Malacañang yesterday turned down clamor by some quarters to revoke the government policy of calibrated preemptive response (CPR) it has been imposing to avert a "bloody confrontation" during the continued street protests against the administration.
The Arroyo administration has openly defended the hosing down of last Friday’s demonstrators because it claimed they have violated the permit for a religious march that limits the areas where they can hold procession.
Ermita appealed to television networks to show the video footage taken by three policemen to "convince the public" whether the action taken by the government to hose down Guingona and other protesters were justified or not.
Translation: We will continue to hose down elderly nuns and priests who pray in the streets while protesting a corrupt govenment...
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