human rights

Makabayan senatorial bet and Nacionalista Party guest candidate Satur Ocampo outrightly rejected what he called a treacherous settlement being worked out between the Philippine Commission on Good Government (PCGG) and the family of deposed dictator Ferdinand Marcos regarding P140 billion worth of confiscated and sequestered assets.

Makabayan senatorial bet and Nacionalista Party guest candidate Satur Ocampo today said that the Court of Appeals ruling denying the petition for habeas corpus of the Morong 43 imperils the civil liberties of all Filipinos and could tragically serve as a precedent for future rulings that undermine the same.

In the wake of the assassination of jueteng whistleblower Boy Mayor, Makabayan senatorial bet and Nacionalista Party guest candidate Satur Ocampo has revived calls for the passage of a law protecting whistleblowers.

Makabayan senatorial bet and Nacionalista Party guest candidate Satur Ocampo today expressed outrage that the army officers responsible for arresting and violating the rights of 43 health workers known as the Morong 43 will be awarded bronze cross medals.

2010 Senatorial candidate Satur Ocampo (Makabayan-NP) today said that the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) units and personnel that abducted 43 health workers in Morong, Rizal last February 6 are liable for torture and should be immediate relieved.

Bayan Muna Party-list Reps. Teddy Casiño and Neri Colmenares condemned the abduction, illegal arrest, detention, and harassment of 43 health workers and said that Bayan Muna partylist will file charges against the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and PhilippineNational Police (PNP) officers involved.

Makabayan 2010 senatorial bet and Nacionalista Party guest candidate Satur Ocampo today lambasted the Macapagal-Arroyo government and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for the arbitrary and illegal arrest of 43 health workers last Saturday, Feb. 6, calling it a “classic throwback to the martial law era.”

Makabayan senatorial bet and Nacionalista Party guest candidate Satur Ocampo today said that Press Sec. Crispulo Icban's comparison of ousted dictator Ferdinand Marcos and incumbent Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo lacked the one blatant similarity: Arroyo, like Marcos, is responsible for massive human rights violations against the Filipino people.

Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo today said that he was all for improving the efficiency of the state welfare system and the accessibility of its services but cautioned the public on the national identification system the welfare agencies are pushing.

Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo today said that Malacanang should, as a first step, repeal its July 2006 Executive Order 546 that legitimizes the existence of private armies in order to pave the way for the dismantling of such armed groups. Otherwise, the Executive is reduced to "all talk, no action."