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was taken from Bulatlat, the Philippines's alternative weekly
newsmagazine (www.bulatlat.com, www.bulatlat.net, www.bulatlat.org).
Vol. VI, No. 4, March 3, 2006
Laywers Conquer Edsa
Shrine BY AUBREY MAKILAN
Members of the
legal profession conquered Edsa Shrine on March 3, less than an hour
before the president lifted the state of emergency at 11:30 a.m.
The lawyers and law
students, led by the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP), marched from the
IBP grounds to Edsa Shrine. Outnumbered by the protesters, the police were not
able to prevent them from setting foot on the shrine premises where a 30-minute
program was held.
Aside from the
controversial Presidential Proclamation No. 1017, former Teofisto Guingona urged
that other “repressive” measures like the General Order No. 5 be also rescinded.
Among the groups that
gathered at the shrine, under the alliance Concerned Lawyers for Civil Liberties
(CLCL), were the Council for the Defense of Civil Liberties (Codal), Libertas,
Alternative Law Group (ALG), and law students from different universities.
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Posted 12:25 p.m. March 3, 2006