#title:CPDF denounces the psywar program against the campaign to surface James M. Balao and other victims of enforced disappearances<br>
@@@@@<h1>CPDF denounces the psywar program against the campaign to surface James M. Balao and other victims of enforced disappearances</h1><!-- Cordillera People's Democratic Front,  Simon "Ka Filiw" Naogsan Sr., Spokesperson, August 31, 2009 </em><br><br>
The Cordillera People's Democratic Front denounces the dirty intrigues peddled by the military, police, and government officials, as well as their paid hustlers in the pseudo-NGO community that abducted activist James M. Balao is alive and is hiding with NPA guerillas in some mountain lair. These unscrupulous individuals also claim that the campaign to surface James M. Balao is just a ploy to gain public sympathy and raise funds. These intrigues are part of a disinformation and psywar program designed to derail and end the ongoing mass campaign to surface James Balao.<br>
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Balao, a founding member of the Cordillera People's Alliance, was abducted last September 17, 2008 by elements of the Military Intelligence Group. Apparently, the lies being spread by state officials and their paid civilian mouthpieces are timed to disrupt any foreseen activities commemorating the year-long enforced disappearance of Balao.<br>
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What is next? A concocted firefight in some alleged rebel mountain lair where the military or police will "capture" Balao, or worse, present his body as one of several casualties? The military will stop at nothing to hide their embarrassing atrocities with layers of falsehoods. In the case of Sherlyn Cadapan and Karen Empeño, two UP students abducted while doing thesis work in Bulacan, one of the girls was brought to the house of a relative accompanied by a group of military personnel dressed as NPA guerillas to give the impression that the abducted students joined the NPA. Melissa Roxas, a Filipino-American volunteer health worker, was abducted and tortured by military personnel who later spread a video of some look-alike filmed in an alleged NPA camp.<br>
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The Arroyo regime has the worst record for respect of human rights, equaling and even perhaps exceeding the brutality of the Marcos dictatorship. The Arroyo regime has the worst record for honesty. Arroyo has lied, cheated, stolen and corrupted to gain and remain in power. Her lack of scruples is carried on by her military and state officials who think that if they repeat their lies often enough the people will take it as the truth.<br>
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We call on the public to come forward with any information that may shed light on the whereabouts of James M. Balao. Justice must be served to those responsible for his abduction and enforced disappearance, as well as to those who knowingly participate in the disinformation campaign meant to derail efforts to surface him. The CPDF repeats its call for Fetad! – a mass mobilization for a people's war against tyranny. Enough of this lying regime!<br>
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