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PESANTE-USA Hails Echanis Transfer to PNP, Tactical Victory

Los Angeles- The Philippine Peasant Support Network (Pesante-USA) hails the transfer of Randal Echanis, yesterday as a victory.

Echanis, a persecuted leader of KMP, a veteran FQSM student leader and an NDF Peace Consultant PNP was transferred from the Manila City Jail to the PNP Jai. The transfer is a tactical victory in the interest of justice and lasting peace and was a demand of different human rights groups in the Philippines and in the U.S.

Pesante Coordinator Arturo Garcia said: “Echanis should not have been transferred to the Manila City Jail from the PNP Custodial Center in Camp Crame, It is just a simple case of persecution and the SOP of the resurging and copycat martial law regime. The US-Marcos regime did the same when they transferred the political prisoners from the detention centers to Muntinglupa National Penitentiary and declared them as “public order violators”

The US-Arroyo regime wanted to make Echanis as an example on how they will treat NDF consultants and staff. The made-up murder cases against the leadership of the NDF is what the US-Arroyo regime is doing now to MILF. That is why there is war in Mindanao. The US-Arroyo regime is not serious in making peace.

As long as NDF consultants like Echanis, Principe, Malayao and others are in jail and MILF commanders and mujahideens like Amaril Kato and Bravo are branded as common criminals by the regime, there can be no peace and war will be the order of the day.” said Garcia

FREE RANDALL ECHANIS AND ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS, NOW!