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A dream of reform? The eager and often inconsiderate appeals of reformers and revolutionists are indispensable, to counterbalance the inertness and fossilism making so large a part of human institutions. -- Walt Whitman.(Opinion & Editorial)

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From: Manila Bulletin
Date: 20070619
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Byline: Adrian E. Cristobal

WHETHER Senator-elect Antonio Trillanes could attend Senate sessions to discharge his constitutional duty has obviously been decided by the AFP chief of staff: He may not. The parallel cited is Romeo Jaloslos' continued incarceration even when he was elected congressman.

The strange thing about these "parallel lives" is that they were allowed to run for public office instead of being banned from the start.

In both cases, the authorities saw nothing illegal in their candidacies. They submitted Jaloslos and Trillanes to the will of the ...

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