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MANILA – Government support for the public educational system has been declining and this is manifested by the severe shortages besetting the sector, according to independent think-tank IBON Foundation.
Following is the statement of Bayan Muna Director Vicente Ladlad, one
of the co-accused in the Batasan 6 rebellion case, over the Supreme
Court decision:
STATEMENT OF VICENTE LADLAD ON THE SUPREME COURT
DECISION JUNKING THE REBELLION CASE AGAINST LEFTISTS
June 2, 2007
As one of the accused in the rebellion case filed by the Department of
Justice, I feel relieved by the Supreme Court decision ordering the
dismissal of the case. The decision underscores the gravity of human
rights violations being committed by the Arroyo government in carrying
out its plan to destroy the Left by the end of her term.
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Gloria Arroyo?s visit to Rome, the seat of the Vatican, on June 2-4, is part of her regime?s international public relations blitz to repair the tarnished image of the Philippines as a democratic country after the fraudulent and violent congressional and local elections last May 14. It is also part of her regime?s efforts to solicit foreign aid and drum up political support for her regime?s greater diabolical plans to perpetuate fascist rule through the newly-passed anti-terrorism law.
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MANILA — The militant Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) and its allies visited ANAKPAWIS Rep. Crispin Beltran to show the peasantry?s solidarity with the detained labor leader and to call for his immediate release.
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MANILA — Detained lawmaker Anakpawis Rep. Crispin Beltran today slammed the declaration of Malacanang spokesperson Ignacio Bunye that the Supreme Court decision junking the rebellion charges against the progressive party-list lawmakers of Bayan Muna, Anakpawis and Gabriela Women’s Party (GWP) were fraught with legal consequences and hence the Malacanang through the Department of Justice and the office of the solicitor general will issue an appeal to it.