Pesante News

August 18, 2009

Contact; Melvin Barcenas

Phone; (213) 413-4944

Los Angeles, CA



FREE ALL POLITICAL PRISONER! QUASH ALL MADE UP CHARGES AGAINTS POLITICAL ACTIVISTS !

Los Angeles --The Philippine Peasant Support Network (Pesante)-USA demands that the US-Arroyo regime free al political prisoners and quash all made up charges against activist in the Philippines!

Although the Supreme Court ordered the release Randall Echanis, detained NDFP consultant and KMP deputy secretary general and a FQS activist, the US-Arroyo regime has failed to quash its made-up charges against those with warrants of arrest.

More than 20 NDF consultants and peace advocates and at least 200 activists has been languishing in jail since the breakdown of the peace talks four years ago. More than 80 people are in the regime’s “wanted list”

For Pesante-USA, this is a major obstacle to the resumption to the peace talks between the NDFP and the GRP. This is a major indication that the GRP wants to scuttle the Oslo meeting.

This is blatant and obvious attempt of the GRP and the US-Arroyo regime and the militarist in the AFP to make difficult or impossible the release of other detained NDFP consultants or those under its wanted list.

So long as the GRP does not comply expeditiously with JASIG in accordance with the June 15 agreement, the GRP is in fact scuttling the Oslo meeting this month and probably the entire peace negotiations.

Peace and justice still has a long way to go in the Philippines under the rotten US-Arroyo regime!

FREE ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS!

QUASH ALL MADE UP CHARGES AGAINST POLITICAL ACTIVISTS IN THE PHILIPPINES!

STOP THE POLITICAL PERSECUTIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES!

Philippine Peasant Support Network(Pesante)-USA

Los Angeles

August 18, 2009

The Philippine Peasant Support Network (Pesante)-USA demands that the US-Arroyo regime free al political prisoners and quash all made up charges against activist in the Philippines!

Although the Supreme Court ordered the release Randall Echanis, detained NDFP consultant and KMP deputy secretary general and a FQS activist, the US-Arroyo regime has failed to quash its made-up charges against those with warrants of arrest.

More than 20 NDF consultants and peace advocates and at least 200 activists has been languishing in jail since the breakdown of the peace talks four years ago. More than 80 people are in the regime’s “wanted list”

For Pesante-USA, this is a major obstacle to the resumption to the peace talks between the NDFP and the GRP. This is a major indication that the GRP wants to scuttle the Oslo meeting.