Protesters brand Corona an 'enemy of EDSA Revolution'

Hundreds of yellow and white-clad protesters rallied outside the Supreme Court calling for the resignation of Chief Justice Renato C. Corona, and branding him an "enemy of the EDSA Revolution."   The protest on the eve of the 26th anniversary of the bloodless people power revolution along EDSA that toppled the Marcos regime in February 1986, started at the Liwasang Bonifacio before moving toward the SC along Padre Faura Street in Manila at 2 p.m.   The 500 protesters — according to an estimate by the Metro Manila Development Authority — urged the public to relive the "spirit of the EDSA Revolution" by helping in ousting the chief magistrate, who is currently facing an impeachment complaint before the Senate for betrayal of public trust.   "The people have the last say and we feel that Corona is a dictator of Gloria Arroyo,” Jaime Sarthou of the Corona Resign Movement claimed in an interview with GMA News Online. “So we have to get rid of him for President Aquino to perform his duties."   "President Aquino wants him out and we are just taking the cue from the President," he added.   CORE, one of the groups in Friday’s protest against Corona, was formed online through a Facebook group, which currently has over 6,000 members, said Sarthou. Marcos' last days in office   Some of its members are based in the provinces and some live in the United States and in Hong Kong.   Other groups that joined the protest were Akbayan, Bantay Gloria Network, People Power Volunteers for Reform, Black and White Movement, Citizens Battle Against Corruption, Alab Katipunan, Kilos Maralita and Student Council Alliance of the Philippines.   Former Akbayan Rep. Risa Hontiveros said in a separate interview that the impeachment trial of Corona was like the last days in office of then-President Ferdinand Marcos' last days in office.   The EDSA Revolution sent strongman Marcos, his family and their cronies and associates fleeing to Hawaii.   It installed President Benigno Aquino III's mother, Corazon C. Aquino, as the duly elected President of the Philippines in the Feb. 7, 1986 snap elections that Marcos himself called for to show the world that he had popular support among Filipinos. — VS, GMA News