Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra. (File photo)
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has ordered a thorough investigation into the deaths of three individuals last week in the Bicol region who were identified as members of groups Karapatan and Bayan Muna.
DOJ Undersecretary Markk Perete, in a message to reporters, confirmed that Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra has approved the creation of two special investigating teams (SIT) to be led by prosecutors to investigate the three killings.
"Acting pursuant to Administrative Order No. 35, the Secretary of Justice directed the prosecutors to head the investigating teams tasked to ascertain if the incidents are politically motivated, and to assist in the build-up of cases for the successful prosecution of those responsible,"
The prosecutors are required to submit their report to the AO 35 Secretariat within 30 days from the creation of the SIT, Perete said.
Ryan Hubilla and Nelly Bagasala, alleged members of Karapatan, were reported killed in Sorsogon on June 15.
On the other hand, Neptali Moraga, former Bayan Muna Bicol regional coordinator, was killed in Naga, Camarines Sur on June 17.
A National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF ELCAC) official earlier expressed fear that the recent killing of the two human rights group members in Sorsogon is allegedly the handiwork of the Communist Party of the Philippines–New People’s Army (CPP-NPA).
“What we feared most is now happening and it is most likely that the killing was executed by the CPP, to support their filing of writs of Amparo and habeas data, the basis of which were their allegations of government harassment and attacks,” said Maj. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr., who is also Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Deputy Chief-of-Staff for Civil-Military Operations.
Parlade called on the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) to seriously investigate the murder of Hubilla and Bagasala who were gunned down by still unidentified suspects in Seabreeze Homes Subdivision, Barangay Cabid-an, Sorsogon.
“The AFP has nothing to gain with this killing especially in light of the filing of writs of Amparo and habeas data that the CPP and its petitioners do. Earlier, we warned that the CPP- NPA might start killing their own NUPL (National Union of Peoples Lawyers) members and Karapatan members if only to embarrass the state,” he said.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1072761
DOJ Undersecretary Markk Perete, in a message to reporters, confirmed that Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra has approved the creation of two special investigating teams (SIT) to be led by prosecutors to investigate the three killings.
"Acting pursuant to Administrative Order No. 35, the Secretary of Justice directed the prosecutors to head the investigating teams tasked to ascertain if the incidents are politically motivated, and to assist in the build-up of cases for the successful prosecution of those responsible,"
The prosecutors are required to submit their report to the AO 35 Secretariat within 30 days from the creation of the SIT, Perete said.
Ryan Hubilla and Nelly Bagasala, alleged members of Karapatan, were reported killed in Sorsogon on June 15.
On the other hand, Neptali Moraga, former Bayan Muna Bicol regional coordinator, was killed in Naga, Camarines Sur on June 17.
A National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF ELCAC) official earlier expressed fear that the recent killing of the two human rights group members in Sorsogon is allegedly the handiwork of the Communist Party of the Philippines–New People’s Army (CPP-NPA).
“What we feared most is now happening and it is most likely that the killing was executed by the CPP, to support their filing of writs of Amparo and habeas data, the basis of which were their allegations of government harassment and attacks,” said Maj. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr., who is also Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Deputy Chief-of-Staff for Civil-Military Operations.
Parlade called on the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) to seriously investigate the murder of Hubilla and Bagasala who were gunned down by still unidentified suspects in Seabreeze Homes Subdivision, Barangay Cabid-an, Sorsogon.
“The AFP has nothing to gain with this killing especially in light of the filing of writs of Amparo and habeas data that the CPP and its petitioners do. Earlier, we warned that the CPP- NPA might start killing their own NUPL (National Union of Peoples Lawyers) members and Karapatan members if only to embarrass the state,” he said.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1072761
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