Hern P Zenarosa
HE description was "the heaviest arsenal of constitutional measures," a massive arms depot, you might say, which President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo used to underline her resolve to clean out the residual threat of destabilization against her government.
Distortions that influence the view that all street demonstrations are expressions of human freedom will now be disputed under the President’s strong pronouncements.
"One comprehensive, continuing sweep will deal with rightist coup plotters and leftwing insurgents and there will no longer be ifs and buts about it," she said.
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Of course, the public is no longer alarmed by such bravado coming from a woman President who has been known for her strong language and spunkiness.
Remember early on in her presidency, she said she would crush the Abu Sayyaf?
After all, she is not the Iron Lady of Asia for nothing.
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Maybe it is right that she stands stout-hearted and assertive, particularly at this time when she is almost literally under siege by enemies within – and I am referring both to individuals in the military and those who were once her trusted people in her Cabinet who have turned hostile persons.
That she is prepared to deal with those who stand in the way, with the strong hand of the law, is an assurance that those who believe in her would want to hear.
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