HINDI pa inilibing ang labi ng mamamahayag na si Percy Lapid, may nangyaring gulo noong Linggo. Ito ang pangyayari sa PNP Custodial Center sa Camp Crame kung saan tatlong bilanggo ang nagtangkang gawing hostage si Leila de Lima. Napatay umano ang tatlong hostage-taker pero maingay ang social media sa matinding batikos sa gobyerno at PNP.
Dapat ng palayain si Leila dahil hindi matibay ang mga ebidensya na iniharap laban sa kanya. Umurong na ang mga saksi laban sa kanya at walang tuwirang saksi ang nakapagdiin sa mga akusasyon laban sa kanya. Tanging ang mga lider ng nakaraang administrasyon ang makikibang sa patulong na pagkakakulong sa iyan. Ito ang kuro-kuro ng isang batikang propesor sa batas na si John Molo. May mga panaw na si Rodrigo Duterte ang nagtutulak sa manatili siya sa piitan bagaman marami ang naninindigan na walang kasalanan si Leila.
May mga persepsyon na ang pagpaslang kay Percy Lapid at pag-hostage kay Leila ay bahagi ng isang maitim na balak ng destabilisasyon sa gobyerno ni BBM. Hindi ito plano ng dilawan o pinklawan dahil wala sa poder ang kanilang mga lider. Hindi nga sila nanalo sa nakalipas na halalan. Inihatag ito ng mga makapangyarihang tao na tuwirang makikinabang kung wala na si BBM sa Malacanang. Nagbabahala si Percy Lapid kay BBM sa kanyang programa sa radyo ilang araw bago siya tambangan at patayin na mag-ingat sa mga taong nagkukunwaring kanyang kakampi.
Hindi namin alam kung may katotohanan ang destabilisasyon, ngunit may batayan upang maging mapagmatyag ang kampo ni BBM. Ang pulitika ay hindi kasaysayan ng mabuting hangarin at tamang pagpapatakbo sa gobyerno kundi kasaysayan ito ng kataksilan, panloloko, panlalamang, at maniobrahan. Maraming lider ang may masamang hangarin.
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PATULOY namin bibigyang linaw ang totoong nangyari sa ating kasaysayan noong panahon ng diktadura. Hindi kami natutuwa sa palihim na pagbaluktot sa ating kasaysayan upang palabasin si ang diktador na si Ferdinand Marcos bilang santo at bayani ng bayan. Walang katotohanan na “ginintuang panahon” sa kasaysayan ang kanyang diktadura. Halaw ang mga sumusunod sa isang aklat na aking tinatapos tungkol sa diktadurya ni Marcos.
THE ‘PAPER LIFTING OF MARTIAL’
The Marcos authoritarian rule functioned but not without the usual dosage of criticisms in the international community. Marcos was widely criticized for the reported massive human rights violations. He was perceived to have been overstaying in power. He had no political mandate. After the IBP elections, Marcos launched a public relations campaign to deodorize his regime to soften its negative image before the world community. On January 17, 1981, Ferdinand Marcos issued Presidential Proclamation 2045, which formally lifted the proclamation of martial law. Since it retained many of his powers, including the power to legislate under Amendment No. 6, the lifting was alleged to have been a “paper lifting.” Marcos did not pave the way for the return of democracy. His government was still authoritarian in form and substance.
The paper lifting of martial law was timed to prepare for Pope John Paul II’s visit to the Philippines and the inauguration of new U.S. president and Marcos ally Ronald Reagan. His nemesis Diosdado Macapagal said the paper lifting of martial law was “in name only, but not in fact.” Amendment No. 6 allowed Marcos to legislate and he used this extraordinary power even though the Interim Batasang Pambansa existed and was in session. On February 17, 1981, Pope John Paul II, in his third year of his papacy, arrived in the Philippines for what was billed a two-day “pastoral visit,” where he beatified Blessed Lorenzo Ruiz, now a saint.
At that time, Marcos was criticized for violating human rights including people, who were caught in the communist insurgency. The Roman Catholic Church functioned as a refuge, or sanctuary of those people who were persecuted by the martial law apparatus. Pope John Paul II did not lose sight of the human rights abuses and openly criticized Marcos, who could only kneel in front of the Pope and mumble faint excuses. The Pope said:
“Even in exceptional situations that may at times arise, one can never justify any violation of the fundamental dignity of the human person or of the basic rights that safeguard this dignity. Legitimate concern for the security of a nation, as demanded by the common good, could lead to the temptation of subjugating to the State the human being and his or her dignity and rights. Any apparent conflict between the exigencies of security and of the citizens’ basic rights must be resolved according to the fundamental principle—upheld always by the Church—that social organization exists only f?r the service of man and for the protection of his dignity, and that it cannot claim to serve the common good when human rights are not safeguarded.”
After the papal visit, Marcos announced presidential elections on June 17, 1981, as critics worldwide drummed up his lack of mandate to lead the country. But the unified mainstream political opposition, led this time by the United Nationalist Democratic Opposition (Unido), announced a boycott of the presidential polls. Marcos felt embarrassed to look like a fool engaged in shadow boxing. He badly needed a credible opponent to show legitimacy. He frantically tapped Jose Roy, his old friend who resurrected the hibernating Nacionalista Party and picked Alejo Santos, a retired general and war hero, to face him. Santos was the defense secretary of Ramon Magsaysay, the president who perished in a plane crash in 1957.
Marcos did not give way to opposition demands for electoral changes before it would participate and field a candidate. The demands included the revamp of the Comelec to include at least an opposition nominee among its commissioners and revamp of the voters’ list to delist names of fake voters. The opposition boycott devastated Marcos because his facelifting endeavor did not go as planned and gain ground. Many people did not accept Gen. Alejo Santos as a legitimate opposition candidate. He did not have credibility. Prior to his candidacy, Marcos named him chairman of the Philippine Veterans’ Bank, a state owned bank. Marcos won overwhelmingly against Alejo Santiago and Bartolome Cabangbang, the third candidate who stood for the annexation of the Philippines as the 51st state of the United States. (Itutuloy)
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MGA PILING SALITA: “Sen. De Lima should be released on bail immediately. She is not a flight risk and given the state of the evidence, there is every reason to grant her provisional liberty.” – Chel Diokno, FLAG lawyer
“In the first place, Sen. Leila de Lima shouldn’t be in jail, over preposterous, retaliatory and baseless charges. Many political prisoners like her have always faced dangers and threats to their security even in prison. She should be released immediately.” – Tina Palabay, Karapatan secretary-general
“While I am still trying to recover psychologically and emotionally from this harrowing experience, I am sure of one thing that I learned from it. Being so near death has only made me value life even more.” – Leila de Lima, prisoner of conscience
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