2 more amparo pleas filed before SC
11/15/2007 | 10:48 PM
The Supreme Court received two more petitions Thursday seeking the issuance a writ of amparo to compel the military to release several persons who were allegedly abducted by elements of the 76th Infantry Battalion in Gumaca in Quezon province in separate occasions last month.
In the first petition, mothers Maria Ortiz and Leny Panganiban asked the Supreme Court to compel respondents - Lt. Col. Ramon Tello, commanding officer of the 76th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army – to present their sons Juvy and Jeffrey, respectively, before the Court and subsequently ordered their immediate release.
The petitioners also pleaded that an order be issued allowing them and the representatives of the Court to inspect the camp of the 76th IB located in Barangay Prinsipe in Gumaca and in Barangay Marao, Padre Burgos, in Quezon.
The mothers recounted that Juvy and Jeffrey together with another friend Rodel Moneteroso were arrested by elements of the 76th IB on October 21, 2007 while on their way to the house of Juvy’s cousin.
Ortiz said that on October 23, she, daughter Marietta and barangay captain Renato Mansanades went to the military camp to check on Juvy.
When she finally saw his son, he initially refused to talk about his condition. However, during their conversation Juvy suddenly told her and his sister that he and his companions were hurt by soldiers.
Panganiban, on the other hand, said two soldiers went to his house to inform him that her son has been arrested. She immediately went to the 76th IB camp and managed to see his son.
The petitioners claimed that their sons have been detained since October 21 merely based on the military’s the suspicion that they are members of the New People’s Army.
Despite this, the petitioners insisted that no charges have been filed against their sons, thus, their detention should be declared illegal.
In another petition, Roberto Malapote also accused the commander of the 76th IB of ordering the abduction of his son Edwin, granddaughter Edwinalyn and her husband Primo Reduta and their two-month-old baby.
Malapote said the three were forcibly taken by military men on October 28 from his house at Sitio Slow, Barangay Sildora, Agdangan, Quezon.
Malapote said the soldiers also took with them their neighbors identified as spouses Luil and Marivic Robles and Nestor and Rosalia Sanez.
The petitioners said they were taken to the camp of 76th IB in Barangay Marao, Padre Burgos. The following day, the Sanez couple was taken to the municipal hall of Agdangan where they were released at around 2:30 a.m.
After several hours, the Robles couple was likewise releases at Barangay Kinagauan, Agdangan. The petitioner said he has not heard about the whereabouts of his relatives, including his two-month old great granddaughter.
The petitioner also sought the Court’s issuance of a temporary protection order for fear of reprisal from the military as well as to ensure the safety of their witnesses. - GMANews.TV
In the first petition, mothers Maria Ortiz and Leny Panganiban asked the Supreme Court to compel respondents - Lt. Col. Ramon Tello, commanding officer of the 76th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army – to present their sons Juvy and Jeffrey, respectively, before the Court and subsequently ordered their immediate release.
The petitioners also pleaded that an order be issued allowing them and the representatives of the Court to inspect the camp of the 76th IB located in Barangay Prinsipe in Gumaca and in Barangay Marao, Padre Burgos, in Quezon.
The mothers recounted that Juvy and Jeffrey together with another friend Rodel Moneteroso were arrested by elements of the 76th IB on October 21, 2007 while on their way to the house of Juvy’s cousin.
Ortiz said that on October 23, she, daughter Marietta and barangay captain Renato Mansanades went to the military camp to check on Juvy.
When she finally saw his son, he initially refused to talk about his condition. However, during their conversation Juvy suddenly told her and his sister that he and his companions were hurt by soldiers.
Panganiban, on the other hand, said two soldiers went to his house to inform him that her son has been arrested. She immediately went to the 76th IB camp and managed to see his son.
The petitioners claimed that their sons have been detained since October 21 merely based on the military’s the suspicion that they are members of the New People’s Army.
Despite this, the petitioners insisted that no charges have been filed against their sons, thus, their detention should be declared illegal.
In another petition, Roberto Malapote also accused the commander of the 76th IB of ordering the abduction of his son Edwin, granddaughter Edwinalyn and her husband Primo Reduta and their two-month-old baby.
Malapote said the three were forcibly taken by military men on October 28 from his house at Sitio Slow, Barangay Sildora, Agdangan, Quezon.
Malapote said the soldiers also took with them their neighbors identified as spouses Luil and Marivic Robles and Nestor and Rosalia Sanez.
The petitioners said they were taken to the camp of 76th IB in Barangay Marao, Padre Burgos. The following day, the Sanez couple was taken to the municipal hall of Agdangan where they were released at around 2:30 a.m.
After several hours, the Robles couple was likewise releases at Barangay Kinagauan, Agdangan. The petitioner said he has not heard about the whereabouts of his relatives, including his two-month old great granddaughter.
The petitioner also sought the Court’s issuance of a temporary protection order for fear of reprisal from the military as well as to ensure the safety of their witnesses. - GMANews.TV
