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Revolution and martyrdom are powerful concepts in the Philippines. Few people recognize this as well as President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. After all, she was elevated to the top job in 2001 through a popular uprising that ousted President Joseph Estrada. Last week, Arroyo attempted to switch from revolutionary hero to political martyr by announcing she wouldn't run for the presidency in the scheduled May 2004 elections. "If I don't make a sacrifice," she said during an event marking the anniversary of the death of martyred revolutionary hero José Rizal, "what will happen to our country...
...will allow her to tackle the country's mounting problems without the compromises and pressures that go with candidacy. She says the so-called People Power II revolution that installed her tore the nation apart, pitting her middle-class and business-sector supporters against the impoverished masses who preferred Estrada despite charges that his administration was corrupt. (Estrada remains in jail at the Philippine Veterans Hospital awaiting trial.) "Since I am among the principal figures in the divisive national events of the last two or three years," she said, "my political efforts can only result in never-ending divisiveness...
...Duterte's zero tolerance?for both crime and the judicial system?that resonates. "They can't rely on the justice system, so they rely on Duterte," says former Misamis Oriental Governor Homobono Adaza. Looking to exploit Duterte's appeal, former Presidents Fidel Ramos and Joseph Estrada both asked him to take national posts. And Duterte's way is spreading. Presidential adviser Jesus Dureza, who has known him since high school, says voters in other cities also crave Duterte-type security. Copycat vigilante killings have cropped up in Digos City to the south and Cagayan de Oro to the north. Locally...
...money than Bush wants for prescription-drug and education spending, two issues they believe will play well for their party in the November elections. And Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee have targeted four more conservative nominees they might block for the appeals court: Jeffrey Sutton in Ohio, Miguel Estrada in the District of Columbia, D. Brooks Smith in Pennsylvania and Priscilla Owen in Texas. Dan Bartlett, the White House communications director, says Bush intends to fight for those nominees, but then he also insists Bush fought hard for Pickering. To counter the Democrats, the President plans to spend...
...spent more than a year teaching demolition in MILF camps. He helped organize and detonate a series of bombings in Manila 14 months ago that killed 22. An anonymous caller told Philippine police that the blasts were retaliation for raids on MILF camps ordered by Arroyo's predecessor, Joseph Estrada. The police traced the call to al-Ghozi's phone...