Biazon hits Gonzales' view on metro bombings
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MANILA - Sen. Rodolfo Biazon on Thursday assailed National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales for contributing to the climate of instability by downplaying bomb-related incidents in Metro Manila this week.
“I’m not talking about specifics, whether administration or opposition. But to hear the national security adviser say about the need for a revolution, the putting up of a junta, the putting up of a transition government is fuelling all of these speculative conclusions,” Biazon said in a radio dzMM interview.
The senator added he could not believe Gonzales’s cold reaction to the bombing of the Office of the Ombudsman and the attempted bombing of the Department of Agriculture offices in Quezon City.
Gonzales and the military had said that the bombing attempts are part of a trend that usually happens before the President's State of the Nation Address (SONA).
The statements were made in reaction to allegations that some people in the administration are creating a scenario that may be used to justify the declaration of emergency rule.
Biazon alleged that the real root cause of the destabilization scenarios is none other than Gonzales.
The senator said Gonzales has been advocating a revolution and the establishment of a junta to be led by President Arroyo.
He recalled that Gonzales raised this during a seminar conducted by the Center for Strategic Studies in Davao City in 2006 for junior military officers.
“Three years ago, Gonzalez conducted a seminar in military camps, and he said there is a need for a revolution, from liberal democracy to social democracy,” Biazon said.
He said the junior officers in the seminar were told that the Armed Forces of the Philippines, as the only sector with “the power of the gun,” can carry out such revolution.
Amateur IEDs
Lt. Col. Romeo Brawner Jr., military spokesman, said Wednesday that the bomb that exploded at the Ombudsman compound on Agham Road, Quezon, and the two other bombs thrown at the agriculture department’s compound and at One Burgundy Plaza were amateurishly constructed.
Brawner said the construction of the bomb, which has C4 as the main component, indicated that the group wanted to put the blame on the military.
He said the police and the military suspect groups responsible for bomb scare trends during SONA season are the ones behind these moves, but they cannot make arrests due to lack of hard evidence.
Destabilization
Biazon confirmed that there is a growing “sentiment” on the current political situation in the country among military junior officers.
He said “the soldiers are watching, the soldiers are listening,” but he could not say if there is a solid plan for an armed revolt.
“You know, what can trigger all of these, the people on the streets. They (soldiers) are watching and listening to what the people feel about the situation in this country,” he said.
He added: “At the very least, there are sentiments. Whether or not there is a plan, nobody can say.”
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