PRESS RELEASE l 11 JANUARY 2012
Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap
Militant urban poor group Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap (Kadamay) has condemned the violent demolition of homes in Corazon de Jesus in San Juan City.
“Nothing has changed on the Aquino administration’s handling of demolition of urban poor communities: violent, negligent and very inhuman,” Kadamay national-secretary general Gloria Arellano said.
“It is an exact repetiton of the violence one year ago, including the use of tear gas to penetrate the barricade of the residence and the tactics of illegal arrests,” she added.
“This government has continued on using brute force to win over the collective defense of the residents.
With casualties on both sides of the residents and the demolition team, and with the coverage of media, Kadamay said, that the government has only acted “haphazardly.”
“They were blinded that the violent demolition in Corazon de Jesus would only bring adverse publicity to Aquino who has been doing almost everything to cover up its failure to address the worsening poverty of its people, including the impeachment case against the chief justice,” Arellano said.###
Reference: Gloria Arellano, national secretary-general (09213927457)
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