The mayor Kidapawan City, Mayor Joseph Evangelista has threatened to revoke the business permit of the church who just making their compound as the resting place of the protesters who sought the government’s help because of the effects of drought in the region. According to Kidapawan City mayor, he will revoke the church license for “harboring the leaders and members of illegal demonstrators” who had sought sanctuary there after last Friday’s bloody dispersal.
Although threatened by the local officials in Kidapawan City, the lawter of the church reminded Mayor Evangelista of “your responsibility as a public officer to maintain your office as a public trust of our people and refrain from using your office in furtherance of any injustice” and to “act justly, love mercy, and give everyone their due.”
Methodist Bishop Ciriaco Francisco of the Davao Episcopal Area, who lives in the Kidapawan church, slammed the “abominable” use of live munitions against the protesting farmers and lumad, calling it a “murderous and terror-inducing act by the Philippine National Police.”
Based upon the notice released to the media by the city government, it was dated April 1, the day of the violence, which left three protesters killed and almost 200 other persons, including policemen, injured, was addressed to the board of trustees of the Spottswood Methodist.
In a separate report on social media, Facebook user Abner Bautista posted a video confirming that the soldiers were used in the alleged medicine blockade of the government for all Malayabalay protesters.
Watch the video below:
Hindi ko makumpirma ang food blockade pero kitang kita ko ang medicine blockade. Part 1 of my video lng ito. Tapos na ang dispersal may dalawang lalaking dumating para magdala ng gamot pero kinumpiska ang gamot at hinuli ang nagdala nito. Taken last Friday April 1.
Posted by Abner Francisco on Tuesday, April 5, 2016
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