Sunday, January 5, 2014

But which extortion?


Belarmino DabaĆ²los Saguing
Rome, Italy 05/01/2014






The Philippine authorities are always quick on accusing rebelious groups for extorting from the people, most notable is the military who finds it a welcome excuse to kill.

But, what about killing the extortionist government agencies like the Philhealth, SSS and the Pagibig and the corporations Meralco who shamelessly extort money from the people? Why are our military orgs not going after them? Our military are even acting like security guards of the corporations who forcibly grab the people’s money. This is exemplified by the fact that most AFP operations in Mindanao are within localities where the mining corporations , one of which is a corporation owned by the president’s uncle, are attempting to grab the indigenous land to enrich themselves. Why so?


This gives credence to the social media line: When the government and the corporations rob the people, it is business. When the people try to defend themselves, it is terrorism. This is how the state enforce ‘justice’ in the Philippines.

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