NUPL on reports about negotiations seeking for bigger US military role in PH: Mendicant errand boys beg US soldiers to use Philippines as war playground
Press Release January 27, 2012 On the reported negotiations between authorities of the United States (US) and the Philippines seeking to strike a deal for increased US military presence in the country, the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL) said: “The NUPL, as a nationwide association of lawyers united to stand for human rights and [...]
Read MoreImpeachment of the Chief Justice: Our Institutions on Trial
The impeachment against the Chief Justice will certainly set a precedent. Whether it will be a good or bad one will depend on how it will be handled and decided upon and how credible the process is seen by the public. It may make for a better judicial institution by serving as a springboard for reforms in the administration of justice. Or it may bamboozle the courts and undermine the system of supposed checks and balances and be the opening to monopoly of power.
Read MoreNUPL on the reported P1M bounty for Palparan
Press Statement January 5, 2012 On the reported increase of the reward money for any information leading to the arrest of fugitive Ret. Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan, the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL) panel of private prosecutors in the case of the disappearance of UP students Sherlyn Cadapan and Karen Empeno said: “We support [...]
Read MoreNUPL on the reported suggestion to detain Palparan at the AFP HQ
“Shameful. Outrageous. Absurd and absolutely Unacceptable.
There is no cogent legal or credible factual basis for the ‘suggestion’ that Palparan should be brought to the AFP headquarters when he is arrested or surrenders. This will ignite and inflame so much valid criticism, condemnation and protest both here and abroad.
NUPL on the 1st Cadapan-Empeno Court Hearing
“We welcome and agree the judge’s firm and clear ruling that fugitive Gen. Palparan cannot seek relief, if at all, unless he surrenders or is arrested. He cannot have his cake and eat it too while trifling with the judicial and legal process.
Read MoreIn the News: January 2012
The following are articles from media websites mentioning the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL) or its member-lawyers on January 2012.
Read More2 suspects in missing students case back ‘at home’: Private prosecutors disturbed, agitated over transfer of custody of 2 accused to the army
The transfer of their custody to the army does not inspire confidence in our justice system. It practically means they will be ‘at home’ in the good company and graces of their own who will coddle and cuddle them. It dilutes the significant gain of making the perpetrators of human rights violations accountable and to be treated without any special accommodation. All of the accused in the disappearance of Karen Empeño and Sherlyn Cadapan must be jailed in an ordinary civilian penal facility where they rightfully belong.
Read MorePrivate prosecutors in case of 2 missing UP students welcome bounty for immediate arrest of Palparan
The National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL) welcomes the P500,000 bounty put up by authorities for any information leading to the arrest of Ret. Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan. If it will be an additional incentive to bring in a fugitive running scared and in denial that the time of reckoning has come and who must be held accountable for other crimes against humanity and international humanitarian law pending or about to be filed in the courts, then so be it. Any legitimate effort to further inform the public to turn him in is fine.
Read MoreDisquiet
By: Carlos Isagani T. Zarate It is an agonizing disquiet unmistakably etched on the faces of the thousands of evacuees, mostly cramped inside soiled evacuation centers in the different “Sendong”-devastated parts of Northern Mindanao, that cannot be easily forgotten or ignored. Sendong’s fury did not only steal their merrymaking for the season, the tragedy also [...]
Read MoreNUPL on Palparan’s being a fugitive from justice
Press Statement 21 December 2011 In light of Ret. Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan’s being a fugitive from justice, his remarks to Judge Teodora Gonzales who issued the warrant of arrest against him, and his criticisms on Justice Secretary Leila de Lima, Atty. Edre Olalia said: “Palparan is hopelessly incorrigible and his braggadocio is incomparable. The [...]
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