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Urgent Appeal: FREE RONALD IAN EVIDENTE
by Boyette Jurcales, Jr.
Thursday, Apr. 22, 2004 at 5:00 PM
bayan@myrealbox.com
The Bagong Alyansang Makabayan strongly condemns the arbitrary
arrest of Ronald Ian Dellomes Evidente, 25 years old. He was
arrested on April 21, 2004 at 4pm right after conducting an
electoral campaign for the partylist Anak ng Bayan.
The Bagong Alyansang Makabayan strongly condemns the arbitrary
arrest of Ronald Ian Dellomes Evidente, 25 years old. He was
arrested on April 21, 2004 at 4pm right after conducting an
electoral campaign for the partylist Anak ng Bayan.
Ian was arrested by the officers of the Special Operations Group of
the NORPDO and PNP-Dumaguete, Negros Island who were in civilian
clothes. He was handcuffed and detained at the PNP Station in
Dumaguete City without reading him his constitutional rights.
The warrant of arrest issued by Judge Rogeciano T. Rivera of the
Municipal Trial Court of Sta. Catalina, Negros Oriental accused Ian
of the crime of murder, a non-bailable offense. The warrant did not
mention who Ian allegedly murdered. He also never knew nor met the
co-accused in the warrant.
Ian is the 5th nominee of Anak ng Bayan, a progressive partylist of
youth and students vying for congress seats in the coming May 10,
2004 elections. He is also the Regional Vice Chairperson of BAYAN-
Negros Island and has been representing the region in the various
national meetings of BAYAN. He was also attended the last National
Council Meeting of BAYAN in January of this year.
Ian is a known personality and mass leader of both the sectoral and
multisectoral people's movement in Dumaguete. Inspite of his high
public visibility, he never received summons from the prosecutor's
office for a preliminary investigation thus was denied of the right
to answer allegations at the first level of the court proceedings.
In two occasions, a few days before he was arrested, the Provincial
PNP Intelligence Officer, SPO4 Gilbert Arinasa maliciously accused,
in radio interviews, progressive partylist groups like Anak ng
Bayan and Bayan Muna as "communist-terrorist" groups . He also
singled out Ian as a "communist terrorist.
The arrest of Ian is the latest of the many cases of harassments and
political repression against progressive organizations and the
people's movement in general. In this election, the military and
the Arroyo regime has launched a systematic campaign to maliciously
slander, malign and discredit the progressive partylist
organizations who are currently riding high in the latest poll
surveys.
BAYAN demands the immediate and unconditional release of Ronald Ian
Dellomes Evidente.
FREE RONALD IAN EVIDENTE!
FREE ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS!
JUSTICE TO ALL VICTIMS OF STATE REPRESSION!
We appeal to you to send protest and solidarity letters. You may
send your letters to:
BAYAN
4/F Erythrina Bldg.
#1 Maaralin cor Matatag Sts.
Central District, Quezon City
Philippines
Telfax: 4359151; 4356930
Email: bayan@myrealbox.com, Attn: Solidarity for Ian
In Solidarity,
Boyette Jurcales, Jr.
Deputy Secretary General
Bayan
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