Gloria's Resignation
NOT ALL LASALLIANS FAVOR THE PRESIDENT’S RESIGNATION
"We must restore our people’s faith in the Presidency and in the democratic process. This will most certainly require the full exercise of leadership that our President alone could effect. We would like to believe that she was sincere when she expressed her commitment to make a personal sacrifice for the nation’s interest. We now pray her to bring it to full fruition - the supreme sacrifice of surrendering personal want, comfort and position. We pray her to voluntarily relinquish power so that a constitutional process of succession may proceed."
- Official Statement of the Brothers and the La Salle Schools
Recently, the De La Salle Brothers of the Philippines released a statement calling upon the President of the Philippines, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to step down, supposedly to make a personal sacrifice for the nation’s interest.
Let it be known that their opinions are not representative of the Lasallian community as a whole. While a great number of Lasallians believe that Mrs. Arroyo should be held accountable for her supposed lapse of judgment, many strongly believe that demanding her resignation is not the solution.
To demand a president to resign simply to allow the constitutional process of succession to proceed or even for the purpose of making a supreme sacrifice ignores the fact that until proven otherwise, Mrs. Arroyo remains the duly-elected president of our republic. Indeed, doubts hover over her election, but for as long as her mandate stands, it must be respected.
Without question, the phone call made by the President to Commissioner Garcillano was inappropriate and unbecoming of a public servant. But the act in itself was not unlawful.
Many have claimed that the president fraudulently won the election. These are assumptions based on transcripts of the phone conversations, not proven fact. Nowhere in the wiretaps does it directly say that Mrs. Arroyo cheated in the election.
We concede that the Filipino people have a right to know the truth. Let the hearings in Congress continue, if an impeachment trial is required, then so be it. But at this time, no evidence has been presented worthy of demanding the removal of our president.
For now, we ask for sobriety from the citizenry. If it is proven without doubt that the president was elected through fraudulent means, then perhaps it would be her time to go. But until then, her mandate stands and it is our obligation to adhere to the rule of law, and allow Mrs. Arroyo to continue to govern this country.
Together, let us pray for the welfare of our people and of our country.
- Taken from our batch Yahoo! Group
Forward [to fellow LaSallians] if you agree with us.
"We must restore our people’s faith in the Presidency and in the democratic process. This will most certainly require the full exercise of leadership that our President alone could effect. We would like to believe that she was sincere when she expressed her commitment to make a personal sacrifice for the nation’s interest. We now pray her to bring it to full fruition - the supreme sacrifice of surrendering personal want, comfort and position. We pray her to voluntarily relinquish power so that a constitutional process of succession may proceed."
- Official Statement of the Brothers and the La Salle Schools
Recently, the De La Salle Brothers of the Philippines released a statement calling upon the President of the Philippines, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to step down, supposedly to make a personal sacrifice for the nation’s interest.
Let it be known that their opinions are not representative of the Lasallian community as a whole. While a great number of Lasallians believe that Mrs. Arroyo should be held accountable for her supposed lapse of judgment, many strongly believe that demanding her resignation is not the solution.
To demand a president to resign simply to allow the constitutional process of succession to proceed or even for the purpose of making a supreme sacrifice ignores the fact that until proven otherwise, Mrs. Arroyo remains the duly-elected president of our republic. Indeed, doubts hover over her election, but for as long as her mandate stands, it must be respected.
Without question, the phone call made by the President to Commissioner Garcillano was inappropriate and unbecoming of a public servant. But the act in itself was not unlawful.
Many have claimed that the president fraudulently won the election. These are assumptions based on transcripts of the phone conversations, not proven fact. Nowhere in the wiretaps does it directly say that Mrs. Arroyo cheated in the election.
We concede that the Filipino people have a right to know the truth. Let the hearings in Congress continue, if an impeachment trial is required, then so be it. But at this time, no evidence has been presented worthy of demanding the removal of our president.
For now, we ask for sobriety from the citizenry. If it is proven without doubt that the president was elected through fraudulent means, then perhaps it would be her time to go. But until then, her mandate stands and it is our obligation to adhere to the rule of law, and allow Mrs. Arroyo to continue to govern this country.
Together, let us pray for the welfare of our people and of our country.
- Taken from our batch Yahoo! Group
Forward [to fellow LaSallians] if you agree with us.