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PUBLISHED ON February 25, 2008 AT 1:01 PM

Tapang said that while Arroyo aims to build a strong economy, she is
selling all our mineral and energy resources to foreign investors
without due regard to its impact on our industrialization and the
plunder of our environment. Scientists and engineers are dangled
funding support without resolving the reasons that drive many of us to
go abroad or change careers, added Dr. Tapang.

“To be first world, the government has to develop local industries and
wean itself from dependence on foreign investments. Even if you
increase the DOST budget or provide scholarships and funding, if the
only companies that will be able to use them are foreign-owned and
controlled, how can there be direct benefit for the Filipino people
from our scientists’ discoveries?” asked Tapang.

“Even in information technology, Gloria’s promises will not bring us
development. From the National broadband network with the Chinese that
is tainted with graft and corruption to the opening of more call
centers and data processing operations, these are geared towards
providing services to other countries even if there are no local
industry and services that are built here in our own,” he said.

Scientists want integrity, truth, and change

AGHAM will be mobilizing more of its members and networks from the
scientific community in the coming days in protest against President
Arroyo’s continuing stay in power, Dr. Tapang said.

“We, engineers, scientists and technologists can no longer ignore the
corruption of this government. We condemn its utter disregard of our
rights and institutions, engendering a climate of impunity and
revealing the unwillingness of Arroyo to heed the strong clamor for
her to resign despite the stack of evidence against her. This
government commits crimes with impunity because it seriously believes
it can get away with anything. It abuses its power to cover up its
tracks, thinking the we the people are stupid enough to believe
anything,” Dr. Tapang stressed.

“We seek the truth. We support Engr. Lozada, who finished electronics
and communications engineering at UST in 1984, in standing for truth
and exposing the details that confirms the extent of corruption within
this government,” Dr. Tapang said.

“We join the people’s call to exercise their sovereign right to bring
about a government that is independent, moral, and pro-people in the
face of Arroyo administration continued efforts to usurp it. We call
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to account for these scandals and for her
policies that allow the plunder of our economy and natural resources.
We add our voices to calls for Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to step down or
be ousted and join hands with the rest of the Filipinos who are
disgusted with corruption, cheating and cover-ups,” Dr. Tapang
concluded. ###

Reference: DR. GIOVANNI TAPANG, National Chairperson, 09286974804,
gtapang@gmail.com

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