GMANews.TV - Standoff, curfew serve as preview to Martial Law

he arrests and curfew that followed a six-hour standoff in Makati City Thursday has given modern-day Filipinos a "foretaste" of Martial Law, the head of the influential Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) said Friday.

"Yesterday and last night, the people hold-in at Peninsula Manila had a 'foretaste' of what Martial Law could be. God save us from the worse!" Lagdameo said in his web log.

In calling for Labayen's release, Lagdameo said the bishop emeritus of Infanta in Quezon has experienced in the hands of the military what the latter did not undergo even in the time of Marcos dictatorship.

"Bishop Labayen is already 81 years old. I am appealing to the military that he be released on account of his age. The advocacy that Bishop Labayen had been doing is for the country to be restored to genuine democracy and justice which is worth fighting for," he said.

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Don't you think they're pushing this a bit too far? The government did not start the commotion, it was Mr. Trillanes and Lim who walked out of the court showing utter disregard to the law then marching in the street as if they own it, brandishing their weapons, smashing and forcing themselves into the lobby of a hotel, stopping guests from leaving then ignoring the warrant of arrest being served by the police and asking the President of the country step down.

Where is the order in that? Now, they have the guts to blame the government for it's action? Newton's law says, "...for every action, there's an equal and opposite reaction". It only shows how stupidity has taken over the minds of this country's leaders. Who ever says that a Bishop is exempted from arrest? No wonder there is chaos in the street, because we only want the poor to suffer and the rich to just get a slap on the wrist. What a law! What a mindset! Its about time the government show them who's boss!

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