do you sympathize with Sen. Trillanes, Gen. Lim and others?

I totally agree with your point of view. We Filipinos do not support any military takeover whatsoever. It was proven many times over and the people's voice is always respected. It is true that our government has many issues to answer but taking over by force is just changing faces which in the end result to the same thing. Look and people power I we have changed governments but then same issues haunt us the people.

i think it is better to look at the things in a broader picture here. what caused trillanes and lim go out and staged that failed coup? i thought it was made clear in the statement of lim that arroyo has been doing illegal things and getting away with the responsibility and sanction. if arroyo could only explain her side and be accountable, no coup will ever emerge. opposition will have no case or basis. but arroyo opted to be silent and not explaining anything to the people. how could the filipinos trust a leader who could not be honest and could not tell the truth? the actions of the soldiers are merely reactions to arroyo's illegal actions. arroyo thought that she could get away with those. she may have thought that Filipinos are morons by allowing her to stay in office without being elected and abuse the office by illegal actions and inactions. i always admire those people who stood up for their belief and principle. Filpinos deserve anyone except arroyo. she is the worst ever leader, not even president because she was never elected to office.

you agreed that the arroyo government has issues it needs to face. how does it face them? sadly, by whitewashing and at times not issuing official statements; in doing so, the people are getting more confused and "ungovernable." is it a bit premature to take action if one's comrades are dying in mindanao by fighting with malfunctioning weapons, old boots, and absentee generals in the field? and the bullets that killed one's comrades are coming from the military. is it premature when the charges of corruption and scandals with damning evidences are being denied to be heard in the proper forum just because this government has the numbers to quash investigations and not looking at the merits of the charges? three impeachment complaints junked, where do answer and truth-seeking filipinos go to? and this government is not saying anything officially about the charges. but its allies have different versions of the events trying to whitewash and fool us.

I agree with your point but again I would say look at the result they created.... They did not goto the proper avenue so their cause and their fight went to nothing at all. They are back to square 1 Trillanes is being charge further for rebellion or may be given punishment from the senate for doing such acts not expected from a senator. What is happening right now is the people they are accusing of corruption are the ones taking the limelight and enjoying it to their delight. The most disgusting thing about their plan is that opposition leaders even went mum on their plight. I did not see a single soul from prominent oppositionist to even stand up for the cause he is fighting for. So again I say it has become a very premature thing to do. They never learned from the Oakwood mutiny. Armed revolt is not gonna work in our society as Filipinos are still a very loving and forgiving people we never result to violence at all that is why the communist movement is taking it hard to exert their armed revolution because the masses are not that violent at all.