An Old Story: New Coup Planned to Oust President Arroyo |
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Sunday, 30 November 2008 09:14 | |||
(Part 6 of “Reinventing the Philippine Military” Series)
L ike a soap opera that has no ending, coup rumors are again spreading in the Philippines. As stated in Part 5 of this series, “According to sources in the Philippine military, it is only a question of ‘when’ (not ‘what’ or ‘why’ or ‘how’) a coup would finally succeed.”
The Arroyo Administration has billions of pesos for congressional pork barrel and more billions for local-government officials every fiscal year but it does not have money for veterans’ pension and disability payments.
Even fuel for the antiquated vessels and patrol boats of the Philippine Navy is reportedly diverted to non-military use or even outright stolen by some government officials.
The Philippine military and police are like a once-dormant volcano that is slowly coming to life, as it prepares to explode violently.
If the predicted military coup does happen, it may be bloody because President Arroyo is not expected to flee to a foreign country on an exile – if faced with a massive rebellion. As Washington, DC-based Filipino writer Ado Paglinawan said, "President Arroyo would leave the presidential palace in a horizontal position."
Here are the links to the previous five articles of this series:
Reinventing the Philippine Military to Prevent the Coming of a Junta
Reinventing the Philippine Military (Part Two)
The Military Background of Philippine Presidents (Part 3)
A Call to Arms? (Part4 of Reinventing the RP Military)
Anatomy of a Filipino Coup (Part 5 of "Reinventing the Military" Series)
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