In a press conference held at the UP College of Law, the League of Filipino Students (LFS), joined by UP Student Regent Cleve Arguelles, USC Councilor Aryanna Canacan, CONTEND Secretary General Prof. Sarah Raymundo, NNARA Chairperson Bianca Luna denounced Aquino’s condescending statements in his third State of the Nation Address (SONA) that maligned the massive student protests that fought for higher budget in the last quarter of 2011.
“For the second time around, we will not hesitate to call NoyNoy ‘a man with no sense of history.’ We are appalled how he bravely discredits mass protests, when in fact, it was the street parliament that lamented the death of his father, ousted a dictator, and seated his mother in presidency,” said LFS Chairperson Gemma Canalis.
According to the militant youth organization, Aquino also seems to have forgotten the people’s interests following the hastened passage of the PH-Australia Status of Visiting Forces Agreement (SOVFA), Arroyo’s release on a mere P1M bail, and talks of pandering the economy to foreign capitalists with the make-or-break talk of Charter Change on Monday.
“Aquino boasts of not being content with ‘forgiving and forgetting’ in his SONA, but he has already done the exact opposite just a few days after he pronounced it. He has forgotten national sovereignty when he continued to allow foreign military troops to enter the country; he has not only forgiven and forgotten all of Arroyo’s crimes to the people but is inutile enough to repeat them; he has forgotten to industrialize the Philippines for self-sustenance in his clamor for foreign investors ready to plunder the country,” says Canalis.
The LFS evoked the 1986 People Power and other victories earned by the collective action of the mass movement, and called on the people to participate in future protest actions to expose Aquino’s puppetry to capitalist dictates, particularly those of the US.
“While no less than 106 applauses elated Aquino in his most recent SONA, we will make sure the resounding march of the people united in the streets will haunt him in his coming days. For unlike Aquino, the youth and the rest of the Filipino nation will neither forgive nor forget the likes of him who have oppressed them for years,” warns Canalis. ###
(via lfs.ph)
“For the second time around, we will not hesitate to call NoyNoy ‘a man with no sense of history.’ We are appalled how he bravely discredits mass protests, when in fact, it was the street parliament that lamented the death of his father, ousted a dictator, and seated his mother in presidency,” said LFS Chairperson Gemma Canalis.
According to the militant youth organization, Aquino also seems to have forgotten the people’s interests following the hastened passage of the PH-Australia Status of Visiting Forces Agreement (SOVFA), Arroyo’s release on a mere P1M bail, and talks of pandering the economy to foreign capitalists with the make-or-break talk of Charter Change on Monday.
“Aquino boasts of not being content with ‘forgiving and forgetting’ in his SONA, but he has already done the exact opposite just a few days after he pronounced it. He has forgotten national sovereignty when he continued to allow foreign military troops to enter the country; he has not only forgiven and forgotten all of Arroyo’s crimes to the people but is inutile enough to repeat them; he has forgotten to industrialize the Philippines for self-sustenance in his clamor for foreign investors ready to plunder the country,” says Canalis.
The LFS evoked the 1986 People Power and other victories earned by the collective action of the mass movement, and called on the people to participate in future protest actions to expose Aquino’s puppetry to capitalist dictates, particularly those of the US.
“While no less than 106 applauses elated Aquino in his most recent SONA, we will make sure the resounding march of the people united in the streets will haunt him in his coming days. For unlike Aquino, the youth and the rest of the Filipino nation will neither forgive nor forget the likes of him who have oppressed them for years,” warns Canalis. ###
(via lfs.ph)
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