"We ousted a dictator before. We can do it again!" This is how the martial law victims and their relatives expressed their resolve not to allow the resurrection of dark days of martial law.
Not contended with the exaggerated security measures, the call for transfer to military custody or additional deployment of military in the jail to secure him, a group in the military under the “Free Jovito Palparan Movement” now says they are ready to ‘take the bullet for Palparan’.
"This is a historic day for all victims of human rights violations," Karapatan Secretary General Cristina Palabay said yesterday as the group saw through that Ret. Maj. Jovito Palparan Jr. is brought to Bulacan Provincial Jail from the court hearing at the Malolos Regional Trial Court.
Even before the trial has started, the BS Aquino government and the AFP have expressed exaggerated concern for The Butcher Palparan—his safety and security, the so-called trial by publicity and on the day before Palparan faces the Court, the Malacañang statement that Palparan is “innocent until proven guilty.” “The bias is obvious. We hope that …
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“Butchers and cowardly generals like Jovito Palparan Jr. deserve justice –the kind that is commensurate to the number of civilian lives he and his men took and toyed with, while former President Arroyo and the military establishment were cheering him on. To play him up as the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ hero, to give …
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From the political prisoners at Camp Bagong Diwa We, political prisoners, are glad that one of the most notorious fascist butchers of social activists and even of innocent masses has at last been caught and now held in jail—at least as of now.
"Kumita na naman ang mga pulis at militar!" (The police and military just got richer!) Cristina Palabay, Karapatan secretary general said referring to the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) who allegedly profited from the recent arrest of 60-year old Eduardo Esteban. Last August 5, 2014 in Jaro, Iloilo, …
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“Where does BS Aquino pluck his ideas? First, he says he is thinking of a second term through Cha-Cha (Charter Change). Second, he says there are no more ‘berdugos’ in the AFP. Which and whose voices does Aquino hear?” remarked Cristina Palabay, secretary general of Karapatan.
"Siya pa itong mayabang, pero sa totoo lang duwag siya! (He is arrogant, but in truth he is a coward!),” Aya Santos, Desaparesidos secretary general said referring to Ret. Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan in reaction to the latter’s “privilege” of holding a press conference yesterday at the National Bureau of Investigation.
"Let’s get this straight. The arrest of Ret. Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan does not end impunity in the country," Karapatan secretary general Cristina Palabay said a day after the capture of Palparan. "The machinery of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) that perpetuates Palparan-style human rights violations against the Filipino people is very much …
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