Workers led by the Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) on Wednesday held
a protest in front of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to call for the immediate
release of political prisoners.
Lito Ustarez, KMU vice-chairperson, called attention to the
plight of the so-called “COURAGE 2,” Randy Vegas and Raul Camposano, two staff
members of government employees’ Center Confederation for Unity, Recognition
and Advancement of Government Employees (COURAGE) who were allegedly illegally
arrested two years ago and continue to be detained over trumped-up charges.
“The continuing imprisonment of political prisoners Vegas
and Camposano is a continuing attack on the country’s trade-union movement.
There is no reason for the Courage 2 to stay in prison any minute longer,”
Ustarez added.
He said that the two are being detained on the basis of
fabricated charges over their alleged involvement in raids carried out by the
New People’s Army (NPA) in the Bicol and Cordillera regions in 2012.
Ustarez also called for the immediate release of consultants
of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP).
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The Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU-May One Movement) is a Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP)-affiliated radical labor center while Center Confederation for Unity, Recognition and Advancement of Government Employees (COURAGE) is CPP-associated umbrella organization of public sector unions.
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