The new Macapagal-Arroyo government:
Bringing back the US-Ramos regime

Basahin ang artikulong ito sa Pilipino

The vast majority of the Macapagal-Arroyo government�s newly appointed officials are retired generals and bureaucracts who had previously served under Ramos� corrupt, puppet and militarist regime or have close ties with him. The people must vigorously object to the appointment of Ramos men, especially notorious fascists and those with records of trampling on the masses� interests.

First on the list of Ramos men who now hold high positions in the Macapagal-Arroyo regime is Renato de Villa. De Villa, a former AFP general and former defense secretary under Ramos, inherited the powerful post of executive secretary.

Eduardo Ermita, another former general and Macapagal-Arroyo�s newly appointed secretary of defense, has long been closely linked to Ramos. He served as Ramos� aide-de-camp when the letter was chief of the Philippine Constabulary under the Marcos dictatorship. When Ramos became president, he appointed Ermita as deputy chief of staff of the AFP. Afterwards, Ermita ran for congress under Ramos� party, Lakas-NUCD. Because of his psywar expertise, Ramos appointed Ermita to the government panel that negotiated in 1997 to arrange for the surrender of the Moro National Liberation Front.

Dep. Dir. Gen. Leandro Mendoza, the new Philippine National Police (PNP) chief, is part of the pro-Ramos faction. He is involved in murder, kidnap-for-ransom and jueteng, anomalous transactions in the PNP and other criminal activities.

PNP Dep. Dir. Gen. Reynaldo Wycoco, the new National Bureau of Investigation chief, was police spokesperson and served as PNP chief for the National Capital Region under Ramos.

Col. Victor Corpus, another psywar expert and the newly appointed head of the Intelligence Service of the AFP, has been a proteg� of Ramos since the latter was secretary of defense under the Aquino regime. For years, Ramos watched over and guided Corpus� military career until the latter was installed in his current post. Corpus was one of the designers of the counterrevolutionary series of military campaigns dubbed Lambat Bitag in the 1980s and 1990s.

Renato Corona, Macapagal-Arroyo�s chief of staff and acting spokesperson, was Ramos� former assistant executive secretary and Presidential Legal Adviser.

Hernando Perez, the new secretary of the Department of Justice, is the spokesperson of Ramos� Lakas-NUCD party.

Emilia Boncodin, the new budget secretary, was the department�s undersecretary under Ramos.

Richard Gordon, the new tourism secretary, was former chair of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority under Ramos.

Dante Canlas, current National Economic Development Authority secretary, used to serve as a technocrat and deputy director of the agency in the Ramos government.

Paul Dominguez, the Macapagal-Arroyo government�s Presidential Assistant for Regional Development and "special envoy to Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia" was Ramos� Presidential Assistant for Mindanao Affairs.

Simeon Datumanong, the new secretary of the Department of Public Works and Highways, is a prominent member of Lakas-NUCD.

Winston Garcia, the new president and general manager of the Government Service Insurance System, is part of the Garcia clan of Cebu, who are known supporters of Ramos.

It is also quite evident in Macapagal-Arroyo�s appointment of pro-IMF technocrats who had served under Ramos that she will also be a zealous advocate of imperialist "globalization".

Roberto Romulo, who has been appointed "special envoy for international competitiveness" was formerly Department of Foreign Affairs secretary under Ramos.

Rizalino Navarro, "special envoy for Southeast Asia and Australia" was the former secretary of the Department of Trade and Industry of the Ramos government.

Raul Rabe, "special envoy to the Americas and Islamic nations", was former ambassador to the US under Ramos.

Ramos himself has been given a prominent role by Macapagal-Arroyo as her "special envoy to the World Economic Forum".

January 2001
English Edition

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