By Prensa Latina
Manila : The Philippine army gathered in red alert Thursday in this capital, due to the protest summoned to demand president Gloria Arroyo’s resignation.
High military rank sources indicated that the troops are ready to prevent that the opposition sector mix with the protest called for this Friday by 80 organizations called Movement of Concerned Citizens.
The protests are consented by the influential Philippine Catholic Church, that declare that Arroyo has no option but to resign after the corruption scandals that incriminates her and her nearest environment.
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo saw herself involved in a very strong case of commissions’ fraud that involves her husband, businessman Jose Miguel Arroyo, alleged participant in altering the costs of a telecommunications contract to receive millionaire profits.
Gloria’s husband was also involved in another alleged fraud case in the Southrail railroad.
However, the government called for calm before the increasing demand of the president’s resignation, and says that truth and the justice must be done by courts, instead of the streets.