Atty. Luke Espiritu
Senator Antonio Trillanes’ claim that Malacañang is responsible for the blast at the Glorietta mall has been dismissed as “speculative” and ‘irresponsible.” Recently, his former “kuya”, Gregorio Honasan, rebuked him for rushing into judgment without the benefit of evidence and while police investigations have not yet concluded.
However, who can blame Trillanes?
Trillanes is simply echoing what many others believe as true. The present regime is not beyond the business of killing innocent lives. Look at how activists and journalists have disappeared or been murdered in recent years. Moreover, the timing of the blast is uncanny as to betray a plausible motive. It happened while the Arroyo administration is --- again --- reeling from scandals, this time involving a dubious contract and bribery right at the very halls of Malacañang. Glorietta stole media attention from these issues and gave the administration a fresh lease on life.
True, Trillanes and many others may be wrong. The blast may be an accident or an act of unknown terrorists. However, if they were to be wrong in anything, at least they would be wrong only in one minute premise but not the conclusion. If blaming Malacañang leads people to realize how corrupt and evil this administration is, which is true --- bombing or no bombing --- then something good may come out of it. If that would bring about a long overdue upheaval, the possibility of being wrong is well worth the gamble.
Remember the Plaza Miranda bombing thirty six years ago? People laid the guilt upon Ferdinand Marcos. Then it became a symbol of the anti-Marcos resistance next only to Ninoy Aquino’s assassination. In fact, the event is still being commemorated to this very day as part of the Filipino struggle for freedom. Yet, it was not Marcos who perpetrated the crime but the Communist Party of the Philippines/New People’s Army.
And what of Ninoy Aquino’s murder which is widely believed to be authored by Marcos? Had protesters been armed with proof beyond reasonable doubt, akin to that in the courts of law, before they went to the streets and eventually ended his regime? Until now, the question of whether or not Marcos orchestrated the killing is still being debated. But this no longer matters. History works in mysterious ways. It can even accommodate some probability of error in order to effect change.
The point is, in the case of the Glorietta mall incident, Gloria represents everything that is evil in this country that she must be removed regardless of whether or not Malacañang is responsible for the blast.
But of course, the question still remains --- what if Trillanes is right?
Senator Antonio Trillanes’ claim that Malacañang is responsible for the blast at the Glorietta mall has been dismissed as “speculative” and ‘irresponsible.” Recently, his former “kuya”, Gregorio Honasan, rebuked him for rushing into judgment without the benefit of evidence and while police investigations have not yet concluded.
However, who can blame Trillanes?
Trillanes is simply echoing what many others believe as true. The present regime is not beyond the business of killing innocent lives. Look at how activists and journalists have disappeared or been murdered in recent years. Moreover, the timing of the blast is uncanny as to betray a plausible motive. It happened while the Arroyo administration is --- again --- reeling from scandals, this time involving a dubious contract and bribery right at the very halls of Malacañang. Glorietta stole media attention from these issues and gave the administration a fresh lease on life.
True, Trillanes and many others may be wrong. The blast may be an accident or an act of unknown terrorists. However, if they were to be wrong in anything, at least they would be wrong only in one minute premise but not the conclusion. If blaming Malacañang leads people to realize how corrupt and evil this administration is, which is true --- bombing or no bombing --- then something good may come out of it. If that would bring about a long overdue upheaval, the possibility of being wrong is well worth the gamble.
Remember the Plaza Miranda bombing thirty six years ago? People laid the guilt upon Ferdinand Marcos. Then it became a symbol of the anti-Marcos resistance next only to Ninoy Aquino’s assassination. In fact, the event is still being commemorated to this very day as part of the Filipino struggle for freedom. Yet, it was not Marcos who perpetrated the crime but the Communist Party of the Philippines/New People’s Army.
And what of Ninoy Aquino’s murder which is widely believed to be authored by Marcos? Had protesters been armed with proof beyond reasonable doubt, akin to that in the courts of law, before they went to the streets and eventually ended his regime? Until now, the question of whether or not Marcos orchestrated the killing is still being debated. But this no longer matters. History works in mysterious ways. It can even accommodate some probability of error in order to effect change.
The point is, in the case of the Glorietta mall incident, Gloria represents everything that is evil in this country that she must be removed regardless of whether or not Malacañang is responsible for the blast.
But of course, the question still remains --- what if Trillanes is right?
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