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US-Arroyo Regime Beat a Retreat : Stop Con-ass now
President Macapagal-Arroyo, sensing grave political fall-out from her manuverings, had instructed her political affairs adviser Gabriel Claudio on Friday to “order” the lawmakers allied with her to drop the constituent assembly (Con-ass) as a means of changing the Constitution, Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said yesterday. News source reported that the President’s sudden withdrawal of support for Con-ass in the face of mounting opposition from Church and local government leaders appeared to have left her Cabinet in disarray. Michael Defensor, former student activists during Marcos time, and now the President’s chief of staff and who is touted to be her “favorite Cabinet secretary,” said Ms Arroyo’s withdrawal of support for Con-ass should give “a dose of reality” to members of the Cabinet who had been gung-ho about pushing this means of amending the Constitution.
President Macapagal-Arroyo, sensing grave political fall-out from her manuverings, had instructed her political affairs adviser Gabriel Claudio on Friday to “order” the lawmakers allied with her to drop the constituent assembly (Con-ass) as a means of changing the Constitution, Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said yesterday. News source reported that the President’s sudden withdrawal of support for Con-ass in the face of mounting opposition from Church and local government leaders appeared to have left her Cabinet in disarray. Michael Defensor, former student activists during Marcos time, and now the President’s chief of staff and who is touted to be her “favorite Cabinet secretary,” said Ms Arroyo’s withdrawal of support for Con-ass should give “a dose of reality” to members of the Cabinet who had been gung-ho about pushing this means of amending the Constitution.
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