Do the troops trust Aquino?

Since adopting its Lipa Declaration on August 27, 2014, a year after the largest protest under President Benigno Aquino 3rd, the National Transformation Council made up of religious and civil society leaders, former top officials, and other citizens groups, has held major assemblies in Cebu and other cities calling on Aquino to resign.

NTC criticisms include the bribing of Congress using pork barrel and Disbursement Acceleration Program funds, the failure to prosecute allies for pork and DAP anomalies, and the undermining of elections with the wholesale disregard of automated voting safeguards. With the January 25 massacre of 44 police commandos in Mamasapano, Maguindanao, the council now cites presidential incompetence.