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In 2001, I was one of the millions of Filipinos who called for the ouster of former Pres. Joseph “Erap” Estrada. I should be happy with the Sandiganbayan’s verdict at his plunder  case. But, not quite.

Why? Because of them:

I will only be satisfied, if and only if, Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and his underlings like (ret) Gen. Jovito Palparan will be convicted for their crimes against the people. If I have to choose, they deserve more to be put behind bars for the close to a thousand victims of political killings excluding abductions and other forms of harassment.

Erap took only money. Arroyo and Palparan took lives.

Grecil Buya

I went to Compostela Valley Province yesterday for a very important event. During the three-hour ride, I was thinking about a Hollywood actor and envisaged our meeting in a most unexpected circumstance. I was daydreaming this the whole time, and hoped that some kind of magic would happen when I arrive at the place.

But, instead of bumping into this guy, this is what I found:

This is the exact spot where the dead body of Grecil Buya was found hours after she was killed by the military on March 31, this year. One of her slippers was still there — a piece of message that says, here lies an innocent child who was killed in her very own yard, by the supposed protectors of the citizens.

Just imagine, a nine-year old girl, killed using a high-powered rifle. She was accused as a member of the New People’s Army…