National Security Adviser andNTF-ELCACvice chair Hermogenes Esperon Jr. MANILA - The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) on Sunday expressed its disappointment over the decision of the Manila Regional Trial Court (RTC) to acquit communist group leaders for their role in the Inopacan Massacre which took place in the 1980s. "We are deeply saddened and dismayed with the news that the Manila RTC Branch 32, under Presiding Judge Thelma Bunyi-Medina, has granted the demurrers to evidence resulting in the acquittal of known communists, namely former Bayan Muna representative Satur Ocampo; National Democratic Front (NDF) consultants Vicente Ladlad, Rafael Baylosis and Adelberto Silva, among others, two for the perpetration of at least 15 summary executions in the killing fields by the NPA in Sapang Dako, Inopacan, Leyte in the 1980s," NTF-ELCAC vice chair Hermogenes Esperon Jr., who is also National Security Adviser, said. He said the murder case was
National Security Adviser andNTF-ELCACvice chair Hermogenes Esperon Jr. (File photo) MANILA- An official of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) on Sunday said despite the acquittal of 15 of 40 communist leaders and members, the grim fate suffered by Inopacan massacre victims in the evil hands of Jose Maria Sison and his co-defendants remains. Secretary Hermogenes Esperon, Jr., vice-chairperson of NTF-ELCAC, expressed disappointment to the decision of the Manila Regional Trial Court (RTC) to acquit 15 Communist Party of the Philippines - New People's Army - National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) leaders for their role in the Inopacan massacre in Leyte in 1985. "We are deeply saddened and dismayed with the news that the Manila RTC Branch 32, under Presiding Judge Thelma Bunyi-Medina, has granted the demurrers to evidence resulting in the acquittal of known communists, namely: former Bayan Muna representative Satur Ocampo; National Democrati