KALUOD! KADIRI! YUCK! - - - - - THE Palace and its allies have been lobbying to have President Benigno Aquino III nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, despite recent concerns raised by the European Union and the United Nations about torture, summary executions and human rights abuses under his administration, militant groups said Sunday. Human rights and militant groups immediately objected to the nomination, saying the President was “highly unqualified” and that the mere suggestion was “laughable,” given that there were other world leaders more deserving of the award. They also vowed to torpedo the President’s nomination. “Aquino is highly unqualified for such an award. The Nobel Peace Prize would hit a new low with the nomination of Aquino. Human rights violations under Aquino’s four-year-old regime include the militarization of peasant communities, 192 cases of extrajudicial killing, 21 cases of enforced disappearances and numerous illegal arrests, along with 400 political prisoners,” said Bagong Alyansang Makabayan Secretary General Renato Reyes. Reyes said they received “credible information” last week that the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process headed by Secretary Teresita Deles was lobbying in Norway to get President Aquino nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize so the President could play up an “accomplishment” during his fifth State-of-the-Nation Address. (From Manila Standard Today)
Posted on: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 02:05:00 +0000
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