House Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna party-list Rep. Satur C. Ocampo today condemns the killing of an official of the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas on Thursday in Davao City and blamed it on President Macapagal-Arroyo's order to carry on counter-insurgency program Oplan Bantay Laya 2 that includes extra-judicial killings.

“For all its gung-ho bashing of Meralco, Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and her minions have the greater accountability for generating and keeping anti-people laws in place that allow Meralco and other power distributors to pass on onerous charges on consumers. Meralco must refund its consumers and government must account for allowing these crimes to happen at the expense of the citizenry,” Casiño said.

House Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Satur C. Ocampo today assailed a renewed drive by the United States for stronger military presence in the Philippines that can drag the country into US geopolitical and military maneuver vis-à-vis its perceived enemies.

We protest the ongoing deterioration of the Department of Justice (DOJ) into a tool for political persecution under the regime of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Injustice Secretary Raul Gonzalez.

The DOJ has no independence and no impartiality. Under Arroyo and Gonzalez, the mandate of the DOJ is NOT to uphold the rule of law.  It is to uphold the illegitimate and evil rule of the current Palace occupant.