By ED LADERA
For the first time in Philippine history,the biggest Churches united tocondemn the Macapagal-Arroyogovernment. The Catholic Bishops’Conference of the Philippines (CBCP),the El Shaddai Movement, the Jesus isLord Movement, and the NationalCouncil of Churches in the Philippines(NCCP) called for a massive prayer-rallyon 17 December 2006. Even the usuallyconservative Iglesia ni Kristo (INK,Church of Christ) criticized the regime.The key issue they condemned was theArroyo regime’s scheme to change theconstitution (Cha-Cha) through aConstituent Assembly (Con-Ass).
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Also in this issue:
Oppression and resistance of Filipino farm workers
Reaping the fruits of agrarian revolution
Agrarian revolution sweeps across the northern valley
NDFP appeals for international support for disaster victims
45 more firearms for the people’s army
People’s right to resistance tackled in Beirut conference
Brussels protesters denounce US-Arroyo political killings
Hamas, Palestinian parties, reject Abbas early elections “coup d’état”
