“There will be no end to political killings until this government accepts full responsibility,” one priest said. “It is hard to preach about life when there are deaths happening everywhere,” said another.
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Below is a statement released on Feb. 1 by the National Democratic Front in Southern Mindanao. It was signed by its spokesperson, Rubi del Mundo.
Retired Gen. Jovito Palparan’s boss, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, has played the modern-day Pontius Pilate in the recently released report of the Melo Commission on political killings.
In indicting Palparan, the Melo Commission has in effect exonerated Gloria Arroyo for the killings of close to a thousand ordinary civilians, members of progressive organizations, journalists, priests, bishops, lawyers and other sectors in the country.
Below is the statement issued on Jan. 31 by Editha ?Inday? Duterte, regional spokesperson of Anakpawis in Southern Mindanao
DAVAO CITY ? A progressive party-list here challenged today the Melo Commission and Malaca?ang to file appropriate charges as soon as possible against top military officers found involved in the killings of members and leaders of militant organizations and progressive party-lists.
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