
Originally Posted by
balatucan
maybe this narration of former Chief of Staff Lisandro Abadia would enlighten the minds of anti Trillanes people who insist that what Trillanes did was a criminal act.
The following facts as narrated by former Armed Forces Chief of Staff and General Lisandro Abadia during EDSA II which swept Arroyo into power neither constituted rebellion, inciting to rebellion nor any crime whatsoever but ruled by the Supreme Court as mere exercise of free speech and peaceful assembly:
“It was surreal. I felt like I was Chief of Staff again, but this time, conferring with and giving instructions to a rainbow army. The Left and the Right seemed to be marching in perfect cadence.
“Who were in that room? Apart from myself, the agreed overall planner and commander, there were Metro Manila police chief Edgardo Aglipay, Western Police District chief Avelino Razon Jr., Teddy Casiño of Bayan, Nathanael Santiago of Bayan Muna, Dinky Soliman, retired Vice Adm. Armando Madamba, Fr. Robert Reyes and their assistants.
When I asked Nathanael and Teddy for the strength of their forces, they gave figures from a low of 50,000 to a high of 100,000. Then I asked Generals Aglipay and Razon for the number of police troops they would commit to the area. They assured me of 1,200, with reserves on standby. When I asked about the whereabouts of the pro-Estrada forces, they answered that they would be at Mendiola.”
And before “(going) for the jugular by marching to Malacañang,” Gen. Abadia further recounted:
“There are things that are not quite clear to you, and so you have to make assumptions. And one must anticipate the enemy’s intentions using intelligence information. All of these data and assumptions are analyzed until one finally forms a course of action. I’ve been retired for nearly seven years but the military planning habit has not left me.”