Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) - Peasant Movement of the Philippines

 
Hello Garci ringtone spreading like wildfire!

The militant Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) together with the young peasant advocates from the National Network of Agrarian Reform Advocates-Youth Sector  (NNARA-Youth) jumpstarted the “Hello Graci ringtone passing in front of the Vinzon’s Hall in the University of the Philippines Diliman.

 According to Carl Anthony Ala, public information officer of KMP, “the overwhelming demand for the Hello Garci ringtone is reflective of the rising groundswell of discontent towards the Macapagal-Arroyo administration. At this point the people’s disgust can be measured by their passing of the wildly popular ringtone as well as Gloria text jokes, but eventually this somewhat passive example of resistance will eventually will lead to the outpouring of people on the streets calling for the ouster of Gloria,”

“This has a very good precedent considering that Estrada was ousted from power in just a few months since the proliferation of Eraption text jokes. Cellphone activism has certainly reached a higher level  in this era of the Gloriagate scandal. It is a novel way of showing dissent and it is extremely fast in dissimenating your views, all it needs now is to be converted into mass actions ” added Ala

Meanwhile, May Digman, of NNARA-Youth UP Diliman, said, “this is just the first of a series of campus tours to be done by NNARA-Youth, to propagate the Hello Garci ringtone and for students to know more about the issue of the Gloriagate scandal. This is one of the ways that we can add the youth’s voice in calling for Gloria’s ouster,”

“Next time we will be in UP Manila for the next leg of our tour, as for other colleges and campuses just contact the nearest NNARA-Youth chapter in your school so that we can also visit you,”ended Digman. # # #
 

KMP - 20 June 2005


 
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