All-Out War (Blog war, that is)

For it merely expounds on what is obvious: Representative Satur Ocampo of Bayan Muna, and his partylist group as a whole, is innocent of the charges filed against them by the AFP and their chief of staff who smells like rotten eggs, Hermogenes Eggsperon. Not to mention his namesake Defense Secretary, who recently has been involved in a corruption scam during the ASEAN Summit in Cebu, who most likely needs multivitamin supplements as his brain is virtually non-existent.

First, the complainants lack credibility. Before the two so-called witnesses surfaced to accuse Ocampo, they were last seen by their mothers being carried away at gun-point by local Army men. Its no wonder these men would accuse an innocent servant of the people. The AFP is not known for its hospitality and respect for human rights. And im sure that their "convincing" techniques are probably gentle only to a corpse. With that in mind, I’m sure they could even make those "witnesses" claim that Jesus is with the NPA right now. Lets not forget the disqualification case against Bayan Muna, Anakpawis and Gabriela. One complaint being used as basis claims that BM ordered the murder of people who opted to campaign for ANAKBAYAN rather than BM during 2001. Erm, as a member of ANAKBAYAN, i can tell you two things: AB is a nationalist youth organization, not a group running for partylist. Second, we endorsed BM during the said elections. And of course, the most absurd of them all is the accusation that BM ordered the killing of AKBAYAN members during 1998, 2 whole years before BM was even founded!

Second, there are the pronouncements of Ebdane. These lead many people to guess among three possible choices: he is schizophrenic, he is suffering from mild retardation and amnesia, or he is simply caught in his own damn lies. What did he say anyway? Well, he claims that the Leyte killings (the crime Ocampo is being accused of) occured after Ocampo escaped from jail. Yet, it smacks contradictory to the claim of our zombie-like Justice Secretary Gonzales that Ocampo ordered the killings from his cell in a military facility. This in turn contradicts what is written in the official complaint, that Ocampo was present in Leyte during the killings. Which in turn contradicts with what is officially written in prison records: Ocampo was in detention the entire time the killings occured. Its not a case of lack of data coordination. Its a case of a lie being too absurd to be able to be coordinated properly.

Third, the international community has given the AFP and officials like the foul Gonzales Brothers the polite, diplomatic version of the middle finger. In short, they asserted that extra-judicial killings in the country are the handiwork of the AFP, not of BAYAN MUNA and other progressive groups like KABATAAN. The European Union has already condemned the AFP and high officials in the government that coddle the AFP killers. So has international lawyers’ and church groups. Most importantly, UN Special Envoy Philip Alston has called AFP claims that the killings of activists are a result of a "communist purge", a "FORGERY". Ouch, thats a crispy word: FORGERY. Of course, Eggsperon and the Zombie Gonzales have accused Alston of being brainwashed. But seeing Alston’s credentials make these accusations seem lacking in credibility. Especially since our househelp has a higher educational attainment than both Eggsperon and Gonzales.

Now, the following is necessary.

That is why I am beseeching everyone of you to do 2 things:

1. Go out on May 14 and vote for KABATAAN PARTYLIST! BAYAN MUNA will probably be the topnotcher again this elections due to the fact that the Filipino voter is getting smarter and smarter. Help us elect youth representatives who come from the same nationalist, and integrity-filled mold as Satur Ocampo. Remember, even though our progressive partylist groups have a huge chance of winning, its no reason for complacency. Its a common goal for many pro-Gloria poll watchers to just fill in the names of pro-Gloria partylist groups in ballots of voters who leave their ballots blank.

2. If you can’t vote on May 14, (or better yet, even if you can) go out everyday starting today and campaign for KABATAAN PARTYLIST! Like something I read from the ANAKBAYAN orientation, the youth is everywhere: in the schools, factories, and farms. And we are also receptive to change. So let’s not waste our chance to participate in an exercise of democracy. Like I mentioned before, we can’t afford to have partylist groups that are constantly bribed by Gloria, or collaborate with the AFP in killing innocent activists, storm the Congress.

As a last note, you might be asking, which partylist groups are they? To be on the safe side, all groups except the following: KABATAAN, BAYAN MUNA, ANAKPAWIS, GABRIELA and SUARA BANGSAMORO.

A good night to you all!