AJLPP Statement



On the Makati City November 29 Incident and the UN Human Rights Report

Los Angeles—The calm before the storm, comes the small typhoons.

The Alliance For Just And Lasting Peace in the Philippines (AJLPP) is not surprised at all by the dramatic action staged by military rebels led by cashiered General Danny Lim and Ltsg. and now Senator Antonio Trillanes IV last November 29 in Makati City.

They have the right to defend themselves against the persecution of the unjust and fake US –Arroyo regime and have the right to express themselves in protest against the use of the courts against them.

Their call for change and their condemnation of corruption in the military and the high places within the US-Arroyo regime is understandable. The $ 16 pay-off for the ZTE scandal, the NBN deal, the rampant graft in the government, the payolas all stink in the air.

The AJLPP also vehemently condemn the way the PNP manhandled the media. Many media persons were arrested and brought to Camp Bagong Diwa in Bicutan. Meanwhile, the AJLPP also commend the United Nations reporter for formally confirming their findings on human right violations in the Philippines. Philip Aston declared his findings and submitted them to the general assembly.

We also warmly welcome the steps of the Philippine Senate to investigate such findings of human right violations. Besides the senate, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) will hold their own investigations after the UN accepted these findings.

These investigations will just validate and make more profound the findings of international organizations and will expose the AFP as human rights violators.

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