The Makabayan bloc, composed of the ACT, Gabriela Partylist, and the KPL, has called for immediate action on the reported disappearance of two Cebu-based activists.| JMangaluzINQ
Gabriela Partylist said that “there are strong reasons to believe that state security forces are behind the enforced disappearances of Gumanao and Dayoha.”
Both Gabriela and KPL likened the pair’s disappearances to kidnappings during late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr.’s Martial Law era, which saw thousands of human rights violations.“Sa panahon ng diktadurang Marcos sa ilalim ng batas militar, higit 1,600 na tao ang winala o naging desaparecidos dahil sa kanilang pakikibaka o trabaho para isulong ang demokratikong karapatan ng mga Pilipino tulad ng lupa, sahod, trabaho, edukasyon at iba pa,” said the KPL.
“This pattern of enforced disappearances and abduction of activists trigger a déjà vu of the atrocities committed by Marcos Jr.’s father against critics under the dark days of martial law, and should raise a strong cause for concern,” said Gabriela.
“We call on the ILO-HLTM to look into the cases of Dyan and Armand, and press the government to take action on their disappearance, together with the hundreds of cases of attacks against freedom of association such as extra-judicial killings, trumped up charges, illegal arrest and detention, harassment, red-tagging, disaffiliation, and union-busting,” said the ACT.
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