These are interesting times. From a group calling itself Unity for Truth comes this press release:

Filipino psychic predicts Arroyo’s downfall

A noted Filipino psychic said on Wednesday that President Arroyo would be forced to leave the presidency in the next two months to usher in a transitional government composed mainly of military generals. The transitional government will briefly rule preparatory to the holding of presidential elections.

Danilo Atienza, who mainly does corporate psychic readings claims a batting average of 99 percent in his predictions, said he was seeing Arroyo’s downfall within the next 50 days as the country would be plunged into more troubles including massive shooting in the streets, adding that four generals would withdraw support from the president, three from the military and one from the police.

“GMA (Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo) will be booted out; I already said so in 1993. Thousands of people would die in the streets. It will be bloody. There will be massive shootings and stores would be ransacked,” he said, adding that such chaotic state could occur within the critical period of July 13 up to August 13.

Atienza saw among others the outbreak of the Gulf War, the fall of one of NASA’s space shuttles and the deaths of Asia’s most influential bishop, Jaime Cardinal Sin, former Senators Renato Cayetano and Blas Ople, the fall of the peso to the dollar with the exchange rate of 55, the rise into power of Former President Ferdinand Marcos, the coup attempts against former President Corazon Aquino and the elections into office of former Presidents Fidel Ramos and Joseph Estrada, whom he accurately said would not finish his term. The NASA even wrote the psychic for his accurate prediction.

Atienza said that Arroyo would be replaced by a brief military junta that will be spawned by street rioting and the massive breakdown in the law and order. The junta, would be headed by a woman, whom he refused to name but said a very popular choice of the Filipinos, especially the poor.

The transitional government will rule up to the elections, which he saw would be taking place possibly within this year.

As for Arroyo and members of her family, the psychic said they might suffer the same fate of Estrada who is now being tried on charges of plunder. He sees an acquittal for Estrada.

Atienza, an avowed supporter of Senator Panfilo Lacson, but whom he noted would never become president, said there would be a calm following the elections. He added that the most likely winner would be Senator Aquilino Pimentel Jr. “Pimentel, has the lucky letters “EL” which have already sent politicians to the seat of power.”

In 2003, Atienza reiterated his prediction against Arroyo that she would fall if she fails to control the situation, and on March 10, 2004, he predicted that Poe will win the elections.

“If against the odds, Poe loses his bid for the presidency… the worst case scenario is that the country will go into a state of anarchy,” he said then.

Newspapers carried reports of Atienza’s predictions at the time. He said, “there would never be another woman president after Estrada.”

Concerning Vice President Noli de Castro, Atienza categorically stated that “he has no right to become president, Noli de Castro, never, never to be a president, never.”

Atienza said that those who will and who have already occupied Malacanang are those with letters “OS” and “EL” in their names like former Presidents Sergio Osmena, Ferdinand Marcos and Joseph Estrada.

He said Emilio Aguinaldo and Ramon Magsaysay were presidents who do not have one of the two letter combinations in their names, and both did not finish their terms.#