http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/timetogo/ It's Time to Go! The GMA administration is caught lying through its teeth again, and it's the biggest lie ever! Proclamation 1017 is not about preventing or suppressing "lawless violence, invasion or rebellion." A day before declaring a "national state of emergency," the Palace was in fact dismissing the "coup plotters" as a handful of disgruntled military elements. Proclamation 1017 is certainly not about a "clear and present danger to the safety and the integrity of the Philippine state and of the Filipino people." The greater threat to Philippine society, especially the integrity of our democratic institutions, is a presidency saddled and debilitated by electoral cheating and corruption. If the administration thinks it can cling to power through brute force, then it has failed to realize that the public outcry sparked by the tapes that reveal a morally challenged leadership is not just a flash of mass anger, but the implacable outrage of a people whose moral core has been violated without shame or genuine remorse. In reality, Proclamation 1017 is about saving GMA. It is about survival politics, about suppressing the truth that hounds the presidency. By invoking emergency powers, GMA hopes to silence opposition to her hollow claim to leadership. In the face of the worsening political crisis, we enjoin all overseas Filipinos to become part of the solution. As the nation's economic saviors, our remittances (more than 10 billion dollars a year) speak volumes of our great role and responsibility. With huge stakes--the well-being of our families and the fate of our country--we call on everyone to support the following initiatives: 1. Non-bank remittance – Send funds to your families in the Philippines outside the government’s radar screen; that is, send only through friends or door-to-door services. This will lower the official remittance figures, which the government likes to conveniently cite as a main source of economic strength. 2. Postpone visits to the Philippines until GMA resigns. 3. Discourage others from visiting the Philippines until GMA leaves office. 4. Appeal to the sense of morality of potential investors to hold off investing until a new political mandate is given to a successor. This should include large equity investors, such as pension funds. (The poor don’t buy stocks anyway.) 5. Expose to the world the scandal that GMA has brought upon herself and now on the Filipino people. Point out that most Filipinos are honest, but the government has long been dominated by the corrupt and incompetents, and the current leadership has lost the required moral and political ascendancy to lead. 6. Encourage friends and family in the military to finally take a stand in favor of change--not to take over and rule but to withdraw support for an undeserving government. 7. Use the power of symbols. Publicly use and promote GMA Resign articles (stickers, armbands, T-shirts, ribbons, etc.). Fly the flag at half-mast. 8. Use technology to push for change. Circulate this call. Help disseminate information (through e-groups and your personal distribution lists) about Gloriagate and the urgent need to now go beyond GMA. Voice your outrage through the media. E-mail political players to show support for their efforts to help reveal the unvarnished truth. Network with web-based groups and find opportunities to help. Honest leadership is the cornerstone of national success, without which political stability and the opportunity for progress cease to exist. Our people have suffered enough! It's now time for the GMA administration to relinquish power and give way to a constitutionally prescribed special election administered by a purged COMELEC. Only then can the country transition to a new government, free from the stigma and encumbrances of the now disgraced GMA presidency. Fri, 24 Feb 2006 09:0:05 CST en-us 3 http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/timetogo/#sig4036660 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition.i hate her a lot. dont watch the SONA this coming Monday. sayang ang kuryente. boycott the sona. makakatipid pa tau kc wla namang bago sa mga sasabihin nya. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/timetogo/#sig3864890 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST WTF!!!GMA should resign now. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/timetogo/#sig3858771 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST Just want to be counted. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/timetogo/#sig3856105 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST Kung Hindi Ngayon.... Kailan Pa!!! http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/timetogo/#sig3752194 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST ordinary filipinos are burdened with taxes left and right yet politicians are with all the luxury courtesy of corruption in govt http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/timetogo/#sig3747771 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/timetogo/#sig3747612 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST GMA must resign. Or we must remove her through People Power http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/timetogo/#sig3747567 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST kapal nya http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/timetogo/#sig3684241 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/timetogo/#sig3488085 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST She did not win the 2004 elections http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/timetogo/#sig3428639 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/timetogo/#sig2998123 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/timetogo/#sig2703184 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST Because Gloria Makapal is the worst President in the Philippines. I'm very dissapointed that we have a short president. I hope she will resign soon. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/timetogo/#sig2412682 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST because I can no longer stomach what this goverment is doing. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/timetogo/#sig2078476 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support to this petition . http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/timetogo/#sig2061121 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/timetogo/#sig2045433 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/timetogo/#sig2034979 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST i support this petition bcoz i want to better life.... http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/timetogo/#sig2032746 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/timetogo/#sig2018014 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition.