Former captives recount NPA’s ‘lenient treatment’
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Davao Today
Posted by Bulatlat.com
TRENTO, Agusan Del Sur — Her voice rising above the soft hum of radio songs, Amelia Dano could not hide her restlessness. Sitting at the front of a four-wheel drive vehicle, Amelia waited in trepidation as the ten vehicle convoy finally crossed Monkayo town, the last municipality in Compostela Valley province.
One fine Sunday morning, the fleet of families, media and peace advocates entered the province of Agusan del Sur, through the rough road traversing the palm oil plantation and roads littered with logging workers. At the first stop, Amelia reached for her make-up, looked at the mirror and retouched a faintly gaunt face, borne out of weeks of sleepless nights. Soon, her husband, Henry Dano, mayor of Lingig town, Surigao del Sur will be released by the New People’s Army (NPA).
All throughout the trip, Cristina Desamparado and Sherlmalyn Saban who were sitting at the backseat, kept their silence. They too were excited. Their husbands — Corporal Alrey Desamparado and Private First Class Alan Saban — who are the military escorts of Mayor Dano, will also be released — just days after the NPA announced death sentence for the two as “maximum punishment for blood debts and espionage.”
For these three women, second chance is at hand.
64 days in custody
Hours later, a visibly happy Mayor Dano, wearing a white camisa de chino, a pair of black jogging pants and slippers, said of the day of his release, October 9 as another birthday celebration. He celebrated his birthday at the forests with the NPA last September 6.
Dano was arrested by the NPA on August 6 right at his home and his release means another chance for him to continue serving the people of Lingig as its first-time mayor..... MORE
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pagmimina kasi ang dahilan. subali't buti't sinuspindi ninyo ang paglilitis, npa.
"“That’s why I apologized to the NPA and to the people’s court who was trying my case,” Dano said, referring to an audio message which the NDF sent to media outlets September 26. Dano owed up to collaborating with the Armed Forces of the Philippines and asked for an opportunity to rectify his errors and change for the benefit of the masses.
"Four days later, the Communist Party of the Philippines’s (CPP) Southern Mindanao Party Regional Committee (SMPRC) said it made “a political decision to suspend the judicial proceedings against the municipal mayor as an affirmative response to his issuance of an apology.”"
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