The Arrogance of the Military
Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita denied the administration had something to do with the disappearance of the five (5) supporters of former President Joseph Estrada. As a matter of fact, secretary Ermita was so emphatic, the administration had nothing to do with the five whom their relatives had reported missing.
But two hours after Secretary Ermita’s confirmation, the military confirmed it had the custody of the five. The admission came after the Commission on Human Rights slammed “pattern of impunity” which had marked violence against political militants and the Amnesty International deplored continuing abuses in the Philippines.
The military spokesman denied that the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (ISAFP) was not keeping the five missing men prior to their arrest.
According to the TV report monitored, the five are: 1. Virgilio Eustaquio who is the chair of the Union of the Masses for Democracy and Justice which is associated with former president Estrada; 2. Ruben Dionisio; 3. Jim Lucio Cabauatan; 4. Dennis Ebona; and 5. PO3 Jose Justo Curameng.
According to them, they were taken from the house of Eustaquio in Kamuning , Quezon City on Monday May 22 by men in civilian clothes and police intelligence agents who were not identified.
Before the military announced it has the custody of the five, Secretary Ermita denied the administration did not do it as it would cause destabilization. When told that the military has the custody of the five missing persons, Sec. Ermita was quick to say, “these are operational matters that you don’t expect the Palace to have knowledge of”.
Is the Malacañang occupants ignorant of what happened? Is the president of the Philippines not the Commander In Chief of the AFP? Secretary Ermita is mocking the people. Why did he in the first place, deny the military was not holding the missing men if he has no prior knowledge of it? He could have said, I have no knowledge of it and not deny outright.
For one thing, Col. Tristan Kison, AFP spokesman also denied the five missing men are in the hands of the military (ISAFP). But he later admitted the five had been in the hands of ISAFP since their arrest. He vehemently denied the five were not with the ISAFP even when the relatives of the missing persons were looking for them in ISAFP compound in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City. What a tricky spokesperson of the AFP! Does Kison deserve to receive his salary and other benefits from taxes of the Filipino people?
Many believed, the arrest of the five people was a “gestapo-like” method which deserves the strongest condemnation possible.
The five missing persons were released yesterday afternoon. But before their release, they experienced torture with the military.
The case of missing persons revealed what kind of the military we have in the Philippines headed by its Commander–In–Chief whose legitimacy to the position is in question. /MP mailto:madyaas_pen@yahoo.com
Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita denied the administration had something to do with the disappearance of the five (5) supporters of former President Joseph Estrada. As a matter of fact, secretary Ermita was so emphatic, the administration had nothing to do with the five whom their relatives had reported missing.
But two hours after Secretary Ermita’s confirmation, the military confirmed it had the custody of the five. The admission came after the Commission on Human Rights slammed “pattern of impunity” which had marked violence against political militants and the Amnesty International deplored continuing abuses in the Philippines.
The military spokesman denied that the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (ISAFP) was not keeping the five missing men prior to their arrest.
According to the TV report monitored, the five are: 1. Virgilio Eustaquio who is the chair of the Union of the Masses for Democracy and Justice which is associated with former president Estrada; 2. Ruben Dionisio; 3. Jim Lucio Cabauatan; 4. Dennis Ebona; and 5. PO3 Jose Justo Curameng.
According to them, they were taken from the house of Eustaquio in Kamuning , Quezon City on Monday May 22 by men in civilian clothes and police intelligence agents who were not identified.
Before the military announced it has the custody of the five, Secretary Ermita denied the administration did not do it as it would cause destabilization. When told that the military has the custody of the five missing persons, Sec. Ermita was quick to say, “these are operational matters that you don’t expect the Palace to have knowledge of”.
Is the Malacañang occupants ignorant of what happened? Is the president of the Philippines not the Commander In Chief of the AFP? Secretary Ermita is mocking the people. Why did he in the first place, deny the military was not holding the missing men if he has no prior knowledge of it? He could have said, I have no knowledge of it and not deny outright.
For one thing, Col. Tristan Kison, AFP spokesman also denied the five missing men are in the hands of the military (ISAFP). But he later admitted the five had been in the hands of ISAFP since their arrest. He vehemently denied the five were not with the ISAFP even when the relatives of the missing persons were looking for them in ISAFP compound in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City. What a tricky spokesperson of the AFP! Does Kison deserve to receive his salary and other benefits from taxes of the Filipino people?
Many believed, the arrest of the five people was a “gestapo-like” method which deserves the strongest condemnation possible.
The five missing persons were released yesterday afternoon. But before their release, they experienced torture with the military.
The case of missing persons revealed what kind of the military we have in the Philippines headed by its Commander–In–Chief whose legitimacy to the position is in question. /MP mailto:madyaas_pen@yahoo.com
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