I STRONGLY deny the wild accusation of the PNP top
officials yesterday that dragged my name into a so-called destabilization
plot to derail the proclamation of the presidential and vice-presidential
winners in the elections. Of the many charges which the PNP and AFP
have long been making against the progressives in this country, this
is the most ridiculous.
I know of no destabilization plot, much less am I part of such
plot.
I am not a member of the Patriots group but I salute its courageous
efforts to monitor fraud and terrorism in the May 10 elections.
It is simply ridiculous for the PNP officials to likewise charge
Fr. Joe Dizon and the Patriots of being part of destabilization.
The accusation is nothing more than a cheap psywar trick of the
PNP in the vain hope of deflecting charges of fraud and terrorism
in the recent elections which Fr. Joe Dizon and the Patriots have
courageously brought to public attention. The PNP intelligence is
so plainly unintelligent to even think that by simply insinuating
that the Communist Party is behind the protest actions, charges
of fraud and terrorism can be dismissed outrightly.
If President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is certain that she won in
the recent elections, she must stop the AFP and PNP from creating
scenarios of destabilization.
The PNP accusation is a continuation of the violence and intimidation
being inflicted against Bayan Muna and other progressive parties
to prevent them from gaining seats in the House of Representatives.
Already, 43 members of Bayan Muna have been killed since 2001, 9
of them during the election period. But this
did not stop people from making Bayan Muna No. 1 in the party-list
elections. By insinuating that I am part of a destabilization plot,
are police officials now threatening to prevent Bayan Muna from
being proclaimed?
I have been working for Bayan Muna since 2001 when it participated
and topped the patry-list elections. I have been with Selda since
1986, actively campaigning for the compensation of the victims of
human rights violations during martial law. I have also served as
consultant in the peace negotiations with the GRP and NDFP.
I was abducted and arrested in June 1999 by the ISAFP and released
from prison because of popular protests about my unjust detention.
I hope that the police officials' accusations about my involvement
in the destabilization is not a justification for my impending arrest.
