A chartered plane carrying Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo to Leyte yesterday turned around over Masbate island after the police received a fax transmission from the judge who had ordered his arrest allowing his continued detention at the Manila Police headquarters.
Judge Ephem S. Abando of branch 18 of the Leyte regional trial court early in the morning said in a radio interview he had agreed to an oral representation of Ocampo’s lawyers that their client’s appearance be deferred until after the Supreme Court hearing on Friday on a petition to stop service of the arrest warrant.
The police, however, said they needed more than a voice over the radio to stop the transfer of Ocampo.
Ocampo and his escorts boarded an eight-seater Cessna 421 plane owned by Rene Puno, a brother of Interior Secretary Ronaldo V. Puno, around 11:30 a.m.
Two PNP choppers serving as advance party left the PNP hangar at around 8:30 a.m.
After an-hour-and-a-half in the air, the plane was ordered to return and Ocampo was back in Manila early afternoon.
PNP chief Oscar Calderon said he had to order the police officers to take Ocampo to Leyte in the absence of a written order from the court.
“Ano ang magiging basehan namin, yung phone interview kay Judge Abando? We have a procedure na dapat sundin. We have to return the warrant,” Calderon said.
Ocampo was accompanied by his wife Carolina Malay, Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casiño, MPD-Criminal Investigation Unit head Supt. Eduardo Sierra, an MPD doctor, and security personnel.
Ocampo’s lawyers, Rachel Pastores and Neri Colmenares, earlier flew to Hilongos, Leyte, to make representations with Abando.
While Ocampo and his group were airborne, Calderon held a press conference in Camp Crame to inform the media that they were on their way.
Just as the press conference was over, Calderon said he received a copy of Abando’s order, prompting him to call the pilot and order him to turn back.
RETURN ORDER
The plane touched down at the Manila Domestic Airport at 2:50 p.m.
Ocampo was brought back to the MPD-General Assignment Section.
“While airborne, the plane was directed to go back after receiving an order which was later verified and authenticated. So the chief PNP ordered the plane to go back,” Pagdilao said.
Interior Undersecretary Marius Corpus, at the PNP hangar, said: “We asked the pilot to go back because when they took off, we didn’t have the written order. When we got the order, we asked them to go back.”
Casiño said the pilot told them they were returning because of bad weather.
Abando, after issuing his order, said he was informed by Corpus that it would be costly for the PNP to take Ocampo to Leyte then bring him back to Manila on March 23.
JUSTICE AND SAFETY
Abando said Corpus also took into consideration Ocampo’s safety.
“On evaluation, let it be considered in the interest of justice and safe custody of Congressman Satur Ocampo that he will remain in the custody of the Manila Police District, and this Office shall correct the return of warrant of arrest that it be accompanied by the person… in order for him to face the trial of the case under the jurisdiction of this Court,” Abando’s order said.
Abando also ordered Chief Insp. Virgilio Dacara, chief of the MPD warrant section, to bring Ocampo back to his court once the oral argument at the Supreme Court is over.
Video footage at the MPD showed Ocampo had to be bodily lifted out of the General Assignment Section office, telling police officers he has filed a petition nullifying the arrest warrant on him.
Ocampo stopped resisting after MPD director Senior Supt. Danilo Abarzosa explained to him they were just following court procedures, Calderon said.
CHANGE OF PLANS
Ocampo’s group, including his police escorts, had been booked aboard a Philippine Airlines flight PR191, which was scheduled to leave the Centennial Terminal 2 (Naia 2) at 6:05 a.m.
The manifest said Ocampo would be accompanied by seven other persons.
At about 5:30 a.m., however, an airport official withdrew their boarding passes as the PNP escorts decided to go to the domestic airport hangar of the PNP, reportedly to take a helicopter flight to Leyte.
It took more than five hours of waiting before Ocampo’s party was ordered to board the plane.
The group was supposed to fly to Tacloban City. Ocampo, Malay and Casiño would then be flown to Hilongos town by helicopter.
Ocampo, in a briefing, told reporters: “Lumalabas na si Secretary Ronnie (Ronaldo) Puno ng DILG, who I personally contacted, saw that it was a reasonable request and he agreed. We also wrote to the PNP chief and just the same he agreed to allow me to stay here at the MPD for practical reasons. Pero, may ibang officials who have ganged up together and through what they call a ‘security council meeting,’ they forced it so that I was to be brought early this morning to Leyte.”
“If I ran, I would be the loser. My party, which has been winning in the elections, would be the loser. I decided to stand my ground in this arena and even thought they are prominent in this arena I will fight them here in the court of law, in the court of justice, for the case of freedom and human rights,” Ocampo added.
PEOPLE FOR VIOLENCE?
Ocampo claimed the murder charges against him were trumped up as part of a crackdown on left-wing activists.
AFP chief Gen. Hermogenes Esperon Jr., asked to comment on the alleged manhandling of Ocampo at the MPD, said: “What would you want them to do? Early in the morning? I don’t know how early it was but as you see commercial flights come early…”
He debunked observations the incident would embolden Ocampo’s supporters and increase his votes.
“I contest that. Does that mean our people favor the violence of the NPA (New People’s Army), the mass grave? And for that matter…is Bayan Muna supportive of the NPA?” he asked.
He dared the Left-leaning partylist groups to denounce the violent activities of the NPA. “Gusto ko silang sumagot,” he said.
The AFP said it is looking for another gravesite in Leyte where dozens of civilians and communist rebels were executed by the communist party in the 1980s on suspicion they were deep penetration agents of the military.
SECOND MASS GRAVE
Lt. Col. Bartolome Bacarro, AFP public information office chief, would not say if Ocampo had anything to do with the purge.
Bacarro said the second mass grave was mentioned by the same witnesses who led the military’s 8th Infantry Division and the local police to the first gravesite in Inopacan town and pointed to Ocampo as having ordered the killings.
“If we found it (gravesite) and witnesses would say that this was ordered by Rep. Satur Ocampo, and then we are able to identify them (victims), then we may file anew a case against him,” Bacarro said.
Bacarro maintained Ocampo was the one who ordered the execution of the victims in Inopacan town.
On how tight the military’s case against Ocampo is, Bacarro said: “We have witnesses and they have (sworn) statements, we will start from there.”
Maj. Gen. Rodrigo Maclang, former commander of 8th Infantry Division who led the exhumation, lashed at Ocampo for accusing the military of planting evidence.
Maclang, now commander of the 5th Infantry Division, said Esperon and members of the media can attest that the skeletal remains recovered from the gravesite, which residents called “The Garden,” were not recycled.
“My challenge to Satur is to be true to himself. He should face the families of the victims of the barbarism of the NPA,” he said.
POWERFUL SLAP
Bayan Muna said the return of Ocampo to MPD custody was a “powerful slap” on Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita, National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales, Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez and AFP chief Gen. Hermogenes Ebdane, who the group said wanted Ocampo to be whisked away to Leyte.
Nathaniel Santiago, Bayan Muna secretary general, said his group agreed with Puno and Calderon on Sunday that Ocampo would not be transferred to Leyte until after the oral arguments at the SC.
However, during a Cabinet meeting also on Sunday, Ermita, Gonzales, Gonzalez and Ebdane decided to revoke the agreement.
Chief presidential legal counsel Sergio Antonio Apostol said the Cabinet discussed the custody of Ocampo but no official stand or decision was reached.
He said neither Malacañang nor President Arroyo had anything to do with the decision to bring Ocampo to Leyte.
Lawyer Romeo Capulong said the police should be cited in contempt for attempting to fly Ocampo to Leyte despite Abando’s order.
ELECTION POSTER
Re-electionist Sen. Ralph Recto said: “A picture of Satur behind bars is the best election poster for Bayan Muna.”
He urged government to go easy on Ocampo “because if the aim of arresting him is to prevent him from returning to Congress, then recent developments may have just guaranteed the opposite.”
Sen. Panfilo Lacson, also a re-electionist, also voiced dismay over what he said was government’s short-circuiting of procedures to forcibly bring Ocampo to Leyte.
“It is becoming clearer by the day that there is an emerging pattern to harass and intimidate party lists, especially those of militants and the opposition. This was the case of the Batasan 5, the Tagaytay 5, and now Rep. Ocampo. We may not see the end of it,” he said.
“They are targeting cause-oriented groups because Mrs. Arroyo is in survival mode. She wants to make sure an impeachment case does not prosper at the House and is transmitted to the Senate,” he also said.
Former Vice President Teofisto Guingona said the charges filed against Ocampo are part of “an attempt to take him out of the mainstream (politics) again,” noting Ocampo had once gone underground.
CALLOUS TREATMENT
Rep. Liza Maza of the party-list group Gabriela called “way too crude” the government’s attempt to transfer Ocampo to Leyte.
The Black & White Movement said it was “unjust and callous treatment” of Ocampo.
“The arrest and heavy manhandling of Ka Satur is part of the continuing policy of the Gloria Macapagal Arroyo regime to decimate the ranks of progressive groups. It is proof of its plan to militarize our country and put a lid on the search for truth regarding allegations that this regime is guilty of lying, cheating, stealing and murder”, said Enteng Romano, Black & White Movement lead convenor.
Rep. Renato Magtubo (Partido ng Manggagawa) said the incident was harassment not just of Ocampo but of the entire party-list system of representation for the marginalized.
“The real motive behind the arrest and intimidation of Satur is not justice for victims of purges but persecution of militant party-list groups. If the Arroyo regime succeeds in incarcerating of Satur and paralyzing the campaign of Bayan Muna, then other party-list groups are next in line,” he said.
In a forum dubbed Free Satur, Stand for Justice at the Club Filipino in San Juan, Guingona said government eagerly enticed leftist leaders to bring their political beliefs into the free market of ideas in the past years.
“Now that Ka Satur has joined the political mainstream, this government tried to take him out,” Guingona said. “We condemn the arrest of Ka Satur in the strongest possible terms.”
WORSE THAN UNDER MARTIAL LAW
The forum was also attended by Representatives Gilbert Remulla, Lorenzo Tañada III, Francis “Chiz” Escudero, Liza Maza (Gabriela) and Rafael Mariano (Anakpawis); former senator Wigberto Tañada; Ocampo’s son Antonio; Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay; San Juan Mayor Jose Victor “JV” Ejercito; Nini Quezon Avanceña and lawyer Harry Roque.
Also in the solidarity forum were Vicky Avena, movie directors Joel Lamangan and Carlitos Siguion-Reyna, National Artist Bienvenido Lumbera and Bibeth Orteza.
Binay described the incident as worse than what they experienced under martial law.
The youngest son of Ocampo lamented the sufferings he and his family had to go through every time his father would be sent to jail.
“Pag tinatanong kami ng mga tao kung ano ang nararamdaman naming, sinasabi namin na okay lang. Pero napapagod na kami,” Anto said.
“Ayokong makita siya na tumanda sa kulungan. 68 na siya,” he added.
BASELESS
Anto said he was “outraged” and “scared” for the life of his father after hearing reports that in Leyte is “militarized” and vigilantes are on the prowl.
“The charges are really baseless, full of lies,” he also said.
Anto was just one year old on Jan. 14, 1976 when his father was arrested and tortured by military intelligence operatives.
Tañada said: “The warrant of arrest is illegal because the judge did not examine the affidavit executed by the witnesses.”
“It is clear in our Constitution that a warrant of arrest should not be issued unless there is a clear reason and which the court will decide on after careful study of the case filed against the respondent and after listening to the witnesses who have testified under oath,” he added.
Binay also said the arrest warrant was illegal.
The Commission on Elections said Ocampo’s arrest will not affect his nomination as Bayan Muna representative pending his final conviction.
“Even if they have arrested him (Ocampo), he can still run and win (for the party list election) until there is final conviction,” said Comelec spokesman James Jimenez.
If convicted, Jimenez said Bayan Muna’s third nominee would replace him. The group’s second nominee is Casiño while the third is lawyer Colmenares. – With Jay Chua, Reinir Padua, Evangeline de Vera, Jocelyn Montemayor, Victor Reyes, Regina Bengco, JP Lopez and Gerard Naval
Click here for ABS-CBN report. AFP blames weather.
Hahahahah! Why do Gloria and her henchmen have this penchant for blaming the weather over everything? Remember the cancellation of the gathering of Asia’s GREAT last December?
Bad weather daw! Hahahah! No wonder the favorite expression in Pinas politics is weather-weather lang ‘yan!
bwahahahahahahahahahaha!!! BAD WEATHER DAW! Hindi nyo na kayang ululin mga pinoy, Napaka ganda ng panahon bad weather?.LUMLUSOT LANG KAYO..Iisipin nyo muna yong mga utos sa inyo hindi yong sunod lang ng sunod mga SIPSIP. Sa lahat ng DILG officers na puwesto dyan ito na ang pinaka WORST/SIPSIP e kasi under ng worst PRESIDENT(daw!)hindi tulad nong panahon ng ibang DILG Sec. tulad nina Sen. Lim nong araw may katwiran ang lahat ng ginagawa. Pinagising nyo ng maaga si Ka Satur, pinagtulakan nyo mga sundalo kayong sipsip, lahat ng masama ginawa nyo sa kanya ngayon mali pala—-dapat siguro pagbayadan nila ang ginawa sa kanya from bottom to top siguro.
Now they realize, they made a fool of themselves in their effort to persecute Satur. paano kasi kung ano-anong scapegoat ang hinahanap sa mga palpak nila. Lalong pumapalpak.
bad weather? eh, kaganda ganda ng panahon dito sa pinagtatrabuhan namin, ah?
tsk. tsk. tsk. talagang ‘yang PAG-ASA, oo. hindi maaasahan sa pagtaya ng panahon. dapat sipain sa ngalangala itong si gloria.
Hahahahah! Weather ang palusot na naman ng mga tulirong estupido! Sabi ng maghintay sa desisyon ng korte at huwag magmadali e! “Ginising ng madilim pa para ma-sneak sa Leyte ng walang nakakaalam na media, tapos weather lang ang sasabotahe sa kanilang balak. Parang Asean sa Cebu, no?!
Mahirap nilang magawa ang gusto nila ngayon kay Ka Satur dahil nakatingin sa Tianak ang mundo! Tuliro, tuliro, tuliro!
Ka Diego, talagang weather-weather lang ‘no?!
Gaga talaga itong si Gloria! Don’t start a fight that you cannot finish LOCA!
Now the idiots are also taking credit for returning back Ocampo to Manila! Unbelievable! Baka pag pinakawalan si Ocampo, sasabihin ni Pandak benevolent siya at saka Ocampo has promised to support and help her become a queen!!!
Please tama na! PATALSIKIN NA IYAN! KAKASAWA NA ANG KASINUNGALINGAN NIYA!
I have a feeling this arrest of Ocampo is one way to disrupt the GO campaign kasi bistadong-bistado na silang hindi mananalo kahit anong daya nila. Monday, there will be a big protest rally in Japan FYI against this unlawful arrest of Ocampo!!! I think it is going to be a worldwide affair.
Yuko,
Ang tingin ko talaga sa pag-aresto kay Satur ay to earn pogi points from Dubya for her anti-terror efforts kuno after the US Senate hearing on extra-judicial killings of Tianak-Assoperon tandem which was a big sampal to them. E hindi pa naghe-hello si Dubya hangga sa ngayon, tapos baka meron ng malaking pressure from somewhere. Buwang-buwang na talaga, ABANTE-ATRAS, then ATRAS-ATRAS! Anong klaseng decision maker ‘yan? Ayyyy, POSER nga pala!
PALPAK! LAGAPAK! Yan ang resulta ng pailalim kung tumira! Napahiya na naman ang mga pipitsuging militar/pulis na ito. Gusto kasing unahan ang mga desisyon ng korte eh. Binabalewala na talaga ang korte natin ng mga militar na ito. MARTIAL LAW na talaga tayo! The Executive Department
is using the military even in its ILLEGAL acts! By the way, Naka-report ba sa SAL ni Puno yung eroplano?
“My challenge to Satur is to be true to himself. He should face the families of the victims of the barbarism of the NPA,” he said.
Shouldn’t he be issuing the same challenge to his bosses?
Re-electionist Sen. Ralph Recto said: “A picture of Satur behind bars is the best election poster for Bayan Muna.”
May maganda rin naman palang idea itong si Mr. Vilma Santos at siempre, gusto ring magpa-pogi points at makakuha ng media mileage. Attention Bayan Muna and opposition candidates, take the cue from Mr. Vi. Magpagawa na kayo ng posters of the candidates behind bars with bold letters: BARTOLINA ANG BAGSAK SA LAHAT NA KONTRA KAY GLORIA!
Maganda ang idea mo, Sleepless.
“bad weather? eh, kaganda ganda ng panahon dito sa pinagtatrabuhan namin, ah?”
maganda nga yang weather nyo sa abroad
“Bad weather..” ?
Yyyyyyah !
This “chartered plane carrying Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo to Leyte yesterday..” is owned by Ronnie Puno according to Usec. Marius Corpus in a recent phone interview on ANC. Usec. Corpus said that it will be of no cost to govt because the plane is owned by Puno. But by using the word “chartered”, I take this to mean that govt will be paying Ronnie Puno a sum for lending his plane. Why use the word “chartered” if there is no financial compensation for transporting Rep. Ocampo to Leyte ? Ito seguro ang raket ni Puno..
Listening to Usec. Corpus, it is as if he had no qualms about being blantant that Puno lent his plane to transport Rep. Ocampo. Worse, Usec. Corpus did not sound the least bit bothered that the Leyte judge called him to get his opinion about what to do w/ the decision on Rep. Ocampo.
The major common denominator that Gloria & her Dogs have is they DO NOT have any sense of right or wrong. No scruples !
Gloria + Lap Dogs = No sense of right or wrong
No sense of right or wrong = Immoral
Immoral = Gloria + Lap Dogs
Would one even bother to vote for Gloria’s Lap Dogs ?
Chi:
Satur Ocampo has never been in the US (FBI) list of terrorists. I know Joma’s name is there, and so is the the CPP. I was shown a list by my friends in the police before and when I checked the FBI site, it was there.
Yuko,
Kaya nga sa mga previous posts ko, I emphasized na wala sa listahan ng US as terrorist si Satur.
Gusto lang ni Tianak na ipalista kay Uncle Sam ang NPA as a terror group, kaya ganyan ang ginagawa nila kay Satur. E hirap na hirap si Bush dito ngayon sa Iraq issue bakit pa niya pakikialaman ang katuliruhan ng poser. No pansin si tianak sa kanya kasi ay bistado na ‘yan matagal na, higit pa ngayon na siya ang target ng hearing sa extra-judicial killing sa both houses of US congress!
Oopss, Yuko, nakita mo ba na ang NPA as CPP’s armed unit e listed as a terror group?
Wala nang masayang Pinoy saan man sulok ng mundo ngayon dahil nandyan si GLORIA + MIKE kaya kapag nanalo pa mga bata nya sa eleksyon DINAYA na naman yan—-that is 100% correct. Bakit kamo?—–nandyan pa si ABALOS & GROUP sa COMELEC, dapat kung tapat yang GLORIA na yan inalis muna yang ABALOS na yan, si GARCI?– hello, kakandidato pa, mahiya ka naman. Gusto rin ng PORK BARREL.
Si GLORIA + MIKE dapat isama sa listahan ng mga terrorist.
Is Gloria still in control of the country..or has the military taken the seat in Malacañan ?
From Daily Tribune:
Pres. Legal Adviser Sergio Apostol was quoted:
“Ocampo will lose in his reelection bid in the May 2007 mid-term elections, citing the big number of demonstrators who were waiting for the congressman to arrive in Leyte.
The demonstrators, he added, are the families of the victims of the mass killings of which Ocampo is accused by the government.
“In fact, I just came from Leyte. Had Satur Ocampo arrived in the morning, he would have been met by a very big demonstration… families of the victims, they were all in the airport marching with placards,” Apostol said.-
Bakit kaya may mga demonstrators kaagad duon sa Leyte, na may mga placards pa? Ibig ba sabihin ay may “eksena silang niluto” para ipahiya si Satur. Baka si Apostol ang gumawa ng “script” at siya rin ang direktor ng eksenang dapat ay kukunan!
Ang nakakatakot pa dito ay yung kunwari ay magkakagulo at pagkatapos ay… BANG! Todas si Ka Satur! At sasabihin nila na “Purges” o may naghiganti lang!
Korek ka dyan, Luzvi! Sa loob ng ilang oras, mula nang mapabalitang binitbit si Ka Satur mula sa selda papuntang Leyte, nakabiyahe agad ang mga kamag-anak ng mga biktima kuno. Siguradong nanggaling iyan sa mga malayong mga sakahan, bundok, tabindagat, baka nga sa ibang isla pa!
Pero nasa airport na raw at may mga placards pa! Woohoo! Puro kasinungalingan, kaya lalong sumasablay. Lalong nabubuko! Puro bukbok at uod yata ang laman ng mga utak?
Di ba, Miss Wetness?
luzviminda, that’s not a farfetched excuse. Only, they might have thought of the consequencies, kaya nag-tour na lang sila!
Apostol: “Ocampo will lose in his reelection bid in the May 2007 mid-term elections, citing the big number of demonstrators who were waiting for the congressman to arrive in Leyte.
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Gago rin ano? Filipinos do not vote for Satur Ocampo per se. They vote for his party, and if he is in the list of those who would sit for his party in Congress, he gets the title “Congressman.” Satur, for his present predicament, may opt to just stay in the background. Sira talaga ang tuktok ng mga bobo. Who knows but this legal adviser must be most responsible for this fiasco, and present saga of Satur Ocampo!
Gunggong! Ang bobo naman! Mag-iimbento pa ng scenario, palpak pa! O di lalong sumikat si Satur! Bayani pa ang labas niya! Hindi siya nag-iisa. Marami siyang kaibigan kahit sa America as a matter of fact!!!
I was listening to Arnold Clavio’s radio program when he was talking to Satur who was then at the PNP Hangar and CODAL’s Atty. Colmenares who was at Judge Abando’s sala. Colmenares broke the news of Abando’s allowing Satur to stay in Manila until after March 25 to Arnold who was skeptical at first but he eventually confirmed it directly from Abando. When Arnold got back to Satur, there was cheering in the background since they heard it from their end on the monitor of Arnold’s field reporter. That was around 9:30- 10:00 a.m.
Why it took the PNP until 2:00 to push through with the flight puzzles me. If they were there waiting for the result of Satur’s stay plea, why did they have to push when the judge himself had confirmed the decision already?
Unless they were awaiting orders from higher-ups.
The program’s hosts also caught my curiosity when they said Satur refused to fly on the fear of the same tragedy that befell a certain “Prim Mijares” who supposedly fell from an AFP chopper while being transported by soldiers. Is this the same as Primitivo Mijares, Ellen? Do you know the story?
If that were true, then Ka Satur could have really been scared shit. The cops anyway did what they came to do – scare the hell out of Satur, or maybe just to make good their plane charter of Ronnie Puno’s plane, didn’t they?
Now who says Satur was a terrorist?
Luzvi:
Hindi naman lahat ng mga pilipino, istupido. Alam naman nating lahat ang lutong makaw operation ng mga hudas sa totoo lang. Gosh, supposedly mas maayos ang hustisya sa Manila dahil sentro ng pamahalaan, bakit kailangan pang dalhin si Satur sa Leyte kundi ba naman balak talaga ng mga ungas na ipatiklo siya doon sa mga berdugo nila doon na araw-araw nagpapamigay ng mga flyers kung sino ang magsasaka, etc. na bibiktimahin nila.
Bistado na sila as a matter of fact. Modus operandi nila nakasulat lahat sa report na ibinigay ng AI, UCC, Karapatan, etc. sa UNCHR, PPT for the Philippines in the Hague, and now sa US Congress/Senate. Huwag nang magpalusot si Madame Bobary at mga heneral niyang palpak.
Dapat maalarma na ang mga pilipino. Labas ng Pilipinas mas masahol pa sa Burma. Sabi nga ni Anna, Zimbabwe! PATALSIKIN NA, NOW NA! Huwag nang hintaying maging Zimbabwe pa ang Pilipinas. Ngayon nga parang SLORC ng Burma na ang kapareho ni Aung Sang Suu Kyi ay si Satur ngayon!
Pero hindi ba nahihiya si Tiyanak na karamihan sa kandidato ngayon nakakulong? What a trend! Ipakulong na lang niya lahat ang mga pilipino para masaya siya! Kung sabagay parang kulong na rin ang mga pilipino gaya noong mga under contract na mga OFWs na hindi makaalis sa mga amo nila kahit na sila nire-rape!!! Purbida man gid!
Chi,
Ang nakalagay sa list ng FBI, CPP/NDF hindi NPA plus iyong Abu Sayaff for its connection with the Islamic Fundamentalist based in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Tama si Anna when she says that the US does not need the palabas of Madame Bobary “to terrorize” Joma Sison. The FBI, CIA know where he is, and they can easily order his arrest and extradition to the US, but the problem is they cannot pinpoint any crime he can be prosecuted with in the US that will not mean infringing in Philippine affair. So, they don’t touch him.
Trabaho ng Philippine government ang hulihin si Joma kung may kasalanan man siya, e bakit hindi nila siya pauwiin?
Nakakahiya lang sila. Ipinapakita lang nilang bobo sila. Puro lang sila kalokohan! Ang daming abogado sa Pilipinas pero kabisote lang. Hindi pa nga alam na hindi sila puedeng magpractice sa ibang bansa unless they pass the board in each country they want to practice their profession. Ngeek!
Ito ang mga lugar na puedeng pagdalhan kay Satur na maraming biktima ng extrajudicial killings na ginagawa ng mga tauhan ni Assperon at Tiyanak na ibinibintang kina Satur: Leyte, Bohol, Nueva Ecija, Bulacan, Tarlac, Cordillera at sa Mindanao. Araw-araw meron silang pinapapatay doon. Based ito sa mga na-reseach ng mga kaibigan ko sa AI Japan, UCCJ, etc. You bet, risk pa nga ang ginagawa nila.
In fact, a friend of mine, a Japanese woman almost lost her leg in the Philippines dahil nang lumusob yata ang mga military nang nagre-research siya sa isang barrio doon, nagtatakbo sila ng mga kasama niya at hindi na raw siya nakapagsapatos. Nasugat ang paa niya at na-infection. Namaga, at lipad siya agad sa Japan at dito naopera ang paa niyang nagkaroon ng gangrene. Papilay-pilay pa rin siya hanggang ngayon.
Ellen, you have met her, sabi niya. Can’t mention her name here. Haponesa siya.
Ystakei;
May binubungkal na kaso ang U.S. Kay Joma iyong pagpaslang ng mga NPa kay Col: Nick Rowe noong April 21,1989.Importanting tao din itong si Rowe at kung bakit nasa pilipinas siya.
If this Rowe was killed in the Philippines, Cocoy, the case is under the jurisdiction of the Philippines. In principle, it cannot be tried in the USA unless of course the Philippines agree to have the Americans try it.
I understand that the NPA is not even under the command of Joma Sison when that crime was committed with the usual rivalries, etc. within the CPP then. This is why the US cannot blatantly blame Joma for it unless Joma admits that his group did it, and he takes responsibility for it.
This is how the process goes in more progressive societies. Hindi puede ang kangaroo court style ng Pilipinas. At least, that I can credit the US for. Hindi puedeng puro tsismis, baka-baka, and rumor-mongering lang. Sira lalo ang credibility ng Amerika kung basta-basta lang nilang ipapadukot si Joma like what they do to suspected Al Qaeda members!
Ystakei:
Binubungkal pa lang naman at hindi pa sigurado kung may laman na mahuhukay.They are looking in every possible angle kung may basehan.Pinapag-aralan pa.Hindi naman kikilos ang America sa bagay na iyan kung di pulido ang plano.
Tongue, I’m not so knowledgeable of the story of Primitivo Mijares but he was a marcos man who fell out of grace. He was pushed out of the airplane. I don’t know if his body was ever recovered. Hindi yata. This happened during martial law.
Cocoy: They are looking in every possible angle kung may basehan.Pinapag-aralan pa.
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Matagal nang kaso iyan, Cocoy. Wala nang babasehang ebidensiya! Baka biktima pa nga si Rowe ng gulo sa loob ng FBI and CIA. Panoorin mo ang “The Path to 911.” Tignan mo kung papaano nadismaya si John O’Neill.
Tignan mo nga ang ginawa doon sa mga ebidensiya na binili kay FVR at Ebdane tungkol sa operation ng Al Qaeda. Tinago lang sa bodega kaya nangyari ang 9/11.
Kung may mga ebidensiya man, natapon na. Tignan mo nga iyong mga ebidensiya laban doon sa horny na sundalo. Nawala pa ang condom na ginamit ng ungas at nakuha sa ari ni Nicole! Kailan lang iyan ha. Iyong kay Rowe 1980’s pa yata iyan! Forget it.
That Ellen is justice that will be judged in heaven. Iyong kaso ni Mijares. Meron palang kasong ganyan. Yuck! Kakatakot! Ingat!
Lakay cocoy, nasa high school ako nuon ng ambusin at mapatay ng mga sinsabing NPA hit squad na Sparrow Unit si Col. Nick Rowe. Nang mabasa ko sa pahayagan at mapanuod sa telebisyon ang tungkol kay Rowe, at nabanggit duon na isa siyang amerikanong sundalo na beterano ng Vietnam War at naging POW pa duon. Agad kong hinanap ang libro na niregalo sa akin ng aking Tatay, na may pamagat na “History of The Great Escapes”. Sa librong ito na hard bound ay maraming istorya ng mga pagtakas nuong panahon ng WWII, Vietnam War, at Cold War ang mababasa. Meron ditong storya ng isang teenager na nag-stow-away sa wheel-well ng isang DC-10 na lumipad mula Havana, Cuba papuntang Florida, buong tapang na sinuong ng bata ang bingit ng kamatayan makatakas lamang sa rehimen ni Fidel Castro. Duon ko rin nga nabasa ang tungkol sa pagtakas na ginawa ni Col. Nick Rowe mula sa kampo ng mga nakahuli sa kanilang Vietcongs. Maganda at puno ng suspense at action ang pagtakas niyang iyon. Dahil sa paghanga ko sa kaniya, ng siya ay paslangin sa malapit sa opisina nila ng JUSMAG sa Quezon City, galit na galit ako nuon sa mga sinasabing NPA. Dahil para sa akin, isang bayani si Nick Rowe, matapang, buo ang loob, at hindi tumalikod sa kaniyang pagserbisyo sa kaniyang bansa na Estados Unidos, ang bansang at that time para sa aking pananaw ay maihahalintulad sa isang banal na Santo. After more than twenty years, through life’s experience, and eyes wide open, that perception towards the USofA is now obscured by facts. Pero ang persepsyon ko para kay Col. Nick Rowe na siang bayani sa amerika ay pareho pa rin, kaya lang sa ngayon ay inisip ko na lang naang kaniyang pagkamatay ay bahagi ng kaniyang serbisyo sa kaniyang bansa, at isa na lang siya sa casualties of war. The war of the US and the puppet Philippine government against the termed leftist or communist rebels. A war that for me was actually created and started by the US itself. Pero uulitin ko, lahat ng iyon ay nuong mahigit dalawang dekada na ang nakakaraan. Those events would no longer affect the alleviation of living the majority of poor Filipinos now. Meron pang nagsisingit dito ng pagtatalo tungkol sa ginawa ng mga Hapon nuon sa mga Pilipino na kulang sa pitong dekada na rin ang nakaraan. Maryosep, ano koneksyon nuon sa pandaraya at pagnanakaw ni gloria ng halalan nuong 2004. Ang patuloy na paninikil ni tabang lamig sa karapatan ng malayang pamamahayag. Ang patuloy na pagligpit ng mga kampon ni eggsperon sa mga sinasabi nilang maka-kaliwa.
As the song goes…..
“SINO ang dakila?
Sino ang TUNAY na BALIW?”
Hah-hah-hah!
Mama Pandoc did it again!
She and her henchmen never learn, do they?
This maltreatment of Ocampo made ripple effect on how Pinoy voters think. I never had my eyes on Ocampo before…but after this incident, I just might….
I’m sure the same can be said of other voters who watch the hulabaloo as Mama Pandoc and her poker table gamblers think of ways to test the electorate’s sensibilities.
RE* Primitivo Mijares: Was this the same Primitivo Mijares who wrote THE CONJUGAL DICTATORSHIP? I have read its xeroxed[photocopied] version since the book was banned during marcos’ regime….
Balik sa eksena kahapon. Sa akin, ang ginawa kahapon ng mga pulis ayon sa utos nina siRaulo gonzalez, norberto matsing gonzales, at eggsperon ay malinaw na pagtantiya kung kaya nilang iligpit si Satur Ocampo ng hindi magiging pangit sa mata ng madla. Naniniwala ba kayo na ganuon ka-disorganisado ang pamunuan ng PNP? Na para silang mga tanga na ililipad o hindi si Ka Satur sa Leyte? Iyon siguro ang gusto nilang ibenta sa mga tao, ang sila’y disorganisado. Nang sa gayon ay kung sakaling makatiyempo sila at maksingit na itumba si Ka Satur or for that matter whoever militant or opposition top figure that they would want taken out, disimulado na pinagplanuhan nila iyon. Picture this, yesterday while all of those thing were happening to Ka Satur, in one special ops room, the trio of eggsperon and the two gunggongsalez were all drooling with saliva, waiting for Ka Satur to be finally handed over in the “ambush site” which was that remote municipality in Leyte. Dahil duon nila balak isagawa ang napakaitim nilang plano. Kaya itinitimpla na nila ang isip ng mga tao na duon daw ay highly militarized at marami ang vigilates, dahil alam nila na isang putok lang, isang bala lang, tanggal sa landas nila ang maingay, matapang, at palabang matanda na si Satur Ocampo. At pupuwede nilang ibintang sa isang magpuputo o magtataho na palalabasin nilang kamag-anak ng isa sa mga biktima daw nina Ka Satur ang pagpatay sa kaniya. At ang masama pa nuon ay baka sa mismong mga kasamahan pa ni Ka Satur ibaling ang bintang. Para sa akin, ang naging balakid sa plano ng mga hayop na aso ni gloria ay dahil ang paglilipat kay ka Satur ay na pasailalim sa hurisdiksyon ng PNP sa pamumuno ni Gen. Calderon. In fairness with Gen. Calderon, nagkataon lang na asar din ang marami sa kaniya dahil nga malayong kamag-anak pa siya ni gloria, pero kahapon ay nakita ko ang kaniyang pagiging propesyunal sa paghawak niya ng maituturing na krisis na iyon. Tiyak ko na during those long hours of negotiations and renegotiations among themselves, namely the DILG under it’s representative there yesterday Usec. Marius Corpuz, PNP Chief Gen. Calderon, and on the other lines were surely the planners siRaulo gonzalez, norberto tsonggo gonzales, at eggsperon, pinatitigasan nina Corpuz at Gen. Calderon, na hindi dapat magkaroon ng masamang mangyayari kay Ka Satur dahil labas sila duon at maiipit sila. Tiyak na pinagmamatigasan ng mga asong ulol na hindi dapat na ibiyahe na si Ka Satur, at “bahala na” ang mga tirador nila duon sa Leyte. Ang kaso nga, ang mga tirador ay mga bata ni eggsperon, na para kay Gen. Calderon ay mga barubal trumabaho. Ikain nga’y magagaspang tumapos ng proyekto, kaya tiyak na may sabit. Ang pananaw na ito ni Gen. Calderon ang para sa akin ay nagligtas sa buhay ni Ka Satur. Looking back at yesterday’s scenes, Ka Satur was already a dead man walking when they took him out of the MPD station in the wee hours of the morning. Hindi ako relihiyosong tao, pero in cases like this, I can really loudly say… God is great!
Taipan,
Yes, he’s the same Primitivo Mijares whose body was never found.
Spartan,
I’m having goosebumps with your kwento! Pero talagang pinagmuntikanan si Ka Satur kahapon!
chi, it might just be dirty imagination, but it’s not that remote of a possibility knowing how the wolves of gloria thinks. 😉
And one word that can best described how Ka Satur looks after his ordeal that started early in the morning and ended before twilight as seen in TV Patrol…LUPAYPAY ang kawawang matanda, pero palaban pa rin. Hindi ko siya kilala ng personal, hindi ko rin ikakaila ang pasibilidad na totoo ang mga bintang sa kaniya, pero isang bagay ang napatunayan ko na tungkol sa matandang Satur, siya ay isang tunay na matapang at palaban na tao. Hinarap niya ang problema niya at hindi tinakbuhan, kahit ano pa ang sapitin niya, wala siyang takot. Ito’y katangian ng isang magiting na pinuno.
WOW! This is one of those stage plays that the tiyanak, siRAULo and the assperon are in and they wished the people would have applauded them but it ended with a BOO!
How can these stooges think that they can pull a stunt like this and get away with it? In fairness, I give a lot of credit to Calderon even if I know he is a cousin of the Fatso. He is not as brazen as assperon.
Doing this stunt to Ocampo has given pogi points to Ocampo and his party mates. If Ocampo participated in these mass killings, may God give him the punishment he deserves. But, why do I feel that Ocampo is being framed for something! I feel that he is being groomed to be a fall guy for the mass killings that tiyanak and assperon had been doing themselves or their evil predecessors. I know that Ocampo is no saint but I know too that he had been incarcerated many times in the past. I know too that people who get incarcerated go through transformation. Ocampo must have gone though this transpformation because now he would prefer to help his fellow men by being a law maker. I give him credit for this.
Palpak na naman si tiyanak, siRAULo at assperon! Everything this trio does turn into a nightmare! They are always caught flat footed! Yet they always try to outmaneuver everyone. But they always end up in a ditch somewhere!
Palpal dyan ang mga kampones ni Glueria!
Samantala sa Pex naman ay tinawag na “komunista” si Ms. Ellen! Pusta ko tutaan ng ilehitimong gubyerno ang nagsabi nito, hence a Red-baiter/McCarthyist:
“bakit ba dapat naming basahin si Ellen Tordesillas eh KOMUNISTA din yan katulad ni Conrado de Quiros?”
http://www.pinoyexchange.com/forums/showthread.php?p=19189970#post19189970
Hanggang sa sumapit ang araw ng halalan, patuloy ang mga kontobersiayng tulad nito ang pakakawalan ng grupo ni gloria. Ito ang paraan nila upang linlangin ang mga tao at mawala ang atensyon habang ginagapang at kinakamada na nila ang pagtiyak sa pagwawagi ng kanilang mga nokis sa Kongreso. hehehe Kita naman natin, mahigit tatlong araw na ang pagbandera sa telebisyon, radyo, at pahayagan ng isyu ni Ka Satur. Natabunan na ang tungkol sa mga inilalabas na proyekto tulad ng biglaang pagkukumpuni ng mga tulay kung saan bilyon na naman ang pinag-uusapan, at ang mga natuklas na katiwalian sa paggastos ng Dept. of Agriculture na nagkakahalga ng mahigit 9 na milyong piso na pinambili lang ng mga cellphones at load sa Smart at Globe ng mga tauhan dito. Sabi ng mga magicians, for your trick to succeed, you must be good in distracting the attentions of the audience. Hokus-pokus! kabra-kadabra! tapos, ligwak na naman tayo kay gloria.
tunay nga spartan!
kagabi lang na-monitor ko sa TV news, halos tabunan ang isyu kay Satur Ocampo ng kay Rudy Distrito at Atong Ang!
pareng cocoy,
the late col rowe was the military attache during the time he was killed by the alleged NPA hitmen in april 1989.
sumisingit na naman ang galis dahil sumusumpong na naman ang kati!
BAYAN MUNA!!!
TUNAY, PALABAN, MAKABAYAN!!!
spartan, nelbar, ganyan naman talaga. madali nilang gawan ng paraan upang maibaling ang pansin ng taong bayan kapag pumapalpak sila sa knilang kawalanghiyaan. iisa lang naman ang natutuwa sa kanilang pinaggagawa, si anthony scabies.
FYI
From Bong Arki:
Posted are photos of the gathering of reps of various sectors at Club Filipino and photos of picket rally at Camp Crame in support of RFree Satur Ocampo:
http://www.arkibongbayan.org or, go to:
http://www.arkibongbayan.org/2007-03March19-Solidarity4KaSatur/Solidarity4Satur.htm
Bonus tracks:
1. TV-7 news on the early morning police dirty trick
2. List of 130 members of Bayan Muna killed since 2001
Arkibong Bayan Web Team
Magno,
Sino yang “sumisingit na naman ang galis dahil sumusumpong na naman ang kati!”
May mange ba yan? Careful – nakakahawa yan! Buhusan mo dapat ng acid to alleviate whoever iyang may galis of his/her misery.
anna, siya ‘yung pasulpot sulpot na hindi gustong umalis o paalisin sa puwesto ang pinakamasamang ugaling naging prisidinti ng pilipinas.
hindi na masusugpo ng acid ang kagaw na ikinakalat niya. masahol pa galis aso na sobra ang kati! ano ba ang inggles sa galis?
At ngayon ay ala-Pontio Pilato ang Tianak na wala raw kinalaman sila sa balak-transfer kay Ka Satur sa Leyte dahil judicial matter daw iyon! My foot,GGRRRR!!!
Kung buking ay todo atras ang *&&^%$ na Tianak!
Nag-meeting kami kahapon para sa GO line-up. Lahat galit sa ginawa kay Ocampo. Papaano daw masasangkot ang taong nakakulong sa mga patayan? Ang sagot ko, “E di itanong ninyo doon sa mga tanga sa AFP lalo na iyong Tumbongperon as in Assperon!”
Tanga rin ano? Kaya nga mahirap talaga ang mga taong nagdudunung-dunugan. Salot ang labas! Delikado lahat ang ginagawa! Mas grabe na wala na ngang alam puro kasalbahihan , etc. pa ang ginagawa!
PATALSIKIN NA, NOW NA! Kakahiya ang irresponsible na boba na tapalani pa! Manang-mana sa ina sabi ng Mother ko! Ganyan daw ang nanay niyan na matapobre de primera!
“‘Satur’ not part of gov’t amnesty program — Ermita,” says a Tribune headline. Yes, maybe so, but it should be a matter of statute of limitation.
There should be law similar to those of other more civilized countries where there is a limit of statute of a warrant of arrest and prosecution. Over in the Land of the Rising Sun, for instance, it is 15 years. Ang bobo naman!