Philippine National Police Director Gen. Archie Gamboa himself has confirmed it: he received an invitation to a meeting to take up the prospect of a revolutionary government. Those behind these maneuvers and machinations are either playing a dangerous bluffing game or are really planning in earnest to subvert the constitutional order.

Our first experience in recent history with a revolutionary government was with Corazon “Cory” Aquino. The American Declaration of Independence puts it well: there are times that it is justified to establish one.