whole system is rotten. The system that perpetuates this kind of politics – the trapo and elite politics of the rich and powerful! The system that has ruined this nation for decades and cursed us into bankruptcy.”
“We call on all our worker and poor brothers and sisters to be vigilant and fight this callous act of the GMA administration and finally put a break on this decaying trapo and elite system. Likewise we call on our esteem brothers and sisters in the Armed Forces of this nation to side with the insurgent masses, and truly uphold their sworn duty to protect this country and its people from this rotten and bankrupt system – this trapo and elite system!” de Guzman adds.
“This multisectoral rally will not be the last, it is only the beginning. We will work tirelessly in fighting this treacherous act of the Lower House of Congress and the GMA administration. We will vigilantly fight for genuine change and an end to this decadent trapo system! Para sa Pagbabago, Rebolusyon hindi Cha-Cha!” de Guzman concludes. ###
