European Parliament
President.
Question No 5 by Diamanto Manolakou 
Subject: State of emergency in the Philippines
The state of emergency imposed in response to alleged suspicions of a plot to overthrow the government of President Gloria Arroyo is still in force despite assurances and promises to the effect that it would be lifted. Charges are being filed against a growing number of popular democratic leaders and an increasing number of arrests carried out, while reports leaked by the military are seen as evidence of a plot to overthrow the President.
Does the Council condemn the emergency rule, which many regard nothing less than martial law under another name, resulting in the suspension of fundamental freedoms? Will it call for an immediate end to emergency rule and the restoration of democratic freedoms?

