While Gloria basks in her UN glory, the rumors here abound about the military staging a coup...she is quite unpopular here, but no local demonstrations yet...
And the Beeb is too busy showing "poverty v rich" to bother to report anything...LINK
Now, I've been in and out of the Philippines for 15 years, and you know what? The REAL story is the growing middle class, and the ability of people to move up in the world.
The REAL story about Gloria is that she represents the rich Manila elite, who have hold or many of the institutions of government and business and are not always open to outsiders... not the growing and often Prostestant middle class...(Ex president Ramos brought prosperity because he encouraged the growth of this up and coming class of people). And to make things worse, Gloria ousted the demagogue "erap" Estrada, who was the popular choice, an actor who represented the people...and she did so by manipulating the usual suspects and accusing him of being corrupt...
And now SHE is being proven she is corrupt, and the fact that there was not enough evidence to impeach her belies the fact that the congress refused to admit more evidence, and won't allow another impeachment case to be brought in front of congress...
However, Gloria's phone call tape discussing the stealing of the election is common knowledge, as is her family's acceptance of bribes...
So, like her former classmate Clinton, she gets off on a technicality while being corrupt...and everyone knows she is corrupt...
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