The Standard - 2015 September 28 - Monday

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VOL. XXIX NO. 228 3 Sections 32 Pages P18 MONday : SEPTEMBER 28, 2015 www.thestandard.com.ph editorial@thestandard.com.ph

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De Lima hits use of militia against lumad By Rey E. Requejo and Christine F. Herrera

Off to market. An elderly

tribeswoman in Bontoc, Mountain Province, walks to the market with a heavy load of newly harvested Chinese pechay. DaviD CHan

JUSTICE Secretary Leila de Lima expressed alarm Sunday over the killing of lumad leaders in Mindanao by paramilitary groups with “a long tradition of involvement in criminal activities.” “These crimes include vigilante operations of the most heinous kind, whether in the name of counterinsurgency or tribal retribution,” De Lima said in a statement. The paramilitary groups accrue power and influence by force and have killed and stolen from thousands of civilians all over the Philippines, especially in Mindanao, De Lima said. While she did not address reports that the paramilitary groups were working with Army units in the area, she called on the military to respect the human rights of communities caught in the conflict. “It is imperative that military and law enforcement operations are conducted with the utmost concern and attention to international humanitarian laws and human rights that govern the conduct of combatant forces in an armed conflict,” she said. At the same time, De Lima said the communist New People’s Army rebels and the paramilitary groups should stop actions that have already caused heavy civilian casualties. Next page

Former SC chief takes Poe’s side against Carpio By Rey E. Requejo RETIRED Chief Justice Artemio V. Panganiban on Sunday contested the conclusion of his former colleague in the Supreme Court, Associate Justice Antonio Carpio, who said Senator Grace Poe, who is running for President in 2016, is not a natural-born Filipino. Contrary to Carpio’s assertion that Poe, as a foundling, is a naturalized Filipino, Panganiban said Poe is considered a natural-born citizen under “generally accepted principles of international law, which form part of the law of the land.” An opposition lawmaker, meanwhile, said Poe should explain to Filipinos why she previously decided to apply for and obtain US citizenship, when she could have easily lived, worked and raised a family in the United States without giving up her Filipino citizenship. “Since Senator Poe is now running for President… she has to deal with the reality that she has put herself and her family under a microscope,” said LPG-MA Rep. Arnel Ty, a House deputy minority leader. Next page


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