CPP: By not censuring AFP, Aquino
is liable for Aklan extrajudicial killing*
July 6, 2010
is liable for Aklan extrajudicial killing*
July 6, 2010
PRESS RELEASE
Information Bureau
Communist Party of the Philippines
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) today denounced the killing yesterday morning of Fernando Baldomero, a coordinator of the progressive party-list group Bayan Muna and a councilor of Lezo, Aklan. Baldomero is the first victim of extrajudicial killing under the Aquino regime.
The CPP said "newly installed President Benigno 'Noynoy' Aquino III must be made responsible for Baldomero's murder after having failed to censure the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for its past campaigns of terror and suppression and issue an order to investigate and ensure prosecution of past crimes and violations of human rights."
Baldomero was preparing to bring his 12-year old son to school yesterday morning when two armed men wearing helmets and denim jackets stormed inside his house and shot him.
"Aquino as commander-in-chief of the government's armed forces has faced the military organization twice already in the past five days. Yet, not a word was said about providing justice for all the fascist abuses perpetrated by the government's military in the past, not a word repudiating the crimes of Gen. Jovito Palparan and other top military officials behind the AFP's bloody campaign of impunity in the past nine and a half years," the CPP pointed out.
More than a thousand activists and critics of the government have fallen victim to the systematic campaign of summary liquidation by state agents since 2001. Independent investigations into these killings, including that conducted by the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in 2007 have concluded that the killings of those considered "enemies of the state" can only be the handiwork of the government and its military.
"By promising to unconditionally provide everything that the AFP asks for, Aquino has virtually given his officers the go-signal to continue with the military's relentless attacks against the people," added the CPP. "The notorious Oplan Bantay Laya appears to be still in effect."
"Aquino will end up being fiercely hated and fought by the people as he fails to order his men to stop its campaign of killings of activists and critics of government," the CPP said.
The CPP said "newly installed President Benigno 'Noynoy' Aquino III must be made responsible for Baldomero's murder after having failed to censure the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for its past campaigns of terror and suppression and issue an order to investigate and ensure prosecution of past crimes and violations of human rights."
Baldomero was preparing to bring his 12-year old son to school yesterday morning when two armed men wearing helmets and denim jackets stormed inside his house and shot him.
"Aquino as commander-in-chief of the government's armed forces has faced the military organization twice already in the past five days. Yet, not a word was said about providing justice for all the fascist abuses perpetrated by the government's military in the past, not a word repudiating the crimes of Gen. Jovito Palparan and other top military officials behind the AFP's bloody campaign of impunity in the past nine and a half years," the CPP pointed out.
More than a thousand activists and critics of the government have fallen victim to the systematic campaign of summary liquidation by state agents since 2001. Independent investigations into these killings, including that conducted by the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in 2007 have concluded that the killings of those considered "enemies of the state" can only be the handiwork of the government and its military.
"By promising to unconditionally provide everything that the AFP asks for, Aquino has virtually given his officers the go-signal to continue with the military's relentless attacks against the people," added the CPP. "The notorious Oplan Bantay Laya appears to be still in effect."
"Aquino will end up being fiercely hated and fought by the people as he fails to order his men to stop its campaign of killings of activists and critics of government," the CPP said.
Url: http://www.philippinerevolution.net/cgi-bin/statements/releases.pl?date=100706;refer=cpp;lang=eng
