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Panelo: Duterte may place Negros Oriental under martial law @ 2019-08-02T12: Back Hot News
Keyword:in Negros Oriental martial law in Negros
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「AS WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THE COURSE OF MARTIAL LAW IMPLEMENTATION IN MINDANAO, WE FORESEE EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS, ARBITRARY ARRESTS, TORTURE AND OTHER RIGHTS VIOLATIONS BY STATE FORCES ONCE MARTIAL LAW IS DECLARED IN NEGROS,」 KARAPATAN SECRETARY GENERAL CRISTINA PALABAY SAID.
MORE THAN A DOZEN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN JUST THREE WEEKS IN A STRING OF VIOLENCE ACROSS NEGROS ORIENTAL. FLAGS IN THE PROVINCE WERE RAISED AT HALF MAST TO HONOR THE VICTIMS. THE SITUATION IN THE PROVINCE IS ALREADY STOKING TALKS OF MARTIAL LAW.
KILLERS LEAVE MARK GUNMEN WHO KILLED EARLY ON SATURDAY ERNESTO POSADAS, PANUBIGAN VILLAGE CHIEF, IN CANLAON CITY, NEGROS ORIENTAL, SPRAY-PAINTED ALLEGATIONS THAT HE WAS A 「TRAITOR TO THE NPA.」 THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE PHILIPPINES DENIED ANY INVOLVEMENT IN THE SERIES OF KILLINGS IN THE PROVINCE.
“YUNG SINASABI NILANG VIGILANTE GROUP DRAWING LANG 'YUN NG PNP (PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE) AT AFP (ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES). 'YUNG SINASABI NI GENERAL AREVALO NA NPA ANG GUMAGAWA NG PAGPATAY SA NEGROS ORIENTAL, HINDI ITO MGA TARGET NG NPA," SAID KA ANN JACINTO, DEPUTY SPOKESPERSON OF THE LEONARDO PANALIGAN COMMAND OF THE CPP-NPA.
「I HAVE ORDERED YESTERDAY THE DEPLOYMENT OF MORE THAN 300 SPECIAL ACTION FORCE (SAF) TROOPS TO NEGROS ISLAND TO AUGMENT LOCAL POLICE UNITS IN ANTI-CRIMINALITY AND INTERNAL SECURITY OPERATIONS AGAINST CRIMINAL ELEMENTS AND DISSIDENT TERRORIST GROUPS OPERATING IN THE PROVINCES OF NEGROS OCCIDENTAL AND NEGROS ORIENTAL,」 ALBAYALDE SAID MONDAY.
ANG POSIBILIDAD NG MARTIAL LAW AY KAUGNAY PA RIN DAW NG HINIHINGING "EMERGENCY POWERS" NI DUTERTE KAGABI SA IKA-69 ANIBERSARYO NG NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE COORDINATING AGENCY.
* POSSIBLE MARTIAL LAW IN NEGROS ORIENTAL. PRESIDENTIAL SPOKESMAN SALVADOR PANELO SAID THURSDAY (AUGUST 1) THE PRESIDENT MAY SEND OUT TROOPS TO QUELL THE LAWLESSNESS IN NEGROS ORIENTAL OR DECLARE MARTIAL LAW.
WHILE KILLINGS OF CIVILIANS HAVE CONTINUED TO INCREASE SINCE JANUARY 2017, SHE HAS BEEN OVERWHELMED WITH THE SPATE OF KILLINGS ESPECIALLY LAST WEEK WHEN AT LEAST 13 PERSONS WERE GUNNED DOWN IN SEPARATE INCIDENTS IN CITIES AND TOWNS IN NEGROS ORIENTAL IN A SPAN OF JUST FIVE DAYS.
WHILE AUTHORITIES HAVE YET TO DECLARE MARTIAL LAW OVER NEGROS THE SPATE OF KILLINGS BY SUSPECTED NEW PEOPLE’S ARMY REBELS, POLICE HAVE INTENSIFIED BORDER CONTROLS IN 10 AREAS IN NEGROS OCCIDENTAL PROVINCE.
ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINESDECLARE MARTIAL LAWLOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITSPHILIPPINE POLITICSPOLITIKOPRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTEPROVINCE
「THE FIRST VICTIM OF THE EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS IN NEGROS SINCE DUTERTE CAME TO POWER WAS ALEXANDER CEBALLOS ON JANUARY 20, 2017,」 SHE SAID. 「AFTER THAT INCIDENT, DOZENS OF CIVILIANS, WHOM IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER HAD SUPPORTED THE PLIGHT OF THE FARMERS IN NEGROS,」 FOLLOWED, SHE SAID.
NEGROS CATHOLIC BISHOPS — LOUIE GALBINES OF KABANKALAN, PATRICIO BUZON OF BACOLOD, AND JULIO CORTES OF DUMAGUETE — JOINED BISHOP ALMINAZA ON JULY 26 IN ISSUING AN ORATIO IMPERATA, OR OBLIGATORY PRAYER, WITH THE SPECIAL INTENTION TO END KILLINGS AND REMIND FILIPINOS "OF THE VALUE OF LIFE."
「THE LAND DISPUTES IN NEGROS HAVE ESCALATED TO KILLINGS AMONG – AND BETWEEN – THE CLAIMANTS. THE COMMUNIST REBELS HAVE EXPLOITED THE LAND UNREST AND TURNED THE PROVINCE INTO A QUASI-STATE. THEY HAVE ARBITRARILY CHOSEN WHO WILL OWN THE LANDS SUBJECT OF THE CONTROVERSIES SURROUNDING THEM,」 HE ADDED.
“YOU KNOW MINDANAO CONTINUES TO BE A PROBLEM. I AM NOT ADVOCATING FOR ANY CONTINUANCE OF THE MARTIAL LAW. BUT IF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS, THE GOVERNORS, MAYORS AND EVEN CONGRESSMEN, WOULD FIND IT THAT IT WOULD BE TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE FILIPINO IN MINDANAO, I WOULD NOT HESITATE TO SAY YES,” HE SAID.
IN ADDITION, ORTIZ DECRIED THE INTENSIFICATION OF VIOLENCE IN RURAL COMMUNITIES WHICH HAS LEFT 214 DOCUMENTED KILLINGS OF FARMERS AND LAND REFORM ADVOCATES SINCE DUTERTE CAME TO POWER IN 2016 – A PHENOMENON THE PROTESTERS ARE CALLING A “DE FACTO MARTIAL LAW.”
「WITHOUT SOUNDING BIASED SINCE I ALSO CAME FROM THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE POLICE, WHAT IF THOSE APPOINTEES WOULD ALSO QUESTION THE WISDOM OF APPOINTING TOO MANY LAWYERS IN GOVERNMENT? WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS THE COMPETENCE AND INTEGRITY OF THOSE APPOINTEES, AND NOT THEIR PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND,」 HE SAID.

 

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