Earlier, GMA and her militarist aides such as Eduardo Ermita and Norberto Gonzales had sought to use the Memorandum of Agreement to sneak through a “charter change” (“cha-cha”) in the Constitution, allowing her to stay in office after her present term (won through rampant election fraud) runs out in 2010.
Dagdag pa, bago pumutok ang panibagong digmaan sa Mindanao, nais sanang gamitin ni GMA at ng kanyang mga militaristang kroni na sina Eduardo Ermita at Norberto Gonzales ang MOA-AD upang mailusot ulit ang cha-cha (charter change) ng Konstitusyon, na magbibigay ng panibagong paglawig ng kanilang kasalukuyang termino (na napanalunan naman sa pamamagitan ng malawakang dayaan) bago matapos ang 2010.