DAVAO CITY — Despite international pressure and assurances by government that it is doing its best to stop the killing of political activists in the country, the violence continues. This morning, a provincial leader of Anakpawis, the partylist organization running for Congress seats in this year’s election, was shot dead by assassins in Digos City, Davao del Sur.
After intense public pressure, the Arroyo administration released on Thursday the report of the Melo Commission, which was created to investigate the killings of political activists and journalists in the Philippines. In a nutshell, the report assigns accountability to state security forces for these atrocities.
Davao Today, which sourced the document from the Office of the Press Secretary, is publishing the report in full, but divided it by section and subsection for easy reading and navigation.
INDEPENDENT COMMISSION TO ADDRESS MEDIA AND ACTIVIST KILLINGS Created under Administrative Order No. 157 (s. 2006) - 0 ? R E P O R T - 0 - INTRODUCTION There…
Back to Table of Contents I. UNDISPUTED FACTS From the proceedings, it became plain that certain matters and facts were well-nigh undisputed. Although not necessarily proven in such a manner…