Sigaw claims harassment vs Cha-cha
July 22, 2006 | 12:00am
A pro-Charter change group has denounced the opposition for what it called "underhanded tactics" to stop the "ever-growing" public clamor for a peoples initiative to amend the Constitution.
Raul Lambino, Sigaw ng Bayan spokesman, said the opposition has resorted to intimidation and harassment to try to prevent the popular will on urgent constitutional reforms as shown by Makati Mayor Jejomar Binays "resurrection" of a decades-old libel case against Peoples Advocate for Charter Change convenor Bobby Brillante.
Lambino accused Binay of "peddling outright lies" about the advocacy forum on Charter change held last July 15 at the Jade Garden Restaurant in Quezon City.
"The forum was attended mostly by barangay leaders from Makati who are heavily supportive of Charter change," he said.
Lambino said Binay made it appear that "something sinister" had occurred during the meeting attended by barangay leaders of Makati.
"Contrary to Binays outrageous claims that a supposed P10-million signature-buying spree in Makati was discussed during the forum, the meeting focused entirely on issues involving the peoples initiative and the proposed shift to a parliamentary system of government, the same topics discussed in the various information campaigns being held jointly by Sigaw and the Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP) across the country,"he said.
Lambino said Makati barangay leaders are fed up with Binays oppressive methods to frustrate the desire of Makati voters for sweeping reforms via constitutional amendments.
"I spoke to them about why they should get involved in the ongoing efforts to push constitutional reforms via the peoples initiative, like what I have been doing for the past four months across the country," he said.
Lambino also challenged the anti-Charter change group One Voice to undertake a massive information campaign in each of the countrys 79 provinces instead of buying millions of pesos worth of airtime against constitutional reforms.
"These people are lucky that they have money to burn just so they could thwart the desire of millions of ordinary Filipinos seeking far-reaching reforms that would give them a fighting chance at providing better lives for their families," he said.
Raul Lambino, Sigaw ng Bayan spokesman, said the opposition has resorted to intimidation and harassment to try to prevent the popular will on urgent constitutional reforms as shown by Makati Mayor Jejomar Binays "resurrection" of a decades-old libel case against Peoples Advocate for Charter Change convenor Bobby Brillante.
Lambino accused Binay of "peddling outright lies" about the advocacy forum on Charter change held last July 15 at the Jade Garden Restaurant in Quezon City.
"The forum was attended mostly by barangay leaders from Makati who are heavily supportive of Charter change," he said.
Lambino said Binay made it appear that "something sinister" had occurred during the meeting attended by barangay leaders of Makati.
"Contrary to Binays outrageous claims that a supposed P10-million signature-buying spree in Makati was discussed during the forum, the meeting focused entirely on issues involving the peoples initiative and the proposed shift to a parliamentary system of government, the same topics discussed in the various information campaigns being held jointly by Sigaw and the Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP) across the country,"he said.
Lambino said Makati barangay leaders are fed up with Binays oppressive methods to frustrate the desire of Makati voters for sweeping reforms via constitutional amendments.
"I spoke to them about why they should get involved in the ongoing efforts to push constitutional reforms via the peoples initiative, like what I have been doing for the past four months across the country," he said.
Lambino also challenged the anti-Charter change group One Voice to undertake a massive information campaign in each of the countrys 79 provinces instead of buying millions of pesos worth of airtime against constitutional reforms.
"These people are lucky that they have money to burn just so they could thwart the desire of millions of ordinary Filipinos seeking far-reaching reforms that would give them a fighting chance at providing better lives for their families," he said.
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