Kartilya: Campus journalists demand swift justice (CEGP-Mindanao Press Release)

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Campus journalists demand swift justice (CEGP-Mindanao Press Release)

Posted by Kartilya On 11:13 PM

Campus journalists condemn the very slow delivery of justice to the victims of the Ampatuan Massacre, and challenge the Aquino administration to enforce its political will to expedite the prosecution of the perpetrators of the crime.

Members of the campus press believe that one year of injustice since the day of the massacre of 58 lives is an excessive display of irresponsibility by the government.

Paul Randy Gumanao, the Vice President for Mindanao of the College Editors Guild of the Philippines (CEGP), said that unless justice is served, the Arroyo and the Aquino regimes are accountable to the people.

“The impotent action of our government is a form of betrayal of our democracy. It is not enough that we just remember the most gruesome attack in media history. We need to act and rage because there is a continued culture of impunity in our country,” Gumanao said.

CEGP sees that the Amapatuan massacre case is not isolated from the piles of extra-judicial killings and human rights violations that the government must address urgently.

“Student journalists are always standing by the people. Therefore we believe that the people’s outrage, rather than the Ampatuans’ might, must be feared and attended by the government. What happened in Maguindanao was not solely an attack against the journalists or the lawyers. It was an arrogant attack against the Filipino people,” Gumanao added.

The international community also expressed sentiments against the massacre. New York-based Human Rights Watch delivered a report indicting former president Arroyo of aiding the Ampatuans gain political and miltary power. This report, according to CEGP, has to be considered by the Aquino administration.

“P-Noy has to show us what he meant by ‘daang matuwid’. Prosecute not only the Ampatuans but all the other individuals involved in nurturing a barbaric culture in the country,” Gumanao said.

CEGP, in its 79 years of existence as the longest-running and the widest organization of tertiary campus publications, said it will always support campaigns and actions that will benefit the majority. The group is also joining in various activities in the first year commemoration of the Amatuan massacre this November 23. ###