^ read and open your eyes.

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political killings have been rampant nowadays. one after the other, leftist group leaders, members and activists are slaughtered. Some are missing, and most of them are presumed to be dead.
most of the victims are last seen carried off to someplace by big vans. some were gunned down by men in motorcycles. some were tortured first before they were finally killed.

these weren't just random people. they were leftists. leaders. they were activists...people who try to stir the social conscience of the Filipinos all for us to see the naked truth. this begs the question, why?

the answer though, is quite obvious.
it lies in their activities, their ideologies.
they are killed because of what they believe in.
because they wanted change. because they did not believe in the crap that the administration wants us to believe.

the administration has become aware that its reigning time is becoming short-lived.
very soon, it shall be replaced. its ploys to make its reign last longer was pretty much obvious, though the leftists were the ones who provided the public with tangible information, not just circumstantial evidences.

and so they moved against the administration.
and they were slaughtered by it.

the administration even uses the military to carry out its dirty work. in some cases where the leftist members were kidnapped, uniformed men were seen doing the job. they pushed men in vans. and drove off to god-knows-where. after that, the man last seen dragged off in a van was decomposing in a field 5 miles away from the place of kidnapping.

to make things worse, the military has been so desperate to please the administration that it kidnapps and kills innocent farmers and teenagers that look like they are leftists or members of the NPA. the article above describes how some teenagers were made to carry a dead body of a soldier on their carabao by military men, carry the even their packs and a generator up in the mountains.

the token of gratitude they get? they were held in custody for days with farmers and other men as rebels.

the AFP has come out with a slideshow presentation that was used in briefing military men and members of the Oplan Laya [the newly-formed taskforce whose purpose was to stop insurgency among groups] with the identity of insurgent groups and sectoral front organizations.
the slide show was entitled "Knowing the Enemy".

the presentation included left parties and organizations like Gabriela, Bayan Muna, Bagong Alyansang Makabayan, Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas, Kilusang Mayo Uno and Anak Pawis and other Bayan movements, thus explaining the killings of members and leaders of these organizations which numbered up to 690 as of June 20.

these organizations are not even armed. they do not operate a private army of sorts.

If working for the repeal of the Visiting Forces Agreement and the prioritization of social services over debt payments are crimes against national security, then Bayan Muna is guilty. If pushing for a P125 ($2.35) across-the-board increase in the daily wage of workers and P3,000 ($56.33) monthly for government employees endangers democracy, then AnakPawis is culpable. If proposing legislation to protect consumers against profiteering and women against violence, oppression and exploitation threatens the social order, Gabriela may very well be hauled to court. If protesting against the policies of deregulation, liberalization and privatization which are detrimental to the interests of Filipinos, then Bayan is dangerous. If struggling for a genuine agrarian reform program is a threat to national security, then KMP should be charged in court. If fighting for workers’ rights is a crime against the people, then KMU should be indicted. -BENJIE OLIVEROS, www.bulatlat.com

the saddest part about this situation is the cases filed against these killings were not progressing. no leads. nobody's persecuted. it seems pretty much obvious that the administration was the one who instigated the killings. but it seems pretty much obvious too, that the judiciary system takes no heed of this obvious truth.


so when did exposing lies become a crime?
since when did fighting against a vile administration become a crime punishable by death?