Press Release
June 30, 2010
Davao City- On the occasion of President Aquino’s inauguration, Bayan along with various progressive organizations staged here today a rally urging the new administration to pursue plunder case against Gloria Arroyo.
Aquino’s inaugural speech, though indirect in pointing at Gloria Arroyo, promised to run after those who have wronged the Filipino people saying “there could be no reconciliation without justice”.
“Gloria Arroyo’s criminal acts are known facts that the Aquino administration should call for an immediate court trial. Indeed, we, the Filipino people deserve the justice that has long been denied of us,” Bayan-SMR spokesperson John Birondo said.
Bayan recalled the NBN-ZTE deal scandal, Hello Garci scandal, Fertilizers Fund scam, and extrajudicial killings among other criminal acts that Gloria Arroyo should be made accountable for.
“Millions of poor Filipinos are drowned to deeper poverty and inequities as corruption and various human rights violations became more evident under the Arroyo regime. She, her first family, and squarely corrupt allies in the cabinet and Lower House have undeniably profited from the anomalies they have prompted,” Birondo lamented.
“Gloria Arroyo is in no doubt guilty of the crimes charged against her since day one of her sham presidency. And at these most crucial times, the Filipino people expect the Aquino administration to stay true to its words and would be very uncompromising in its stand against Gloria Arroyo,” Birondo stressed.
“Only when we see the case rolling we can be a little optimistic with the Aquino administration. Nonetheless, our vigilance and assertions for equality and justice, especially on the issues of Hacienda Luisita and political killings will also remain uncompromising,” Birondo ended.
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