Press Release
February 26, 2010
Davao City - The Bagong Alyansang Makabayan slammed the military’s smear campaign against progressive senatorial bets Representatives Satur Ocampo and Liza Maza "setting precedence of partisan campaigning and political persecution under a culture of impunity."
“Only the military has the intention to employ such a smear campaign. They have been very vocal and active in campaigning against progressive organizations and its members whom they tag as fronts of the communist movement. This scheme is evidently laid down in their Oplan Bantay Laya,” Bayan-SRM spokesperson John Birondo said.
Bayan recalled the military’s Order of Battle exposed by no less than Satur Ocampo in an International Solidarity Mission last year which contained the names of activists in Southern Mindanao Region. Celso Pojas who was killed last 2008 was among the identified personalities in the list.
“If we are to think logically, all the political killings and harassments happening in all parts of the country are orchestrated by no less than the military.Their influence is of immense force that they can turn truths into lies and make crimes without getting apprehended,” Birondo said.
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