Rigoberto Sanchez, spokesperson of the Merardo Arce Command of the NPA Southern Mindanao Regional Operations Command said that the death of Rebelyn is just one of the latest aggressions against human rights done by the 10th ID-AFP and its death squad intelligence operatives. The NPA leader said that Bitang, Estremos, Payot and Gambuta figured in two political killings in Panabo City in 2006; and were also engaged in purely criminal acts such as the massacre of a middle class family related to their guns-for-hire criminal racket, and other crimes.
Sanchez said the four military assets and 10th ID-AFP death squad operatives were responsible for the: 1) the 2006 political killing of Renato Antonio, a Paquibato resident, community organizer and chairman of the Paquibato-Panabo Motorycle Operators and Drivers Association;2) the 2006 political killing of Enrico Cabanit, peasant leader and activist in Panabo City; 3) the murder of Jerlie Inocando, a security guard in Panabo City public market; 4) organizing guns-for-hire in Panabo City involved in the armed robbery of several business establishments in the area, and cases of unpunished robbery-killings in the city. Bitang was one of the ring leaders of the said MIB-AFP’s criminal racket in Panabo City; 5) the massacre of the Manulat family in Lasang, Davao City. Engr. Manulat survived but became physically incapacitated after the attack; 6) the rape of a woman in front of her male companion in the Panabo City plaza.
“The punished MIB death squad operatives committed with impunity the above-mentioned heinous war crimes and criminal activities with the support and sanction of the 10th ID-AFP,” said Sanchez.
Legitimate acts
In an interview with Bulatlat, Philippine Peace Center’s Casambre said that the implementation of revolutionary justice by the NPA is an act of a revolutionary or national liberation movement in accordance with or in pursuit of its political goals. “These acts are legitimate acts of a belligerent under international law and international humanitarian law.”
“Resolutions of the UN [United Nations] General Assembly, for example, uphold the legitimacy of national liberation movements under international law. Even under Philippine jurisprudence, acts committed in relation to rebellion are recognized as political in nature and thus cannot be considered as criminal offenses,” Casambre explained.
Asked if the NPA ‘punishment’ can be considered as terrorist acts, Casambre said, “In the first place, there is still no universally accepted definition of what constitutes a terrorist act. The definitions used by the US (e.g. in the US Patriot Act), the European Union and even the United Nations are all under question especially as they endanger human rights or restrict civil liberties. Similarly, the definitions of terrorism and terrorist acts under the country’s Anti-terrorist Law (Human Security Act) are questionable for being vague and fraught with the danger of infringing on rights and freedoms guaranteed by the Philippine Constitution.” (Bulatlat.com)
ginamit lng ang anak para magalit ang ama sa tao na tinutukoy nila ,wala sila awa walang kalaban laban na tao ginanyan nila,pati n din ung mga tao na nadadawit napagbibintangan pa ..
Ano kasalanan ng anak para patayin, kung rebelde ang kanyang ama. Di ba isa lang siyang biktima.