‘Disarm, Dismantle Ilaga Vigilantes Now,’ Solon Dares Arroyo
Anakpawis party-list Representative Rafael Mariano today dared President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to immediately disarm and dismantle the armed vigilante group Reform Ilaga Movement in the province of North Cotobato saying “the resurrection of the dreaded armed group will only escalate the armed conflict in the region and lead to massive human rights abuses.”
“We demand Ms Arroyo to immediately disarm and dismantle this armed group. In the first place, it is her security officials who are totally obsessed in vigilantism and instigated this through their call to arm civilians,” says Mariano.
Recent reports also cited Philippine National Police (PNP) Director General Avelino Razon’s plans to distribute at least 1,000 shotguns to residents who would join police auxiliary forces in Mindanao. If the project would succeed, he said, the PNP would order 12,000 more shotguns.
He said that “the existence of this armed group will only escalate the armed conflict in the region and will not in any way help in the pursuit of a negotiated political settlement on the just demands of the Bangsamoro people to self-determination.”
Mariano said “sanctioning this armed vigilante group to exist will only heighten international perception that the Arroyo government shares the same notoriety of this armed group in extra-judicial killings, massacre, and other grave human rights violations.” #
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