“A triumph for truth, justice, democracy and human rights.”
This was the statement of Pangasinenses and Fil-Ams supporting presidential frontrunner Grace Poe following the issuance by the Supreme Court of two restraining orders against the Comelec en banc’s twin decisions to disqualify and delist her from the May 2016 presidential elections.
Leaders of Ang Grasya ng Masang Pilipino Movement led by Adonis Samson, Rosendo So and Chito Samson hailed Supreme Court Chief Justice Lourdes Sereno for the issuance of the two TROs as she acted upon members-in-charge Associate Justices Mariano del Castillo and Marvic Leonen’s respective recommendations to issue separate TROs on the Comelec’s rulings canceling Poe’s CoC.
“The Supreme Court upholding the cause of Senator Poe and the cause of the sovereign people is consistent with the democratic precept that favors inclusion rather than exclusion,” said the Pangasinan leaders.
They added, “the Supreme Court’s timely and prompt decision to issue the TROs all but favor the right of the people to elect the servant leaders of their choice, and that doubts and resorts to technicalities as done by the Comelec en banc cannot serve to defeat the exercise of popular sovereignty of citizens.” AGMPM is the same group that ensured the victory of Grace’s father FPJ in the vote-rich province of Pangasinan in the 2004 presidential elections.
Many Pangasinenses have adopted and consider Grace Poe as their own.
Likewise, the AGMPM leaders also welcomed the change of heart and position of Comelec Commissioner Luie Tito Guia to the residency issue of Grace Poe stating that after review of the evidences presented, she was able to prove that she has satisfied the 10-year residency qualification required for a president under the Constitution.
“We welcome Commissioner Guia’s change of position not only for its relevance to the case of our presidential bet Grace Poe but he is also a Pangasinense like us being a native of Binmaley,” said Adonis Samson.
In Los Angeles, Fil-Am leaders of the Grace Poe for President Movement led by Jun Caringal, Arturo Garcia, Atty. Roman Mosqueda, Macky Fortu, Orly Cagampan and Larry Pelayo hailed the Supreme Court’s timely issuance of the two TROs that has given fresh hope for Fil Ams and millions of Filipinos overseas to elect Grace Poe in the May 2016 elections.
“With the issuance of the TROs against the Comelec, the SC has proven itself as the ‘great defender’ of the oppresed, powerless innocent like the foundling Grace Poe,” said the Fil Am leaders.
For his part, Caringal said “Chief Justice Sereno’s prompt decision to issue the TROs has put a stop to the politics of exclusion and election by elimination being perpetrated by the conspirators who are out to preserve the status quo via a legal coup d e’tat.”
He pointed that “the SC is institutionally lifted up with this decision especially when it fights back for the powerless, serves as the people’s defender and acts as the great equalizer.”
The Fil Ams for Grace Poe are confident that the Supreme Court will favor the sovereign Filipino people not for the powerful bullies.
