An activist group championing fishermen’s rights has urged the new national security adviser, Eduardo Año, to protect the nation’s interests in the West Philippine Sea. | janebautistaINQ /PDI
“We are forcefully supporting the [modernization program]… to counteract the persistent swarming of Chinese vessels around Pag-asa Island” in the Spratlys, the lawmaker said in a statement on Sunday.
Año was previously linked to the 2007 disappearance of activist Jonas Burgos, son of the late press freedom fighter Jose Burgos. But he has repeatedly denied any involvement with that episode when he was intelligence chief. Reyes also warned that the recent appointments in the government’s security sector “raise serious concerns on the future of human rights in the Philippines, given the track record of these generals under the Duterte regime.”
She said further that Año’s appointment was “a way to assuage the squabbling in the military ranks who want more rightist militarists in key defense positions and who are now airing their gripes against the newly implemented Republic Act [No.] 11709.”
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