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BAYAN launches �Junk GMA� Movement
THOUSANDS of members of the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) and its allied organizations marched to Malaca�ang on November 20 to assail Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo because of serious corruption cases. Police blocked them at the corner of Morayta, around 500 meters from Mendiola, so the demonstrators held their program there. The rally kicked off the �Junk GMA!� movement which calls for the rejection of Arroyo in 2004.
Meanwhile, Vice President Teofisto Guingona led the launching of Bangon!, a new multisectoral group against crime and corruption in government. Among those who attended Bangon!�s founding meeting was Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo.
Investigate both Cojuangco and Davide�Anakpawis
CRISPIN �Ka Bel� Beltran of the Anakpawis party called for the continued investigation of Eduardo �Danding� Cojuangco and Chief Justice Hilario Davide Jr. after the Supreme Court dismissed the impeachment case against the chief justice on November 10.
Beltran stated on November 11 that an investigation must be conducted on the collusion between Cojuangco and Pres. Arroyo to pressure Davide to reverse the Supreme Court decision on the public nature of the coco levy funds that Cojuangco has long coveted.
Ka Bel also called for the continued investigation of Davide for the disappearance of P300 million in judiciary development funds (JDF). He said thet as head of the Supreme Court, Davide is the JDF�s custodian and the person most responsible for accounting for the fund�s whereabouts.
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