Julius Rocas

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Sarah Kat­rina Maramag

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NEWS FLASH!

Kabataan poll watchers abducted and slain by military in Camarines Norte

Kabataan Party-​list strongly con­demns ­­the abduc­tion and murder of two of its poll watch­ers in Camarines Norte.

Roberto 'Jun-​Jun' Bagsabas Jr., 27 years old, of Uli­panan J. Pang; and Ronilo Brezuela, 16 years old of Old Camp Cap­pa­longa, both Kabataan orga­niz­ers and poll watch­ers, were abducted by sol­diers on May 15.

They were mur­dered on May 16. Their bodies were found in between Brgys. Mataqui and Catabaguangan.

"This is a very sad period for all vig­i­lant youth and cit­i­zens. First the heroic deaths of two teach­ers in Batan­gas and now the sense­less killing of two youths who have vowed to pro­tect the votes of the youth and people," said Ray­mond Palatino, national pres­i­dent and nominee.

"We con­demn the brutal mur­ders of Jun and Ronilo. This extra-​judicial is undoubt­edly elec­tion and political-​related. We hold the gov­ern­ment account­able for fail­ing to address the cli­mate of impunity that has per­me­ated this elec­tion period at the onset. We will not rest until jus­tice is served."

Kabataan Party-​list called on the Com­elec to imme­di­ately con­duct an inves­ti­ga­tion on the killings.

Kabataan Party-​list is set to hold an indig­na­tion rally at the Timog Circle in Quezon City at 4pm today. ###

Hus­tisya para kina Jun Bagas­bas at Ronilo Vallevare!!!

EDIT:
Erratum:

The two Kabataan Party-​list poll watch­ers slain in Camarines Norte were Ronilo Brezuela, 16 years old, and Roberto 'Jun-​Jun' Bagsabas Jr., 27 years old and not Ronilo Val­l­e­vare, 20 years old, and Jun Bagas­bas, 16 years old, as ear­lier reported.

We apol­o­gize for this error. This cor­rec­tion just recently came in from our regional coordinators.