“I
will defend my soldiers and my policemen for sure because I think that they are
right,” was the pronouncement of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on the current
situation involving former Bayan Muna representative Satur Ocampo and his other
companions when they were arrested in Davao del Norte for alleged kidnapping
and human trafficking.
The
President made a categorical statement saying that Duterte said Ocampo’s Bayan
Muna as well as Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) and Gabriela are fronts of the
Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP).
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| President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (photo credit to owner) |
“Bakit
pa tayo magbobolahan? (Why we should fool each other?) Satur Ocampo is
fronting Bayan. Bayan is a front of the CPP. We know that KMU, Gabriela,
they’re all communist fronts or being used by the communists. Alam ninyo
lahat yan. (All of you know that),” the President told the media.
“I
support the police and the military. You know an ordinary person, lalo
na kung senador ka (especially if you are a senator), you must be aware
that you cannot remove children from one community to another without the
consent of the parents,” Duterte said
Duterte
explains that what Ocampo and 17 others have done “is actually kidnapping”
since the parents of the minors complained that their children were brought by
Ocampo’s group without their consent.
“Eh
nagreklamo ‘yung mga victims (The victims complained). You heard they were
lectured upon by the Lumads. And it’s like controlling the lives of the
natives,” Duterte said.
“Iyan
ang mahirap sa komunista, ginagamit nila ang Lumad. Kaya ang
karamihan ngayon ang namamatay Lumad (That’s the problem with the
communists, they are using Lumads. That’s why many of those killed were
Lumads),” PRRD added.
He said
the government must double their efforts to get back at the alumads and tell them
that the New People’s Army (NPA) will destroy them.
“When
they (the communists) started to go to the mountains and wage a war there, they
recruited ang pinaka vulnerable (the most vulnerable), the
Lumads,” President Duterte said.
Satur
Ocampo and 17 others, including ACT Teachers party-list Rep. France Castro,were
arrested by the military and policemen at a checkpoint in Talaingod in Davao
del Norte on Nov. 26 for transporting students of Lumad school Salungpungan
Learning Center without permission from their parents.
Ocampo
and his group were temporarily released after posting bail.
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