Killing spree
How would you like to die? To be eaten by a shark in one bite or be hacked by a saw in pieces? Either of the two would be a lot fairer than be exterminated because of mere speculation. This is exactly what is happening now. Thousands of innocent civilians are being killed every day because of Arroyo's "war on terror". The Arroyo regime is proving to be worse than the dark days of Martial Law.
Under the US-Arroyo regime, the highest number of political killings was recorded. Most of the victims were human rights advocates, priests, lawyers, journalists and activists but a large number of the victims are innocent civillians.
Arroyo never condemned these political killings. It is only just recently that she was forced to release a statement as regards the said killings due to pressure from the international community. Ironically, the President heaved lavish praises upon Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan, Jr. who we know is a killing machine in her Plan-for-the-Nation Address last July 24, (She did not articulate the state of the country). She commended Palparan for his so-called successful anti-terror campaigns. It can be remembered however that Palparan terrorized ..:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Mindoro Island, Eastern Visayas and later Central Luzon leaving numerous cases of human rights violations under his command.
The Parallels of the Marcos & Arroyo Regime
US Arroyo Ngayon… US Marcos Noon…
Total war Martial Law
Æ Æ
Strong Republic New Society
Æ Æ
State Terrorism & State Fascism &
Militarization Militarization
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Systematic Human Gross Human
Rights Violations Rights Violations
Source:KATUNGOD-SB
The killings and abductions are frequent, weekly if not daily, all over the country. The Arroyo administration is undoubtedly the perpetrator. The staggering statistics of human rights violations in our country attracted sympathy from the international community. Turkish attorney Hakkan Karakus, president of the International Association of Peoples' Lawyers (IAPL), grieved over the assassination of Bayan Muna member Atty. Fidelito Dacut of this city. Those defend the victims have become victims themselves. Arroyo's guilt was scrutinized by a trial endorsed by more than a hundred international personalities and institutions, including former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) academician and linguist Noam Chomsky, and former Justice of the Supreme Court of India Jittendra Sharma.
These killings rose in concurrence with the political crisis plaguing the Arroyo presidency. The violations were deemed as worse than what happened since the Marcos years.
Instead of allocating greater budget for education and basic social services, Arroyo chooses to prioritize military spending in her grandiose plan to supposedly quash insurgency. However, it is not news about military raids on the CPP-NPA that we hear everyday. What we see in the papers each day is the rising toll of human rights violations and poltical killings. The youth is not excused from such violations on human rights. Karen Empeño and Sherlyn Cadapan of UP Diliman are just two of the numerous victims of the counterinsurgency program launched by the government.
As of this writing, there are 756 victims of political killings. But we are sure the count does not end there. This points to death squads formed under Oplan Bantay Laya. Ironic as it seems, those who are expected to promote the welfare of the Filipinos are the number one violators.
This is a continuing threat we should guard against; because the impeachment complaint against Arroyo was junked. As long as she clings to the Presidency that is not hers in the first place, she will persist on tormenting our lives.
We should not be afraid of dying, though. To die is not an ill-fated experience, to die without giving a fight is worse.
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Source: Bulatlat.com
How would you like to die? To be eaten by a shark in one bite or be hacked by a saw in pieces? Either of the two would be a lot fairer than be exterminated because of mere speculation. This is exactly what is happening now. Thousands of innocent civilians are being killed every day because of Arroyo's "war on terror". The Arroyo regime is proving to be worse than the dark days of Martial Law.
Under the US-Arroyo regime, the highest number of political killings was recorded. Most of the victims were human rights advocates, priests, lawyers, journalists and activists but a large number of the victims are innocent civillians.
Arroyo never condemned these political killings. It is only just recently that she was forced to release a statement as regards the said killings due to pressure from the international community. Ironically, the President heaved lavish praises upon Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan, Jr. who we know is a killing machine in her Plan-for-the-Nation Address last July 24, (She did not articulate the state of the country). She commended Palparan for his so-called successful anti-terror campaigns. It can be remembered however that Palparan terrorized ..:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Mindoro Island, Eastern Visayas and later Central Luzon leaving numerous cases of human rights violations under his command.
The Parallels of the Marcos & Arroyo Regime
US Arroyo Ngayon… US Marcos Noon…
Total war Martial Law
Æ Æ
Strong Republic New Society
Æ Æ
State Terrorism & State Fascism &
Militarization Militarization
= =
Systematic Human Gross Human
Rights Violations Rights Violations
Source:KATUNGOD-SB
The killings and abductions are frequent, weekly if not daily, all over the country. The Arroyo administration is undoubtedly the perpetrator. The staggering statistics of human rights violations in our country attracted sympathy from the international community. Turkish attorney Hakkan Karakus, president of the International Association of Peoples' Lawyers (IAPL), grieved over the assassination of Bayan Muna member Atty. Fidelito Dacut of this city. Those defend the victims have become victims themselves. Arroyo's guilt was scrutinized by a trial endorsed by more than a hundred international personalities and institutions, including former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) academician and linguist Noam Chomsky, and former Justice of the Supreme Court of India Jittendra Sharma.
These killings rose in concurrence with the political crisis plaguing the Arroyo presidency. The violations were deemed as worse than what happened since the Marcos years.
Instead of allocating greater budget for education and basic social services, Arroyo chooses to prioritize military spending in her grandiose plan to supposedly quash insurgency. However, it is not news about military raids on the CPP-NPA that we hear everyday. What we see in the papers each day is the rising toll of human rights violations and poltical killings. The youth is not excused from such violations on human rights. Karen Empeño and Sherlyn Cadapan of UP Diliman are just two of the numerous victims of the counterinsurgency program launched by the government.
As of this writing, there are 756 victims of political killings. But we are sure the count does not end there. This points to death squads formed under Oplan Bantay Laya. Ironic as it seems, those who are expected to promote the welfare of the Filipinos are the number one violators.
This is a continuing threat we should guard against; because the impeachment complaint against Arroyo was junked. As long as she clings to the Presidency that is not hers in the first place, she will persist on tormenting our lives.
We should not be afraid of dying, though. To die is not an ill-fated experience, to die without giving a fight is worse.
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Source: Bulatlat.com
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