DAVAO CITY – A 31-year old activist farmer was shot by motorcycle-riding gunmen at around p.m. Monday, shortly after attending the Daao del Norte-Compostela Valley launch of the People’s Initiative to Abolish Pork Barrel (PIAP).
A press statement from Bayan Southern Mindanao said Dexter Librando, an organizer of the Kilusang Magbubukid sa Pilipinas (KMP) in Davao Del Norte was shot along 3rd Avenue near Fatima parish in Tagum City. Librando was rushed to the Tagum Doctors’ Hospital.
“Some of the participants of the launching earlier monitored suspicious men in the forum who tailed Librando when he left the venue,” the statement said.
“Librando has been active in the campaign against militarization of peasant and lumad communities in Davao Del Norte,” it added.
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Possible targeting of Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) front group activist. All of the organizations mentioned in the article above are CPP front groups. The Bagong Alysansang Makabayan (BAYAN--New Patriotic Alliance)-- Southern Mindanao is the regional chapter of the main CPP sectoral umbrella front organization. While the Kilusang Magbubukid sa Pilipinas (KMP--Peasant Movement of the Philippines) in Davao del Norte is the provincial branch of the main CPP peasant front. The KMP is founding member of BAYAN. KARAPATAN (Alliance for the Advancement of People's Rights) is the main CPP-associated umbrella human rights front. There is no indication who shot Dexter Librando but in all likelihood the commies will seek to place the blame on the Philippine military.
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