“Ung peace talks na sinusuportahan ko, ay ung socio-economic na peace. Hindi lang ung walang bakbakan. Kasi ung bakbakan naman is just a product of socio economic malfunctioning (The peace talk that I am supporting is the socio economic kind of peace. Not only the absence of conflict because conflict is just a product of socio economic malfunctioning.),” Gargar said in a press conference last Monday.
Former University of the Philippines professor and physicist Kim Gargar bid his fellow inmates goodbye as he temporarily walks free on bail.
University of the Philippines professor and physicist Kim Gargar walked free 3pm of August 1 after family and friends posted a P210,000-bail, ending 10 months of incarceration.
Hard-won victory for Prof. Kim Gargar who was released August 1 in Baganga, Davao Oriental after nearly a year of jail time. (Earl O. Condeza/davaotoday.com)
Some 6,000 protesters from across Davao Region march on Monday from different assembly points in Davao City to the rally area in the Freedom park. They later converge at the Rizal Park.