Are there a true (sic) Patriots in our midst?

I ask this question in the wake of the naked assault on the integrity of the Philippines’ republican democracy as manifested by the attempt of the House of Representatives to force the enactment of changes in the 1987 Constitution without the Senate’s participation in the convening of a Constituent Assembly.

To be fair, tyrannical as it was, the midnight action remained within that chamber’s legislative prerogatives.

But the shameful action must end there.

Outside the massive citizens’ protests now unfolding to thwart the evil design of changing either the form of government or the transitory provisions to extend the term of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, the only way to prevent full blown national turmoil is for the Senate to keep the faith.

Keeping the faith means our Senators must consign House Resolution 1109 to the dustbin of unlamented history.

What Patriot Senators must do when the legislature returns from its recess in July is to simply withhold action on 1109 after it is reported by the chamber secretariat as having been transmitted by the House of Representatives.

When it is referred for First Reading by the Committee on Revision of Laws and Constitutional Amendments they must muster the courage, the integrity to sit on it, to withhold action after it is reported out for Second Reading where it should lie and die there through to the end of 2009 and after Filipinos go to the polls on May 10, 2010 to democratically elect a REAL President.

We challenge Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile to be true to his word that they will not become the bedfellows of GMA’s congressional lapdogs.

Let this be the legacy of Enrile and his colleagues: the preservation and protection of the integrity of the Republic and the sanctity of the Constitution.

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My apologies for the typo.

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