On meeting with NDF leaders
I Did Not Violate
Any Law - Jamby
BY EMILY VITAL
Posted 1:27 p.m. July 6, 2006
Senator Maria
Consuelo ‘Jamby’ Madrigal said she did not violate any law when she met
with leaders of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP)
in Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Madrigal talked
with NDFP Spokesperson Luis Jalandoni and Political Consultant Jose
Maria Sison. She signed a communiqué calling for the resumption of peace
talks.
In a press
conference held at Quezon City, Thursday, Madrigal said, “I am a Senator
of the Filipino people and not of Mrs. Arroyo.” “I only have the
interest of the people in mind when I spoke to and held a dialogue with
members of the NDFP.
Madrigal also
visited the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human
Rights (UNHCHR) in Geneva, Switzerland. She said that the Special
Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression Ambeyi Ligabo expressed serious
concern on the worsening human rights situation in the Philippines.
A video of the
meeting was presented to the media.
Meanwhile, Bayan
Muna Representative Satur Ocampo said there is nothing wrong with
Madrigal’s meeting with NDFP leaders. Ocampo said that even before
Madrigal, some members of Congress also met with Jalandoni and Sison to
discuss the possibility of the resumption of peace talks.
Ocampo asked, “Why
did the Arroyo government abandon the peace talks? Are you in favor of
peace or are you for war?”
Ocampo said that
the all-out war policy is the total reverse of the 9th point
in Arroyo’s 10-point priority agenda, which is the completion of peace
process. Bulatlat
BACK TO
TOP ■
PRINTER-FRIENDLY VERSION ■
COMMENT
© 2006 Bulatlat
■
Alipato Media Center
Permission is granted to reprint or redistribute this article, provided
its author/s and Bulatlat are properly credited and notified.
