ERAP-LACSON TANDEM: Behind TRG’s Forceful TAKE-OVER (Even if Civilian Lives are at Stake)

The controversial plan to ground the feared Transition Revolutionary Government (TRG) is out at last. Uncovered on circulating TRG proposal was the names of Sen. Panfilo Lacson and deposed Pres. Erap Estrada. The two, as enclosed on said 12-paged documentation, were the veiled authors of the proposed junta-inspired like EDSA that would likely perpetuate them in power with the use of the Transition Council. And unfortunately, this involves creating actual armed commotion that we had just witnessed recently. Specifically, this entails the bombing in the office of the Ombudsman that was shortly followed by the explosions in Cotabato, Sulu and Lanao.

Initial phases of the so-called last resolve to oust Gloria include the string of atrocious acts targeting civilian-dominated areas and key installations nationwide. That is, with the use of the active military defectors co-led by retired civilianized generals and certain former Col. Rey Cabauatan. This man was also indentified liaising with Lacson on the camps of BGEN Danilo Lim and Sen. Antonio Trillanes. Furthermore, Cabauatan was among those linked to the millions-worth of firearm and ammunition procurement in January of this year in Quezon City.

The motive behind such long shot armed campaign was to create a plausible scenario of instability that could trigger public outrage and discontent. Alienating the administration from the public by sabotaging the AFP and implying its incapacity to quell terroristic threats would serve as Erap and Ping’s mantra for the forceful take-over.

Targeting Mindanao would fit perfectly on exploiting the lapses on the GRP-MILF Peace Talks while shaking-up Metro Manila mean putting a stall on the flow of business and commerce. Visayas was spared for the reasons that Erap and Lacson believed it is impenetrable when it comes to its loyalty towards Gloria. However, the tandem plans to infiltrate the so-called little Malacañang through media-mitigated nationwide “demoralization”. The same process used to gather a handful of crowd during the EDSA Dos mobilizations.

Greed for power damnifies the soul. The Erap and Lacson tandem thought that this time around they could still get-away with murder in the process of developing their political careers. The Kuratong Baleleng and the Dacer-Corbito murders were nothing compared with their cooked-up plot against the entire nation. The TRG would not be another PAOC-TF that helps shield these two from retribution of their crimes. The people would not be too insensitive yet again to let this excuse-for-murder TRG to come into power.