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Republic of the PhilippinesHOUSE OF RTPRESENTATTVESQuezon
City
FIFTEENTH CONGRESSFirst Regular Session
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ft*oINTRODUCED BY ANAKPAWIS PARTY.LIST REPRESENTATTVERAFAEL V.
MARIANO
RESOLUTIONDIRBCTING THE COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RIGHTS TO CONDUCT
ANINQUIRY' IN AID OF LEGISLATION' ON THE KILLING OF RENERODRIGUEZ,
A MEMBER OF SAMAHAN NG MAGBUBUKID SABATANGAS (SAMBATI' A PRovINcIAL
CI{APTER oF KrLusANcMAGBUBUKID NG PILIPINAS (KMPI ALLEGEDLY BY
ELEMENTS OF THEMILITARY
IITHEREAS, on November T, 2010 at around eight o'clock in
themorning, Rene Rodriguez, a member of samahqn ng Magbubukid.
saBatangas (SAMBAT), a provincial chapter of Kilusang Migbubukid.
ngPilipinas (KMP) was killed by two (2) unidentifred
motorrycl.-ridi.tg men atSitio Caybunga, Balayan, Batangas;WHEREAS,
initial fact finding revealed that the two (2) motorcycleriding
men, one covered in white handkerchief and the other wiaring
helmet,are following Rodriguez and then shot him using a .45
caliber pistot. thelatter sustained four (4) gunshot wounds at the
Uait< and one (1) each on histhigh, chest and head, and died on
the spot;WHEREAS, according to KARAPATAN, Alliance for the
Ad.uancement ofPeople's Rights, Rodriguez is the first (1*) victim
of political killing inBatangas and seventh Ftnl in southern
Tagalog under the Rquinoadministration;WHEREAS' KARAPATAN also
averred that Rodrigaez is the 21"t victimof extrajudicial killing
of activists under the Aquino administration;WHEREAS, the killing
of Rodriguez bears similarities to the patternand method in the
killing of activists associated with militant ma^ss andsectoral
organizations that started in November 2OO4;WHEREAS, the incident
indicates that the Aquino administration'sextension of
implementation of oplan Bantay Laya, a national internalsecurity
operation plan also extends the extrajudicial killings of leaders
andmembers of militant mass and sectoral organizations; andWHEREAS,
the incident also indicates that government inaction onthe killing
of activists associated with militani mass and sectoral
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organizations, further emboldens the perpetrators and
contributes to theprevailing climate of impunity.NOW, THEREFORE, Bt
IT RESIOLVED AS IT IS HEREBYREsoLvED, that the committeeon
HumanRightsconductan inquiry, inaid of legislation,on the killing
of ReneRodriguez, memberof similtan ngMagbubukid sa Batangas
(SAMBAT), a prorrirrcial chapter of KilusangMagbubukid ng Pilipinas
(KMp) a[egedly by elements bf the military.Adopted,
