“An operation like this is highly organized and it was done in broad daylight, indicating the brazen character of the crime. The abduction of Jazmines and Salaveria bears these indicators which are similar to previous cases of such abductions committed by State forces,” Karapatan secretary general Cristina Palabay said.
Colmenares said they are hoping that the ICC would see that the complaints are also being bolstered by new developments as new witnesses are being interviewed by the quad-committee of the House of Representatives (HOR).
Amid threats of red-tagging and possible arrests, the activists gathered at the city’s Redemptorist Church wearing black shirts and holding placards demanding “No to Martial Law!” last Friday, September 21.
On the 52nd anniversary of the official declaration of martial law by Ferdinand Sr., the Campaign Against the Return of the Marcoses and Martial Law (CARMMA) said Ferdinand Jr. is himself gaining notoriety with 105 extrajudicial killings (EJK) under his term, in addition to 75 frustrated EJKs, 15 enforced disappearances, 145 illegal arrests and detentions, 42,426 forcibly evacuated, 44,604 victims of bombings and 63,379 victims of indiscriminate firing have been reported from July 2022.
The CPP said it has reason to believe that Arbitrario was captured alive and held for at least a day, during which he was subjected to severe torture before being summarily executed.
Out of Congress but not out of the fight, Bayan Muna (BM) took the executive and legislative branches to court last week, challenging the constitutionality of the Ferdinand Marcos Jr. government’s “un-programmed funds” (UF).
“Why is the GRP continuing its counterrevolutionary offensives while the CPP (Communist Party of the Philippines)-NPA-NDF is asked to abandon armed struggle?” the Christians for National Liberation challenged.
“Marcos allies and supporters have decried the CIF spending of Duterte but they ignore the bigger and more questionable CIF allocation of the Office of the President,” BAYAN said.
Bayan Muna executive vice president Karlos Zarate said justice must prevail, but cautioned that Quiboloy should not be used as a political trophy in the escalating feud between the Marcos and Duterte political dynasties.
The Council of Leaders for Peace Initiatives (CLPI) said the separate assurance made by Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation, and Unity Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. and NDFP Negotiating Panel chairperson Julie de Lima is reason to move forward with the ongoing exploratory talks.
