Trouble in the Philippines
By Marc • Jun 11th, 2005 • Category: The PhilippinesThere is yet another scandal involving Phillipine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. This is probably the closest she’s come to it being curtains for her administration though.
It never ceases to amaze me how easy it is for someone to buy or otherwise take the election of a national office. I know Gore tried it in 2000, but it happens every election over there.
One thing I especially took note of:
“She should consider quitting voluntarily,” said Linda Cordova, a mother of three. “For the good of the country, for the good of the people, Arroyo has to go now.”
GMA hasn’t done anything for the good of the country yet, why should anyone thing she’ll start now?
Read the story here.
Michelle Malkin also has some links on her post about this story here.
Marc is a Catholic technology geek living in Tennessee. He blogs at Wild Tangents and is the host of the Catholic Vocations Podcast.
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Also under her watch has been the increase of government supplied contraceptives and she has her own version of personally opposed, but in regards to this. My wife if Filipina, so it is sad to watch the Philippines start to try to catch up to the culture of death.
Cool…We have something in common.