MANILA, Philippines?Two Catholic bishops Thursday called on the Filipino people to show their disgust at the junking of an impeachment complaint against President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo by her allies in Congress by launching protests similar to what has unfolded in Thailand?s capital of Bangkok.

?We are so disappointed with the junking of the case ? If there are no more legal means, then we resort to extra-legal or extra-constitutional means,? Bishop Deogracias Iñiguez told journalists in Quezon City.

?Let us show that we do not approve of what is happening and that we don?t like it. Does that mean that it?s destabilization? Is that necessarily rebellion?? Bishop Antonio Tobias said in Filipino.

Iñiquez and Tobias of the Kilusang Makabayang Ekonomiya (KME), together with Akbayan Rep. Risa Hontiveros-Baraquel, made the call a day after the House of Representatives? committee on justice junked the impeachment charges against the President for insufficiency in substance.

The charges stemmed from Ms Arroyo?s alleged role in the scuttled $329-million National Broadband Network deal with China?s ZTE Corp., the ?Hello Garci? scandal, the P728-million fertilizer scam, the NorthRail deal, extrajudicial killings, the gold reserves contract for Mt. Diwalwal and the P5-billion Quedancor swine scam.

The KME is set to hold a protest rally at the Balintawak Shrine in Quezon City on Sunday, Nov. 30, to commemorate the birthday of hero Andres Bonifacio, with Chief Justice Reynato Puno as keynote speaker. The bishops said they hoped that it would eventually lead to bigger mass actions.

Asked by a reporter if he wanted the same scale as the Bangkok protests to happen in Manila, Tobias shot back: ?Ganun na nga iyun! (That?s it!).?

The Novaliches bishop said the President must be made accountable for the charges hurled at her. ?She has not yet proved that she is the legal president ? Until she does, I will not bow to her,? Tobias said.

Some airports in Bangkok have been closed down by antigovernment protesters demanding the resignation of Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat.

Gen. Alexander Yano, Armed Forces chief of staff, played down the political events at the Thai capital, saying that the Philippine military was mature enough not to resort to ?quick fixes? to political stability. Thailand?s Army commander, Anupong Paochinda, is asking the Somchai government to step down and hold a snap election.

?I would just like to urge everybody, not just the soldiers and other sectors of the society, to let our constitutional processes work as they are working and let us make the mechanism work without resorting to quick fixes,? Yano told reporters on the sidelines of the celebration of the 71st anniversary of the AFP chaplain service at Camp Aguinaldo Thursday.