Reply #6: Philiippines: Coup Leader Tries to Help Prevent Them- Stop Election Fraud

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I must say, the Philippines military is something. This leader was jailed for running a protest by the military at outrageous corruption. A few years ago, they took over a hotel and protested. He’s in jail but earning an advanced degree. The most important element to prevent military coups – STOP STEALING ELECTIONS.

Mutineer studies coup prevention

http://news.inq7.net/nation/index.php?index=1&story_id=74262
First posted 05:18am (Mla time) May 01, 2006
By Nikko Dizon
Inquirer

Editor's Note: Published on page A1 of the May 1, 2006 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer

NAVY Lieutenant Antonio Trillanes IV, detained for the 2003 Oakwood mutiny, has earned a degree in public administration, submitting a final paper that ironically dealt with "Preventing Military Interventions."

He was not present at last week's graduation ceremonies at the University of the Philippines' National College of Public Administration and Governance (NCPAG) in Diliman, Quezon City.

But the 35-year-old officer has managed to channel his frustrations at the government through what seemed to be a benign academic requirement, which he completed during the summer term of May 2004, shortly before the presidential election.

From his cell at the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (ISAFP), Trillanes wrote a 37-page paper that analyzed policies purportedly being implemented by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's administration to prevent coups. He used the Oakwood incident as a jump-off point for discussion, concluding that administration measures did not address issues the rebels raised when they assaulted the Oakwood Suites in Makati City in July 2003.