28/02/2022
RTF6-ELCAC STATEMENT ON THE ARREST OF DR. NATIVIDAD CASTRO
Dr Natividad Castro was arrested by police officers on the strength of arrest warrants issued by Judge Fernando Fudalan of the 10th Judicial Region, Regional Trial Court Branch 7 in Bayugan City, Agusan del Sur for kidnapping and serious illegal detention.
The basis of the arrest of Dr. Castro is a legitimate judicially issued court warrant based on criminal charges against her.
This is the real issue at hand.
We call on the Commission on Human Rights to be impartial and fair in their press releases in relation to the implementation of the arrest warrants on Dr. Castro.
The CHR press statement includes a haphazard conclusion of fact that "Dra. Naty had been red tagged"... and used the term "Lumad" which is a term that was coined not by the indigenous peoples themselves but by the CPP-NPA-NDF to collectively refer to members of the indigenous people's tribes in Mindanao.
We are asking that the CHR conduct itself properly and impartially in this case. Their statement clearly shows bias and lack of prudence.
While the CHR shows extreme enthusiasm, zeal, passion, and dispatch in attending to the alleged indication of possible violations committed allegedly by police officers on the occasion of the service of arrest warrants to Dr. Castro, we call the attention of the CHR on your less enthusiastic response on the series of killings and ambushes perpetrated by the CPP-NPA in Negros Island during the past few days where the CPP-NPA-NDF terrorists claimed responsibility for the brutal killings of at least 4 civilians and the wounding of five police officers.
We are saddened by the fact that the CHR did not issue a statement condemning the intentional, premeditated, brutal killings of civilians and the use of the CPP-NPA of banned anti-personnel mines in Negros Island.
You are giving the Filipino people the impression that you are somewhat selective in your issuances of press statements on incidents that are of concern to your office.
To our colleagues in the DOH, be mindful of the statements that you issue.
Let it be made clear that the law applies to all, medical doctors included. Your contributions are highly appreciated.
In fact, you are commended for your sacrifices during these times of pandemic. But please, let the law enforcement agencies do their jobs and be reminded to never ever think that medical doctors are immune from criminal prosecutions.
And yes, trust the legal and judicial processes.
We also ask you to uphold the rights of every Filipino, including those who were aggrieved and those who are victims of injustices. They have rights too.
They have the right also to bring to court those who have wronged them.
Like you in the medical profession, we must also recognize the contributions of the other sectors in government, especially those who opted to work with the poorest of the poor and those who work to make our communities safe and secure from criminals and terrorists.
Finally, we pray for the enlightenment of the nuns who issued a statement of concern on the arrest of Dr. Castro.
Do not judge the merits of the cases filed against Dr. Castro in your statement; YOU are not the court.
You are actually doing injustice to the complainants who filed the cases.
LET us allow the judicial processes to proceed and take its rightful course.
We deplore your sweeping baseless accusation of alleged red tagging by the government and by maligning this government by stating that allegedly this government is making false accusations of innocent people.
You are reminded Sisters that in the absence of proof to substantiate your rantings, your statements are basically irresponsible.
You are also reminded that the CHR cannot interfere with pending cases in court and therefore; it is not in a position to try and decide any case pending for trial.
We reiterate the statement of the NTF-ELCAC that, “It makes no difference if she graduated top of her class in St. Scholastica’s College or the UP PGH. Nor does it matter which awards she won.
A medical license and an exemplary academic record do not grant anyone immunity from the law.
We therefore ask our people to rally behind your government and link arms with us by educating yourself about the enemies of our state and why it is they have done this much damage to us for over five decades.
Instead of defending terrorists who wear masks of nobility, the ones we must be defending are our children and our indigenous peoples- the prime targets of these communist terrorists.
And if we are to end this 53-year travesty wrought by the communist terrorist CPP NPA NDF on our people we must stand together, impregnable in our shared love for country."
Prosecutor 2 Flosemer Chris Gonzales
Spokesperson, RTF6-ELCAC
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Hindi kahit kailanman makakamit ni Chad at ni Teacher Jurain ang hustisya, dahil ang hustisya na kanilang ninanais ay siya rins hustisyang dapat nilang ibigay sa mga buhay ng lunad at kabataang naging pananggalang ng CPP/NPA/NDF sa kabundukan.
Pinatunayan lamang at dinagdagang diin lamang ni Chad na ang kolektibo, dokumentadong mga subersibong papeles na nasa kanyang pagiingat habang nasa kabundukan ng Davao de Oro hanggang sa kanyang pagkamatay ay naglalaman ng mga mahahalagang inpormasyong nagbibigay linaw sa mga kapwa niya rebelde na tila ay nag babalat kayong kabataang volunteer sa mga LUMAD Communities.
Tila isang pagkagulat at pagkalugmok ang sinapit ng hanay na lumilikod sa mga gawaing ito, Ang National Central Party Committee, Ang National Propaganda Bureau ng CPP/NDF at ang New Peoples Army ay mas mapapatunayan ng mga perpetrators of violations against International Humanitarian Law at higit sa lahat ang kanilang pambababastos sa mga kultura, lahi at kataohan ng LUMAD ay nas naisawalat sa pagkamatay ni Chad Booc.
Nawa ang malawak na masa ay patuloy na maliwanagan sa mga tamang balita at maging matalino sa pagmamatyag sa mga propagandang pinaiiral ng mga communist terrorist group. Higit sa lahat sa ating patuloy na pagkakaisa kasama ang Abante Sambayanan ay mas mabibigyan natin ng pangil ang mga batas kagaya ng Anti Terror Law upang mas maproteksyunan ang ating kapaligiran, tahanan, pamilya at bayan.
Muli, ang hustiya ay para sa mga niloko, pinaslang at pinagsamantalahan nila Chad Booc at Teacher Jurain Nguho.
-FRANZ ARABIA
National Spokesperson of KKDAT,
Ambassador National Youth for NTF -ELCAC Affairs
