(Actualización) Burgos' ma solicita a la Corte Suprema que revierta la sentencia del Tribunal de Apelaciones en el secuestro del hijo

MANILA, Filipinas - La madre del desaparecido activista Jonas Burgos quiere que la Corte Suprema revierta la sentencia del Tribunal de Apelaciones, que prácticamente declaró sin culpa a las fuerzas militares en la desaparición de su hijo. Continúe leyendo esta noticia en inglés.

In a 63-page petition filed Thursday, Edita Burgos also urged the high court to declare as false the return of the writs of habeas corpus and amparo filed by the respondents, which included top-ranking police and military officials and even President Arroyo.

“She is responsible both for her actions as well as the illegal acts of her men. Given the foregoing, there is sufficient basis to hold the President as commander in chief liable for the enforced disappearance of Jonas under both fact and in law,” the petition said on the President's inclusion in the suit.

Other respondents in the suit are (ret) Armed Forces chief Gen. Hermogenes Esperon Jr. (ret) Lt. Gen. Romeo Tolentino, former Army commander; Maj. Juanito Gomez, commanding officer of the 71st Infantry Division; Lt. Col. Noel Clement, commanding officer of the Security and Escort battalion based in Fort Bonifacio; and Lt. Col. Melquiades Feliciano, former commander of the 56th IB.

Burgos, son of the late freedom fighter and former newspaper publisher Jose Burgos, was abducted last April 28, 2007 while having lunch inside a Quezon City mall. Mrs Burgos said she has evidence that the military was behind the abduction.

Mrs Burgos said she has submitted substantial evidence that the military was behind the abduction of her son, and that the CA erred when it failed to establish a link between the respondents and the victim.

“Despite the evidence of petitioner and no evidence of respondents, still the CA ruled that petitioner has not adequately established a direct link between the abductors of Jonas and the Philippine Army,” she said.

The evidence includes the license plate TAB 194, which was seen attached to the getaway vehicle in the Burgos abduction but was later found out to be assigned to a vehicle impounded at the 56th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army’s headquarters in Norzagaray, Bulacan.

In its assailed decision, the CA Special Former Seventh Division dismissed the case against the military but partially granted the petition for amparo that ordered authorities to push through with their investigation on the disappearance of Jonas.

The appellate court also ordered AFP chief Lt. Gen. Alexander Yano and Police Director Gen. Avelino Razon Jr to make available to petitioner Burgos all documents and records in their possession relevant to the case.

Source: GMANews.TV

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