In Wake of Alston Final Report, Heads Should Roll, Militarist Policies Scrapped — Solons

This administration’s bloody game of political survival must stop. In the wake of the Alston report, we challenge Mrs. Arroyo to:

1) Immediately fire National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales, Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita and AFP Chief Hermogenes Esperon Jr., who are primarily responsible for the counter-insurgency program;

2) Dismantle the Inter-Agency Legal Action Group and drop all bogus criminal cases against progressive legislators and other activists;

3) Scrap the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ National Internal Security Plan Bantay Laya 1 and 2;

4) Immediately issue a general order to the AFP to stop engaging in extrajudicial killings, report those who are involved and exact the maximum punishment under Philippine laws;

5) Order the immediate surfacing of all desaparecidos.

REP. SATUR C. OCAMPO
REP. TEDDY A. CASIÑO
REP. CRISPIN B. BELTRAN
REP. LZA L. MAZA
REP. LUZVIMINDA C. ILAGAN