A military official challenged militant groups to name soldiers they were accusing to be involved in the killing of Bayan Muna leader Cristina Morales Jose last week in her hometown in Baganga, Davao Oriental.
Lt. Col. Lyndon Paniza, spokesperson of the 10th Infantry Division, said they have had enough about the “accusing fingers” of left-leaning organizations like Karapatan, Bagong Alyansang Makabayan, Sowing the Seeds of Peace and Bayan Muna, that singled out the 67th Infantry Battalion to be behind Jose’s death.
“Once and for all, we challenge them to name those soldiers and we ourselves will conduct our own investigation if ever there is a truth of their accusation,” Paniza said in an interview.
He said that the series of protest actions conducted by those groups, condemning the military’s involvement in Jose’s killing are nothing but “mere black propaganda against us.”
Paniza reiterated that Jose, also a barangay kagawad of Binondo in Baganga, was a friend of the 67th IB because “she was a partner of development efforts of the military.”
He said he was just surprised that just hours after the incident, there was already a statement from the militant group, Anakbayan, condemning the attack and singled out the 67th IB personnel to have perpetrated the killing.
“They were not even accurate of their information where in fact the shooting incident happened in Poblacion and not in Binondo as they were claiming. There is some kind of a planned and prepared statement here. That’s why, we can only surmise their game,” he said.
Paniza said that as far as they are concerned they are not hiding anything and they are open for investigation.
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