NCRPO: Heads to roll for violent rally dispersal at Palace
Heads will roll at the Manila police’s intelligence unit for failing to anticipate a "lightning" rally by some 200 militant youths near Malacañang last Wednesday.
Metro Manila police head Chief Superintendent Roberto Rosales made this vow even as he accused media of showing only violence on protesters, and not on police and presidential guards.
"Obviously meron yan. Definitely ang kanilang intelligence officer matatamaan dito dahil mahirap talaga i-explain ang 200 people. That day may info na may rally (Obviously heads will roll. The intelligence officer is to account for this because it is hard to explain how 200 protesters sneaked into the compound to get near the Palace grounds)," Rosales said in an interview on dzXL radio.
Some 20 protesters were arrested in the violent dispersal of the protest rally, where they denounced President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo for her alleged extravagance during her visit to the United States.
The protesters focused on the lavish dinners Mrs. Arroyo and her entourage had, at a time of widespread poverty and hunger in the Philippines.
On Thursday, Manila Police District head Chief Superintendent Rodolfo Magtibay admitted in a radio interview that even civilians took part in "arresting" the protesters. [See: Police admit civilians took part in violent dispersal of rally]
Kabataan party-list Representative Raymond Palatino vowed to file a resolution directing the House committee on human rights to conduct an investigation of the violent dispersal. [See: House probe on ‘violent’ dispersal of Mendiola protesters sought]
Failure of intelligence
In vowing heads will roll, Rosales said it would have been excusable if only 10 or 20 protesters sneaked past presidential guards and police.
"As I said, ang lumalabas talaga failure of intelligence. Kung 20 or 10 people ang makapasok doon siguro that's highly possible. Pero 200 tao, di na siguradong sasabihing di mo ma-notice. So malaki ang kinalaman ng di pagka notice nito at sabihin nating failure of intelligence yan," he said.
(As I said, there was failure of intelligence because if 10 or 20 sneaked past, that would be excusable. But 200 people sneaking past police smacks of negligence.)
On the other hand, he scored the demonstrators for "courting trouble," saying they are already aware that Mendiola and Malacañang are a "no-no" places for rallies.
"May freedom parks [na] malaya [nilang] ma-idaos ang rally hanggang paanan ng Mendiola. Pero ito talagang parang they are courting violence, nag-instigate sila [na] magkaroon ng reaction from the police force," Rosales said.
(They are free to air their views in freedom parks, but in this case they were courting violence. They even instigated trouble with police to get them to react.)
Rosales also scored media for not covering the negotiations between the protesters and the police and presidential guards.
"[Ang] pinakita ng media, nagkagulo na. Kaya nga we are always at the losing end. Tapos ano sinabi ng media, nasaktan ang demonstrator. Bakit di binigyan ng espasyo ang nasaktang pulis at PSG," he lamented.
(The media showed not the negotiations but the violence already. We are always at the losing end. And the media claimed the demonstrators were hurt, why not report that some of the police and presidential guards were also hurt?) - GMANews.TV
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Now read the red parts. All of those are exactly true. As I've said in my previous posts, the media always films and edits their videos to their satisfaction so that the only thing our less-learned Filipino brothers and sisters would see on national TV are the supposed violence of the police and the supposed evilness of the government.
These media people, it's very hypocritical of them to call and tag names to politicians they barely know personally. They do this for their own interest (special mention: ABS-CBN). Who knows what their motives are, right? Better TV ratings, evil plots, whatever.
These media people should be first and utmost objective and bias-free with their jobs and with their stories. Why make the government always the villain? And then you'll call a little cough from the Palace an oppression of the Filipino freedom of speech? Are you kidding me? Get real. Is it better to take sides than to take nobody's side at all? Pure BS.
And these militants, what the police head said was right. They were craving for trouble, trouble they got.
Everyone living in this nation needs a hard slap on the face, a reality check. Call the government evil, I say the media is more evil. Call the government evil again, I say they're both equally evil.
'Till my next installment.
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