Flashback October of 2007–scenes of a crying Jun Lozada…a son of a speaker speaking out against his father’s friend…and various groups out for Arroyo’s blood.
These are just some of the vivid scenes I recalled during the ZTE probe. Those scenes nearly toppled the regime of Mrs. Arroyo.
Talks are rife that these coverages of the ZTE probe and the ensuing drama convinced Mrs. Arroyo to target the Lopez empire, which not only includes Meralco but ABS-CBN Channel 2. Recently, Senate Minority Floor Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr., took potshots of Mrs. Arroyo when he told the media that the target could be ABS-CBN 2.
I don’t believe so. I think government is really bent on changing the management of Meralco. The correlation between ABS-CBN 2 and Meralco is just a malicious insinuation. It is more a counter-propaganda strike than anything, to smear the reputation of ABS-CBN 2 and render it inutile against government attacks.
With anti-Gloria groups silent, expect a weakened Lopez opposition come May 27. I heard that groups have a rally of their own come May 17, ten days prior to the stockholders’ meeting. Will it generate sympathy towards the Lopezes? I don’t think so because this issue of the Meralco takeover is a fractious issue among progressive groups right now.
May 10th, 2008 @ Ricky Rivera
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