Monday, October 26, 2020

Army’s 3ID: Ex-Bayan Muna solon ‘hallucinating’

From Panay News (Oct 27, 2020): Army’s 3ID: Ex-Bayan Muna solon ‘hallucinating’ (By Ruby Silubrico)

PANCITO

ILOILO City – The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) described former Bayan Muna party-list congressman Siegfred Deduro as “hallucinating” after the latter claimed he was publicly alleged as a leading officer of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and New People’s Army (NPA).

Deduro filed a petition for a Writ of Amparo at the Iloilo Regional Trial Court on Oct. 22 against AFP’s 3rd Infantry Division (3ID) led by Major General Eric Vinoya alleging that he was red-tagged.

Deduro also released a statement to the media denouncing the aforementioned accusations made by the 3ID and called for a halt to the military’s vilification of him and fellow activists.

The 3ID spokesperson, Army Major Cenon Pancito III, however, reiterated that Vinoya never tagged Deduro as a ranking member of the rebel movement.

According to Pancito, Vinoya was not part of the June 19 meeting of the Iloilo Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC) at Casa Real (old Iloilo provincial capitol building).

“I would like to inform former congressman Deduro that General Vinoya is not part of the PPOC. He is hallucinating. Hindi nya talaga alam kasi wala si Sir Vinoya sa PPOC; provincial meeting ‘yan, hindi regional,” Pancito said.

Pancito also denied that the Army was threatening Deduro.

“It is not our job to threaten a person. Hindi gawain ng Army ‘yan. Natatakot ka lang sarili mong anino,” Pancito stressed.

Deduro is a founding member and the vice president for Visayas of the Bayan Muna party-list and also of the Makabayan Coalition until today.

He wrote to Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr., the chairperson of the PPOC, requesting for, among others, information on:

* the identities of the military officers who gave a presentation and discussion before the peace council

* the directory of the members of the peace council

* status reports of the peace council prepared and/or submitted in relation to the June 19, 2020 meeting of the said body.

He was a representative of Bayan Muna in the 12th Congress.

Deduro also worked as manager and later on as management consultant for the Panay Fair Trade Center and its predecessor, the Panay Fruits & Trading Corp.

He was also the first secretary-general of the Madia-as Ecological Movement.

https://www.panaynews.net/armys-3id-ex-bayan-muna-solon-hallucinating/

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