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Republic of the PhilippinesHOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Quezon City

FIFTEENTH CONGRESSFirst Regular Session

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INTRODUCED BY ANAKPAWIS PARTY.LIST REPRESENTATIVERAFAEL V. MARIANO

A RESOLUTIONDIRECTING THE HOUSE COMMITTEE

ON HUMAN RTGHTS TO INVESTIGATE,IN AID oF LEcrsLATIoN, THE KILLING oF cARLos RoDRtGvDz, uNIoNPRESIDENT OF THE NAGI{AI{AISANG LAI{AS NG MGA MANGGAGAWA SA

CALAMBA WATER DISTRTCT (NLD-CWDI, AN AFFTLIATE MEMBER OF THECoNFEDERATTON FOR THE UNITY, ADVANCEMENT AND RECOGNITION OF

GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES (COURAGEI

WHEREAS, on November L2,2010 at around 5:30 p.m, carlos ,caloy,Rodriguez,41 years old, union president of the Nagkakaisang Lakas ng Manggagawa saCalamba Water District (NLD-CWD)was shot dead by motoicy"t"--ilaing men inCalamba,

Laguna;WHEREAS' NLD-CWD is an affiliate of the Confederation for Unity, Recognitionand Advancement of Government Employees (Courage), a membei organization ofAnakpawis Partylist;

WHEREAS, Rodriguez s also a convenor of Water System Employees' Response(WATER), a national alliance of water district unions in the

"orrrri.y;UTHEREAS' Rodriguez is the 22"d victim of extra judicial killing under theadministration of President Benigno simeon Aquino III;

WHEREAS, the killing of Rodriguez happened at a time when water districtemployees are fighting against systematic union busting, and political repressionagainst their ranks;

WHEREAS' during its National Council Meeting held last October 15, 2010,WATER approved a resolution to launch an international and national campaigndemanding for the recognition of water district employees' ight to self-orgatization, right to peaceful assembly, right to collective bargaining and otherconstitutionally guaranteed rights as workers;

WHEREAS, water district employees, ncluding Rodriguez, are egitimate publicservants fighting against the continuing national policies of privatization,Iibetalization, deregulation that has led to the massive retrenchment and laborflexibilization in the public sector;

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WHEREAS, as a government employee, Rodriguez is an anti-corruption advocatethat staunchly supports the exposition of graft and corruption practice in theimplementation of government projects, particularly in the build-operate-transfer(BOT) bulk water supply projects;

WHEREAS, as a union leader, Rodriguez is at the forefront in the struggle againstsystematic repression of water district employees - including the filing ofadministrative cases against union officers, rigorous management policies againstunion activities, delay of benefits, forced resignation and illegal termination;

WHEREAS, according_ o labor groups Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU)and COURAGE,the shooting and death of Rodriguez s yet another consequence of presidentAquino's decision to continue the implementation of the murderous Oplan BantayLaya (OBL) counter-insurgency program of the former Arroyo administration, inadherence o the US Counter-insurgency Guide.

WHEREAS' KMU leader Elmer Labog also said that the continued killings ofactivists and critics of the government is a consequence of the utter failure of theAquino administration to prosecute former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo andperpetrators of grave human-rights violations that they have committed whiie inpower.

WHEREAS, while President Aquino says that carrying out extra-judicial killings isnot a policy of his administration, nothing is being done to arresi, put to trial andincarcerate the masterminds and accomplic"" r."ponsible for extra-ludicialkillings,

WHEREAS, based on the documentation of human rights advocates, ncidents ofextra judicial killings take place at an alarming pace of 'one activist killed everyweek;'

UTHEREAS, out of the 22leaders and members of progressive organizations killedsince June 30, more than half are from affiliates of Anakpawis eirtytist;

NOW THER.EFORE BE IT RESOLVED AS IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that theHouse Committee on Human Rights to investigate, n aid of legislation, the killingof carlos Rodriguez, union president of the Nagkakaisang Laki.s ng mgaManggagawa sa Calamba Water District (NLD-CWD),

an amhte m-ember of theConfederation for the Unity, Advancement and Recognition of GovernmentEmployees (Courage).