From the Sun Star-Baguio (Jun 14): Cordi group asks to free political prisoners
THE CORDILLERA Peoples Alliance (CPA) is heeding the call to free at least seven political prisoners in the region languishing in jail for crimes they did not commit.
Three political detainees are currently jailed in Kalinga while the other two is in Ifugao and another two in Mt. Province facing trumped up criminal charges ranging from multiple murder, illegal possession of firearms, explosives and ammunitions, among others.
Political prisoners include National Democratic Front of the Philippines regional consultant on indigenous peoples concerns who was arrested on February 2013 and currently detained at the Kalinga Provincial Jail in Tabuk City facing multiple cases.
Bangibang's arrest is a major blow in the conduct of grassroots consultations and dialogues on indigenous peoples concerns in the region to be included to the proposed Comprehensive Agreement on Socio Economic Reforms (CASER) by the NDFP.
In Ifugao, Rene Boy Abiva, an employee of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and an organizer of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) in Cagayan and Virgilio Corpuz, a development worker and at the same time an organizer of Piston in Cagayan Valley were also jailed.
Both were allegedly charged in relation to an ambush staged by the New People's Army in Tinoc, Ifugao. Abiva was arrested in December 2012 while Corpuz was arrested on January 2013.
"CPA firmly believes that no one should be imprisoned because of their political beliefs," the Cordillera Peoples Alliance said in a statement.
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/baguio/local-news/2016/06/14/cordi-group-asks-free-political-prisoners-479378
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) has directed its various front organizations to issue statements/propaganda out put that supports the upcoming peace negotiations between the Philippine government and communists.
ReplyDeleteCPP front groups have been instructed to tow the party line and demand the immediate release of arrested/detained members of the underground movement.
The Cordillera People's Alliance (CPA) is a regional front organization that focuses on CPP objectives in the Cordillera region of Northern Luzon.