Monday, August 15, 2016

NDFP peace consultant for Visayas posts bail to join talks in Oslo, Norway

From the Philippine News Agency (Aug 15): NDFP peace consultant for Visayas posts bail to join talks in Oslo, Norway

Maria Concepcion “Concha” Araneta-Bocala, peace consultant for Visayas of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), on Monday posted bail for temporary liberty in a hope to join the resumption of talks between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP-NDF) in Oslo, Norway.

Bocala, who is also the spokesperson of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) regional committee in Panay Island, posted a Php100,000 bail for illegal possession of explosives and ammunition charges at the sala of Branch 23 Regional Trial Court judge Guilljie Delfin-Lim at the Iloilo Hall of Justice.

The financial guarantee for her murder and rebellion charges is being prepared after the local courts in Aklan and Antique already granted their urgent motions to release on bail, according to Reylan Vergara, deputy secretary general of Bayan Panay in Western Visayas.

Meanwhile, Bocala said that she will bring before the attention of the peace panel issue such as high unemployment and push for subsidy for farmers, free education for students, minimum wage increase, improved social services, free hospitalization and medicines, among others.

Bocala is expected to be released on August 16. She will immediately proceed to Manila to process other legal documents and visa for her Norway trip.

Bocala is expected to return to the country and to report directly to the court after the August 20-27 peace talks.

Bocala was arrested in August 2015 in Molo, Iloilo City by joint forces of the Philippine Army’s 3rd Infantry Division (3ID) and the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG-6).

Currently, she is detained at the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) in Jaro, Iloilo City.

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=914002

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