Arroyo supporters upstage foes with big Manila rally

[Eugene]

http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-07-16T095227Z_01_FOR622100_RTRUKOC_0_PHILIPPINES.xml

Arroyo supporters upstage foes with big Manila rally
Sat Jul 16, 2005 10:52 AM BST

By John O'Callaghan

MANILA (Reuters) - Supporters of the Philippine president poured into
a park in the capital on Saturday for a much-needed show of strength
that upstaged a recent rally by 30,000 protesters demanding she step
down.

Police said about 120,000 people, many from government offices and
Christian groups, came to Manila's Rizal Park under hazy skies to
back Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in what was billed as a "gathering for
peace and unity for the rule of law".

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"It does not matter how many rallied for Arroyo," said Joseph Roxas,
president of Eagle Equities in Manila.

"Since the opposition did not muster enough numbers to cause alarm,
it has had to shift the battlefield to the impeachment process in
Congress."

Manila Mayor Lito Atienza, an Arroyo loyalist, earlier denied
reports that city workers were promised 2,000 pesos each to attend,
fair common way of beefing up rallies in the Philippines.

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[Robbien]

1. This whole impeachment thing smells like three day old BushCo fish

I read that BushCo already has her replacement waiting in the wings.

[donsu]

2. smirk told the CIA to dump Arroyo cause she wouldn't cooperate

I posted the article about a wk. ago.