Youth calling for clean elections slam killing of Barug Katawhan leader
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March 4, 2013

A network of young individuals calling for free and transformative elections condemned the killing of a political leader of Barug Katawhan, a group of Typhoon Pablo survivors who protested the slow distribution of relief goods, and urged the electoral candidates to have a firm stance against human rights violations.

Cristina Jose, a barangay kagawad of Bagangga Municipality, Davao Oriental and a member of Barug Katawhan and Bayan Muna partylist, was shot dead yesterday at 6 p.m. After staging a three day campout with other survivors in front of the Department of Social Welfare and Development–Davao City, Jose and her companions were reportedly harassed by the barangay captain and members of the 67th Infantry Battalion of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).

“The time at which Jose was killed should raise suspicions on the motives of the perpetrators. It is alarming that she was killed while on her way to report the cases of military harassment, and after the three day campout of the protesting Pablo survivors. The administration should immediately conduct a thorough investigation on the incident and carefully examine the purported involvement of the military,” said Pauline Gidget Estella, spokesperson of Rock The Vote Philippines, a network of young individuals and groups calling for transparent elections and genuine political reforms.

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