Benedictine nun being vilified by AFP for opposing large-scale mining
“This atrocity against those who consistently protect the environment
and help alleviate the plight of the poor only shows how the AFP and
its chief, Pres. Aquino tolerates, encourages, and considers as policy
the Martial Law-like trampling of our rights…” – Rural Missionaries of
the Philippines – Southern Mindanao
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
Bulatlat.com
The environmental group Panalipdan Mindanao (Defenders and Advocates
of Environment, Creation, and Patrimony) has come to the defense of its
secretary general Benedictine nun Sr. Stella Matutina. The group said
Sr. Matutina is the target of a vilification campaign by the 28th
Infantry Battalion (28th IB). According to reports, the 28th IB has been
spreading malicious stories that Matutina is not a real nun and that
she is actually a member of the New People’s Army (NPA).
Sr. Matutina was first alluded to as an NPA member during a barangay
assembly called by the 28th IB in Lantawan, Lupon, Davao Oriental in
March 2. The 28th IB was in the process of putting together a barangay
defense system in the area, and a certain 1st Lt. Hermie Montelibano
reportedly said that the slain environmentalist priest Fr. Fausto
Tentorio was killed because he was an NPA. The also said that that there
is also a nun named “Stella” who is an NPA pretending to be a nun.
The following April 15, San Isidro, Davao Oriental residents were
warned by a certain 1st Lt. Francisco Lingat against joining an Earth
Day forum on mining organized by Benedictines for Peace at the Diocese
of Mati..... MORE
Source: Bulatlat.com
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