[asia-apec 1039] Re: Estrada brings peace a step back

[ppc]

Dear Laarni and Teddy muli,

Generally, okay naman ang linya nito pero nababawasan ng effectiveness ng
ilang kahinaan.

1)yung sa intro pa lamang, naniniwala pa ba ang Bayan sa "sinseridad" ni
erap at kanyang gubyerno considering everything -- its basic character as
representative and protector of the interests of the ruling classes -- at
yung mismong ginagawa na niya ngayon bilang presidente na wala pa siyang 1 taon?

at ano naman yung "promise of edsa"; at ano namn ang mapaka-galing o sagrado
sa anibersaryo ng edsa...

pero sa bandang huli sinabi rin ng press statement na edsa is a farce, kaya
lang too late na ito.  

2) "If Estrada is truly sincere in what he said yesterday, then he should
abandon his stubborn macho attitude towards resolving the armed conflict
and work for a more diplomatic approach in working for the release of the
two POWs," said Casiño.

estrada's macho porma is not inconsistent with his "sincerity".  hindi
malinaw ang nais nating sabihin sa pag-contrapose dito.  dapat mas ipakita
ang substance ng panlabas na anyo ng pa-macho -- yung pagiging militarist at
fascist ng oryentasyun ni erap (gaya ng hinabol sa sinabi ng statement na
"attitude problem").

3) mas maigi ring gamitin ang salitang "negotiated solution" hindi
"diplomatic" dahil may connotation ang huling salita sa maluwag na paggamit.

At 07:10 3/3/99 +0800, you wrote:
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>MEDIA RELEASE
>23 February 1999
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>Estrada brings peace a step back
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>The Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) today challenged President Estrada
>to prove his sincerity at  pursuing the promise of EDSA by going back to the
>negotiating table with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines
>(NDFP) and resolve the root causes of the armed conflict.
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>"It is tragic that Estrada has to make an announcement that would further
>damage the precarious status of the peace talks on the day of the
>anniversary of EDSA," said Bayan Deputy Secretary General Teodoro Casiño
>referring to the President's "bluff" to cancel the release of some 50
>political prisoners in light of the capture of two prisoners of war (POW),
>one of them a general, by the New People's Army.
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>"If Estrada is truly sincere in what he said yesterday, then he should
>abandon his stubborn macho attitude towards resolving the armed conflict
>and work for a more diplomatic approach in working for the release of the
>two POWs," said Casiño.
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>"Estrada has a severe attitude problem. The attitude of a budding
>dictator," he said.
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>"The problem with him is that he thinks he can solve everything through
>brute force just like what happens in most of his movies. 
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>"Estrada and his advisers should recognize that the basic reason why the
>NPA is strengthening and now has the capability to launch tactical
>offensives is that more and more people are getting disillusioned with the
>government. Especially under his administration which quickly restored the
>power and the privileges of the Marcoses and their cronies and which is
>aiming to return the fascist and oppressive measures of martial law," said
>Casiño.
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>Thirteen years after EDSA the pursuit for a genuine and lasting peace
>becomes even more farfetched. The Estrada government, Bayan said, has
>refused to implement the Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human
>Rights and International Humanitarian Law which it already signed with the
>NDF.
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>"Yesterday's EDSA anniversary rites was nothing but a farce. How can
>Estrada say that he will continue with the battle against poverty when he
>has refused to address the roots of the people's unrest and when he
>stubbornly refuses to negotiate with forces who represent the revolutionary
>aspirations of the people?" said Casiño. ###
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