Published January 27, 2021, 5:54 PM
“An assault on critical thinking and democracy” was how former vice president Jejomar “Jojo” Binay described the military’s red-tagging of several universities.
Lieutenant Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr., spokesman for the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), had earlier said that around 18 colleges and universities are recruitment grounds for communist groups.
Aside from the University of the Philippines (UP), Parlade named the Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU), De La Salle University (DLSU), University of Santo Tomas (UST), Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (PLM), Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP), Far Eastern University (FEU), University of Makati (UMak), among others.
Dr. Florangel Rosario Braid
That the present state of impunity had reached an alarming level was shown by the recent filing of resolutions by six senators who asked for a legislative inquiry into the series of unlawful killings of citizens. Senate Majority Leader Miguel Zubiri and Senators Grace Poe, Juan Edgardo Angara, Sherwin Gatchalian, Nancy Binay, and Joel Villanueva were joined by Sen. Risa Hontiveros who also filed a resolution aimed at seeking justice for Mary Rose Sancelan and her husband and Sen. Imee Marcos who sought an investigation into the “alarming deaths and disappearances” of members of the legal community; and the Makabayan bloc in the Lower House which called for release of the “Human Rights Day 7” – a journalist and six labor organizers.
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Manila, Dec 17 (efe-epa).- Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte said he is “not scared” of an investigation by the International Criminal Court (ICC), after the court confirmed this week that there are indications of crimes against humanity having been committed during his war on drugs.
“I will die for my principles… if I end up in jail, that’s okay with me, as long as I did what was right,” the controversial president said in a televised speech Wednesday night, insisting that he never ordered any killings.
“I’m not scared,” he added.
Duterte, who made his brutal war on drugs his main electoral promise, claimed that he has never made death threats against anyone and urged human rights watchdogs to review his speeches.
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