From the CPP Website (Oct 26): Aquino's dismissal of abuses complaints is an endorsement of state brutality
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) condemns Benigno Aquino III, president of the reactionary state and commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), for refusing to acknowledge the increasing number of human rights violations by its military and police forces and dismissing these as “Leftist propaganda” which “people do not buy....” In making such dismissive statements, Aquino has shown utter insensitivity and contempt for the victims of human rights violations, as well as their families, friends and supporters. Aquino’s denials remind us of how Ferdinand Marcos lied through his teeth when he claimed that there were no political prisoners, when at least 70,000 people were imprisoned under his martial law rule. Aquino’s sweeping dismissals of denunciations against military and police abuses is made worse by the fact that he made them just a few days after armed troops of the 27th IB massacred the Cafeon family last October 18 in Davao del Sur, killing the pregnant mother, Jovy, and her two young children....
http://www.philippinerevolution.net/statements/aquino-s-dismissal-of-abuses-complaints-is-an-endorsement-of-state-brutality
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