Operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) of the Philippine National Police (PNP) arrested Anakpawis Rep. Crispin Beltran Saturday morning based on a 21-year-old rebellion case.
CIDG officials said Beltran was arrested on the strength of a warrant issued by Quezon City Judge Edgardo Tutaan on charges of inciting to rebellion filed in Oct. 7, 1985.
Lawyer Romeo Capulong, however, said criminal case 21905 filed against Beltran had already been junked by the Senate.
If the Arroyo administration can use a 21-year old rebellion case issued during the Marcos era (LOL!) to justify it's arrest on leftist Crispin Beltran, then definitely maraming pang makukulong in the coming days ahead.
many of those who fought the dictatorship and had old cases filed against them by Marcos judges. tignan mo yung kay mr. Beltran, Oct. 7, 1985 pa! LOL.
Kasi maraming kinaaway at ipinakulong si Dictator Marcos dati eh, and i'm pretty sure na marami sa mga kumontra kay Marcos ay may arrest warrants rin for rebellion or for various trumped-up charges, obviously meant to silence and crush the anti-Marcos opposition.
Fast forward to 2006. many of those who fought the dictator and had arrest warrants on them are fighting another corrupt and rising dictator in Arroyo. And guess what, she can use arrest warrants issued during the marcos era to arrest and harass these people again!
interesting too that during Cory, FVR and Erap's time, they did not bother to implement the arrest warrant on Crispin Beltran.
RELATED: Check out DJB's twin blogs here and here. He's blogging up a storm again.
More: Take note of the editorial of PHILSTAR. It says that the arroyo admin did not do a good job of "explaining" the crackdown raw, just like when it did not do a good job on explaining "EO 464".
But it did not condemn the raid and takeover of the Tribune. And it did not condemn the arrests of several opposition figures without any proof or basis.
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