President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo: Push for charter change in SONA - Bayan

President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo: Push for charter change in SONA - Bayan. In Manila Philippines, President Arroyo will pursue the controversial Charter change moves in tomorrow's State of the Nation Address, militant group Bayan today said.

"A pitch for Charter change will cement Arroyo’s legacy as the most power-obsessed president since Marcos. That is how she will be remembered. That's her legacy," Bayan secretary general Renato Reyes Jr. said.

A summary of the President's SONA was released to the media, which included political and constitutional reforms as part of Mrs. Arroyo's agenda in her last months in office.

Reyes said "political reforms" is just a pretext for the President to push for her so-called "Cha-cha" amid widespread public opposition. "The applause she will receive in that chamber will be meaningless for the thousands gathered outside Batasang Pambansa," he said.

Reyes said starting 6 a.m. tomorrow, protesters will be pouring in Commonwealth Ave. in Quezon City to join the day-long demonstration against President Arroyo's last SONA.

At 9 a.m., Bayan will roll out a giant effigy of Mrs. Arroyo mounted on a bulldozer with the words "Gloria Forever" and "Charter change."

Some 15,000 people are expected to join the mass action in Commonwealth Ave. and thousands more are expected in protest actions in other parts of the country.