CPP/Ang Bayan: DOJ, prosecutor dismiss cases against activists

Propaganda article from the English language edition of Ang Bayan posted to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Website (Nov 7, 2020): DOJ, prosecutor dismiss cases against activists

The Department of Justice (DOJ) dropped on October 15 the kidnapping case against Kabataan Partylist Rep. Sarah Elago, Bayan Muna chairman Neri Colmenares, Jose Maria Sison and nine other leaders of Anakbayan. The said case was filed by the police and Relissa Lucena, in connivance with the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict, in connection to the malicious allegation that the respondents are “recruiting” the youth to become members of the New People’s Army. The DOJ said that there is no sufficient evidence to prove that the respondents kidnapped Relissa’s 19-year old daughter Alicia, and recruited to join the armed move­ment.

The prosecutor of Iloilo City also dismissed on October 19 three of the four cases filed by the police against 42 activists in May due to lack of evidence. The were charged with illegal assembly and two other violations of lockdown protocols for staging a rally last May 1 to demand justice over the killing of regional mass leader Jory Porquia.

[Ang Bayan is the official news organ of the Communist Party of the Philippines and is issued by the CPP Central Committee. It provides news about the work of the Party as well as its analysis of and views on current issues. Ang Bayan comes out fortnightly and is published in Pilipino, Bisaya, Ilokano, Waray, Hiligaynon and English.]

https://cpp.ph/2020/11/07/doj-prosecutor-dismiss-cases-against-activists/