On the indictment of the plotters and implementors of the abduction of Ma. Luisa Posa-Dominado and Nilo Arado
Julian Paisano Tagapagsalita Coronacion "Waling-Waling" Chiva Command NPA-Panay
December 10, 2007 ON THE COMMEMORATION OF INTERNATIONAL
HUMAN RIGHTS DAY, we hope to give our share to the struggle for justice
of the victims of human rights violations. Coronacion Chiva
"Waling-waling" Command, NPA-Panay, formally presents our indictment to
the People's Court for the crime of abduction of Ma. Luisa
Posa-Dominado and Nilo Arado, legal activists of people's
organizations, last April 12, 2007 of the following:
- Col. Noel Buan of the Internal Security Group (ISG) of the Philippine Army
- Col. Marianito Perez of the Military Intelligence Battalion (MIB), 3ID, PA
- Major General Juvenal Narcise, Commanding Officer of the 3rd Infantry Division (3ID, PA)
- Captain Lowen Gil Marquez, spokesman of the 3rd Infantry Division
- Demetrio "Hugo" Capilastique of the RPA, special CAFGU of the Philippine Army
- Secretary Norberto Gonzalez, National
Security Adviser of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and several of his cohorts
in the Cabinet's Cluster E
- President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
- Several John Does involved in the abduction whose identities we have to withhold at the moment
Our investigations are still going on. Additional cases may be
filed on the probable crimes of torture and murder after we finish
compiling other testimonies and evidence towards proving the said
crimes. These include the crime of attempted murder of Leeboy
Garachico.
Two of the mentioned violators have been indicted for
complicity to cover up the crime and for inciting to murder based on
undisputable proof that they themselves have already shown to the
public. Except for Arroyo and Gonzales, all of the above-mentioned
accused are armed elements of the state who are already legitimate
targets of NPA tactical offensives. Some, like Col. Noel Buan, Demetrio
Capilastique, and Captain Lowen Gil Marquez have previous charges of
murder, torture and rape of people here and in other places outside
Panay.
The principals in this case are key personalities of the
Arroyo regime who have designed the failed Oplan Bantay Laya (OBL I and
OBL II). They and their reactionary Armed Forces of the Philippines are
responsible for more than 800 extrajudicial killings that have been
presented by the United Nations Rapporteur, Professor Alston, to the UN
Human Rights Council. They are likewise responsible for the continued
denial and cover-up of these killings.
We can not yet make public the voluminous information we have
collected because we wish to protect the witnesses from becoming
victims of the military's "salvaging". Some of the witnesses are in
government while some are members of the state's armed forces who could
no longer stand the brutality and treachery of their own organization.
The following are only a few of the bases for indictment that we can make public:
- Col. Noel Buan, PA-ISG -- we have
established his presence here before the incident and his involvement
in the creation of "death squads" and liquidation of leaders of the
revolutionary movement in Panay. He is among those who provoked the
burning of the Bayan Muna production center in Villa, Iloilo City in
the lot of Ma. Luisa Posa before the incident.
- Col. Marianito Perez, MIB -- conspired with
Col. Buan and others for the actual interception and abduction. He fled
on the orders of his HQ (an obvious indication of his guilt) and did
not appear for the habeas corpus case which the reactionary court
ordered him to face. Col. Buan and Col. Perez both have motives for the
abduction as implementors of the regime's policy and orders. Moreover,
they have personal motives to settle a score due to the embarrassment
they suffered from the ambush conducted by the NPA in Calinog last
November 19, 2005. At the time of that incident, these two classmates
at the Philippine Military Academy were the respective commanders of
the 1st Scout Ranger Battalion and the 47th Infantry Battalion. Because
they could not get hold of the NPA, they vented their resentment on the
legal, unarmed activists who were in no way involved with the incident.
- Major General Juvenal Narcise -- Holds
command responsibility for allowing this violence on the legal
activists who were let alone by the previous Division Commanders in
Panay. He is responsible for the "transfer" of Col. Perez and the
cover-up of the crime by pretending to post a P100, 000 award for the
capture of the supposed perpetrators. He is also responsible for
inciting the murder and abduction of legal activists which his
spokesman Captain Marquez churns out including the cover-up of the
crime by accusing the NPA themselves! We have enough proof of probable
cause to indict him on this crime.
- Captain Lowen Gil Marquez -- incited the
murder and abduction of the legal activists, leaders of progressive
Party-lists and mass organizations by maliciously branding them as
"fronts" of the NPA. Until now, he keeps on branding as supporters of
the revolutionary movement the candidates and winners of the barangay
elections whose only "crime" were to be on the opposite side of
politicians who are favored by the military or by Captain Marquez
himself. He is also the instrument for covering up the crime first by
denying it, then intentionally reversing the events to confuse the
public and accuse the NPA of harming the very people he branded as NPA
supporters. He plotted and even directly participated in an attempt to
disrupt a gathering in commemoration of Luisa and Nilo by holding a
picket of bonnet-wearing men and accusing the NPA for the incident.
There is clear probable cause for the indictment of Marquez, based on
his public announcements and actions, for inciting to abduct the two
activists and covering up the crime.
- Demetrio Capilastique alias Hugo -- we have
sufficient number of testimonies that he conspired with Colonels Buan
and Perez to act as leader of a "death squad" that figured in the
abduction of Luisa and Nilo. We have evidence that his group also
played a part in the casing and surveillance of the victims previous to
the abduction, up to the abduction itself.
- Secretary Norberto Gonzalez -- gave direct consent for the abduction of Luisa and Nilo.
- The Arroyo Regime and its key personalities
in Cabinet Cluster E are responsible for all the regime's victims of
murder and abduction. The people's history will judge them for
committing greater crimes and brutality wherein the abduction of Luisa
and Nilo are just particular instances.
These charges and indictments have been relayed to the national
leadership of the Communist Party of the Philippines and the NPA. All
units of the NPA in Panay are ordered to arrest these accused and
present them to the People's Court to face the charges against them. We
give notice to the public that these accused are armed and dangerous so
any information about them must be provided to the proper authorities
of the revolutionary movement and the public must keep away from their
company to avoid getting involved in the crossfire.
Julian Paisano Coronacion "Waling-waling" Chiva Command Regional Operational Command, Panay
December 10, 2007
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