From GMA News (Apr 29): Municipal secretary shot dead in Northern Samar
The municipal secretary of Palapag town in Northern Samar was shot dead early Friday morning today in what could be the latest of election-related violence in Samar island.
Police identified the fatality as Emil Go, 44, the Sangguniang Bayan secretary of Palapag, a third class municipality of Northern Samar.
The victim is reportedly actively campaigning for Northern Samar gubernatorial candidate and retired priest Fr. Walter Cerbito, who is running against reelectionist Gov. Jose Ong Jr.
Police said Go was gunned down at around 5:30 a.m. some 20 meters away from his home. The victim was riding a bicycle and was on his way home from the town market when attacked by two unidentified gunmen.
The suspects fled on a motorcycle.
Go was taken to the Palapag Rural Health Unit where he was pronounced dead by the attending physician.
The victim sustained seven gunshot wounds, including one on the head and two on his chest.
Go is highly respected student leader during his college days at the University of Eastern Philippines. He was the associate editor of the school publication The Pillar, chairman of the militant organization League of Filipino Students, and a student council president.
Bayan Muna spokesman Renato Reyes said Go is one of the lead convenors of Bayan and Bayan Muna from 2001-2004 and a convenor of human rights group Katungod Sinirangan Bisayas.
“We condemn this latest extrajudicial killing,” he said on a Facebook post. “Local human rights groups are now looking into the motives for the murder of one of our activist leaders.”
Franklin Robedizo, national chairman of the board of trustees of the Philippine League of Secretaries to the Sanggunian (PLEASES), condemned the killing of Go.
“We implore upon the law enforcement agencies to relentlessly investigate this incident and ensure that justice will prevail,” he said.
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/564429/news/regions/municipal-secretary-shot-dead-in-northern-samar
Targeting of Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP)-linked front group leader?? Emil Go appears to have been a long time CPP front group activist as evident in his past membership in the League of Filipino Students (LFS), a radical student front, and as a covenor of the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN-New Patriotic Alliance), the main multisectoral umbrella CPP front organization, and Bayan Muna (People First), the main CPP party-list political party and political front. The LFS is a member organization of BAYAN.
ReplyDeleteKatungod Sinirangan Bisayas also known as the Alyansa ha Pagpanalipod han Tawhanon nga Katungod
ha Sinirangan Bisayas or the Alliance for the Advancement of People's Rights in Eastern Visayas is the regional affiliate of the main national-level CPP human rights front organization KARAPATAN (Alliance for the Advancement of People's Rights).