Press statement | From the political prisoners at Camp Bagong Diwa: Make The Butcher Palparan pay dearly for all his capital crimes against the people.

Selda Philippines: Aug 15 09:01PM -0700 

PRESS STATEMENT 
16 August 2014
 

  

We, political prisoners, are glad that one of the most notorious fascist butchers of social activists and even of innocent masses has at last been caught and now held in jail—atleast as of now.
  
 
Progressive and revolutionary forces all over the country are determined to make General Jovito Palparan pay for his numerous capital crimes against the people, from as far south as the Eastern Visayas provinces of Samar and Leyte, the Southern Tagalog Provinces of Mindoro, Quezon and Laguna, up to
as far north as Nueva Ecija and other Central Luzon provinces. 
 
 
We, political prisoners, and our loved ones, our co-advocates of social change, and the masses we have dedicated to serve have actually been among the numerous victims of the fascist crimes of The Butcher Palparan and others like him, including many who are still in the active service of the reactionary armed forces. Political prisoners are the living victims of arbitrary arrest, illegal detention, torture, attempts at extrajudicial killings, and other fascist violations of our human rights under the hands of military, paramilitary, police, prison, and other forces of repression of the reactionary ruling state.
  
 
The Butcher Palparan and others like him are actually the ones who deserve to be in prison, and not we, who have all along only been seeking to serve the people to the fullest. We bear no crime against the people.
 
 
We, political prisoners, our fellow dedicated advocates of social change for the sake of the people, and other victims of The Butcher Palparan and his ilk's fascist repression and violence, will be closely following how he will be treated and made to go through the present ruling state's course of justice. We are fully aware that efforts to frustrate such will always be sought by promotions and "bosses" of his like in the ruling state, from the military, police, jail, prosecutory, judicial, legislative, and up to the executive level.
 

Political prisoners at Camp Bagong Diwa,
Bicutan, Taguig City
15 August 2014
 
  
Alan Jazmines 
Emeterio Antalan
Leopoldo Calosa
 
Tirso Alcantara 
Aristides Sarmiento
Jesus Abetria Jr.
 
Alex Arias 
Fidel Holanda 
Rolando Laylo
 
Voltaire Guray 
Hermogenes Reyes Jr.
Jared Morales
 
Eliseo Lopez 
Philip Enteria 
Juanito dela Pena
 
Alberto Macasinag 
Cirilo Verdan Jr.
Raphael de Guzman
 
Reynaldo delos Santos 
Elmer Desuyo 
Eddie Cruz
 
Antonio Satumba 
Elmer Torres
Dennis Ortiz
 
Modesto Araza 
Felicardo Salamat 
 
 
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The Samahan ng Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA) is an organization of former political prisoners in the Philippines. Founded on December 4, 1984, SELDA was initiated by newly-released political prisoners of the martial law period. SELDA’s primary task is to work for the release of all political prisoners and to see to it that humane treatment of those who are still in detention are complied with by the Philippine authorities. SELDA advocates justice for current and former political prisoners. It calls for the mobilisation of resources in support of political prisoners, former detainees and their families. It carries out legislative advocacy for the indemnification and rehabilitation of political prisoners. SELDA goes into partnership and builds solidarity with concerned individuals and groups for the freedom and welfare of political prisoners and all victims of tyranny.

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