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Declaration
Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim
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Civilian-Military Alliance for Reforms in Society
Brig. Gen. Jose Comendador
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Points of Convergence
Brig. Gen. Jose Comendador
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Why I Am Resigning
Col. Orlando De Leon
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Apat Na Prinsipyo
Capt. Nicanor Faeldon
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The Military Is A
Bogeyman
Capt. Nicanor Faeldon
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Leading The
Righteous Way
The Cavaliers, the PMA Alumni Association
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Opening Statement
Brig. Gen.
Francisco Gudani
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To Our Countrymen
Young Officers Union of the New Generation (YOUNG)
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The New Order
Restoring Democracy in the Philippines
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The Last Word
Rene Jarque . USMA
West Point Class 1986
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Why I Left The Military
Rene Jarque . USMA
West Point Class 1986
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Message To The
Filipino People
Armed Forces of
the Philippines
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New Filipino
Heroes
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National Recovery
Program
Sen. & Lt. Col. Gregorio Honasan
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Corruption in the
Philippine Navy Procurement System
Ltjg. Antonio F.
Trillanes IV
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A Study of Corruption
in the Philippine Navy
Ltjg. Antonio F.
Trillanes IV
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Apat
na Prinsipyo
Kami ay ginagabayan ng apat na prinsipyo sa pakikibakang ito. Apat na
prinsipyong pinaniniwalaan namin partikular na naaangkop sa ating kalagayan
ngayon.
-Ang una ay SACRIFICE; ang bawat is sa atin na nangangarap
nang maayos na bansa ay dapat handa siyang magsakripisyo alang-alang sa
inang bayan at mamamayan. Una ay dapat niyang itanong sa kanyang sarili kung
ano ang kaya niyang ialay sa kanyang inang bayan at mamamayan nang hindi
umasa o hihingi nang kapalit.
Halimbawa, kaya ko bang isakripisyo ang
karera, katiwasayan ng buhay, seguridad pam pisikal, o ialay ang iyong buhay
para isulong ang kapakanan ng bayan at nakakaraming Pilipino? Kapag ito ay
nasagot mo nang oo, ikaw ay tunay na may malasakit sa ating bayan at
maralitang nakakaraming mamamayan.
-Ang
pangalawa ay COURAGE; hindi sapat na ikaw ay handang
magsakripisyo lamang. Kaakibat nito ay lakas loob at tatag nang iyong
paninindigan na isulong ang sakripisyong handa mong ialay sa ating bayan.
Ang karuwagan ay nagpapawalang saysay sa ano mang mabuting hakbangin dahil
syang pipigil sa iyo sa pagsulong.
-Ang pangatlo ay ACTION; kailangan mong pagsamahin ang
SAKRIPISYO at TAPANG sa isang makabuluhang hakbanging pakikibaka. Ang
kailangan nang ating bayan upang makamit ang tunay na makadiyos, makabayan
at makataong pagbabago ay AKSYON. Magtrabaho tayo at hayaan natin ang ating
gawa ang siyang magsasalita.
-Pangapat ay LEADERSHIP BY EXAMPLE; ito ay isa nang gasgas
na kasabihan ngunit sadyang napakahirap isakatuparan. Ngunit naniniwala kami
na sa panahon ngayon na ang pagsisinungalin ay ginagawa nang tama nang ating
mga pulitiko kailangan na itong gawin pamantayan nang pagpili nang ating
pagtitiwalaan. Hindi kami naniniwala sa salita kundi sa gawa. Hindi namin
sasabihin sa inyo ang kaya namin gawin dahil lahat ng tao ay kayang
magtalumpati ng nakakabagbag damdamin. Kahit tulog ang tao sa kanyang
panaginip ay nagagawa nya ito. Ngunitgagawin namin ang aming makakaya at
siyang inyong titingnan. Hindi rin kami sumusunod sa taong nagsasabi nang
kaya niyang gawin. Dahil sa panahon ngayon ang dapat natin sundin ay ang
taong nagpapakita nang kaniyang magagawa . "Do not tell us what you can do
for everybody can do the talking. Show us what you can do and we will follow
you."
Capt.
Nicanor Faeldon
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The Military is A Bogeyman
The military is often painted as a bogeyman, and the prospects of a
military takeover raised as a specter to frighten people into silence. Yet
the past two successful revolutions in which the military participated show
us that in both cases, the military only intervened, just enough to tip the
scale of power. Then they went back to their barracks.
It is unfortunate that there are officers among the military who harbor
political ambitions, and sometimes use the powers of their office-and the
prestige of the military-to influence political events. But ordinary
soldiers do not support such actions.
Politicians are quick to point at the seven attempted coups during the
Aquino government, and our own short-lived activities, as attempts to take
over the government. The government has called what we did in Oakwood a
mutiny, but we had no plans to seize power, then or now. We thought then -
naively - that exposing government anomalies would be enough to stop them
from happening again.
This is not to deny the military's role during martial law, or the
atrocities some of its members committed then, and continue to commit now.
This is simply to point out that the military, as an institution, as a
group, have always held the civilians in respect and followed civilian
authority.
Past presidents and politicians have corrupted some military officers, and
instituted a system that promotes and rewards the corrupt. But the ordinary
soldier, when you get down to it, remains committed to serving his country.
For regardless of what we are, and what we are said to be, everyday we leave
home prepared to die, fighting not our own personal enemies, but the enemies
of the people.
What is the military's role?
The role of the military is to protect the people. The protection
extended to the State is given because it represents and takes care of the
people. But the bottomline is that all the institutions we know - the
executive, the legislative, the judiciary, and even media - enjoy what
powers and prestige they have because they represent and serve the people.
But what we have now is a situation where these institutions no longer
represent and serve the people. Neither do they enjoy the trust of those
whom they claim to represent. In a situation where the State does not
represent the people, it does not deserve the protection of the military.
We are now in a legal bind: the military is enjoined to protect the
executive because the president claims she won the elections fairly and
squarely. When this mandate was questioned, however, she hid behind Congress
and used technicalities to protect herself. She insists that the people take
as a fact something she has failed to prove, and she has closed all avenues
for investigation.
What then is the basis for the protection she expects the military to
extend to her, except the assumption that everything is normal until proven
to be wrong, that a person is innocent until proven guilty? But when you
refuse to allow others to prove you guilty, what can people do? And what is
the legal basis to claim innocence, when there is no chance to prove you
guilty?
We do not go into arguments like these because we fear anarchy. We fear
that which we do not know, and the government is quick to exploit this fear
by conjuring up visions of soldiers marching into the streets and taking
over government, a military who is more violent, corrupt, and unresponsive
to the people as this government is.
But the reality is what government fears: that everyone is a citizen
first, and those soldiers who leave home everyday ready to die facing
unknown enemies are more likely to side with the people against the
government.
This has been proven twice, in the past two uprisings we have had. The
government is raising the specter of a military takeover because that was
what they planned against Estrada, had Estrada not left Malacanang. They
fear a military whose officers will listen to the people, not to them. They
fear officers whom they cannot bribe, or confuse with their twisted logic.
They fear a group of people against whom technicalities will not work.
Capt.
Nicanor Faeldon
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