Oplan Bayanihan sows terror in Western Samar
“I would tell them [soldiers] ‘We are not armed. This is not a war.
This is just a rally.’ They would say, ‘Legal and underground, you’re
the same. You are all NPA [New People’s Army],’” said human rights
worker Ma. Josephine Dy
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Bulatlat.com
CALBAYOG CITY, Western Samar – Human rights worker Ma. Josephine Dy, 33, is used to being tailed by military agents.
Twice a week, she would see fully armed men roaming around their
house in bgy. Matobato, Calbayog City. The men who belong to the 20th
Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army (IBPA) have set up a
detachment 50 meters away from the back of their house.
In March this year, the soldiers from the same unit held a
circumcision program at the village’s basketball court. The soldiers
warned the residents not to support the communists. “They added that
there are communists right here in our community,” Dy told Bulatlat.com
in an interview.
Dy said that elsewhere in Calbayog City and other towns in Western
Samar, civil-military operations of the Philippine Army under Oplan
Bayanihan are coupled with intelligence work and propaganda against what
the military considers as leftist organizations.
During rallies in Calbayog City, such as the peasant rally held on
October 21 and the public Congressional hearing on Genuine Agrarian
Reform Bill (Garb) last month, Dy said heavily armed soldiers guarded
the protesters.
“I would tell them ‘We are not armed. This is not a war. This is just
a rally.’ They would say, ‘Legal and underground, you’re the same. You
are all NPA [New People’s Army],’” Dy said.
In both instances, soldiers took photographs of Dy. Her colleagues confiscated the cameras from the soldiers.
Dy said soldiers also held public meetings in other villages in
Calbayog City. “The soldiers would malign people’s organizations as
communist fronts,” she said..... MORE
Source: Bulatlat.com
URL: http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/12/10/oplan-bayanihan-sows-terror-in-western-samar/
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2 comments:
ganito sa isang bayang hindi naman tunay na demokratiko. pag nakukubli ng konti, sinisikil, pinipigil ang karapatang magpahayag. at pag nakubli ng todo, DESAPARECIDO pa siguro ang uwi ng mga nagproprotesta. ito ang legacy ng tantads na kalbong agila, macabebe scouts, counterinsurgency guide, continuing
"During rallies in Calbayog City, such as the peasant rally held on October 21 and the public Congressional hearing on Genuine Agrarian Reform Bill (Garb) last month, Dy said heavily armed soldiers guarded the protesters.
"“I would tell them ‘We are not armed. This is not a war. This is just a rally.’ They would say, ‘Legal and underground, you’re the same. You are all NPA [New People’s Army],’” Dy said."
parang yung amo nilang kalbong agila na siyang nagturo ng counterinsurgency tactics dyahn. akala mo santo/santa eh iyong pala teroristang dmnyo sa totoo.
"Dy said Aquino’s Oplan Bayanihan is “replete with rhetoric of peace but as monstrous as any counterinsurgency program.”"
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