The president cannot suppress 'people power' with a superfluous and illegal edict.
Therefore, the proclamation has no effect on the Bill of Rights -- specifically the freedom of speech, of expression or of the press and the right of the people to peaceful assembly and to petition the government for redress and grievances.
Otherwise her statement would just be another putrid lie to quell the growing public outrage against her virtual despotic rule.
President Arroyo is not the State by itself. This could only be exercised pursuant to a law enacted by Congress.
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