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Kinundena ng Church People Workers Solidarity (CWS) ang hindi awtorisadong pagdakip sa magkasintahang sina Dyan Gumanao and Armand Dayoha.
Iginiit ni Antonio Balbin, executive director ng CWS ang masusing imbestigasyon sa iligal na pagdakip sa magkasintahan.
Si Gumanao ay program coordinator ng Community Empowerment Resource Network (CERNET) at si Dayoha naman bilang coordinator ng Alliance of Concerned Teachers Cebu.
“Perpetrators including the police who admitted as much to Gumanao’s father must be held accountable for this. RA 10353 penalizes enforced or involuntary disappearance while RA 9745 penalizes torture. Reports indicate they were abducted upon their arrival from the port area in Cebu and subjected to torture and interrogation. Prior to this, the two have reported heightened surveillance and harassment,” mensaheng ipinadala ni Balbin sa Radio Veritas.
Naninindigan si Balbin sa pagtataguyod sa karapatan ng mga manggagawa at iba pang unionist na nagsusulong ng pantay na karapatan at suweldo sa kanilang kinabibilangang hanay.
“It is reprehensible that Dyan and Armand have been abducted for being development workers, for being long-standing activists since their college days in UP Cebu. They are coordinators of organizations of teachers, healthcare workers and development workers. Their rights as unionists should be guaranteed including the International Labor Organization (ILO) Convention 87 on the right to form unions and workers to self-organize. We call on the upcoming ILO High-Level Tripartite Mission to the Philippines to look into the abduction of Gumanao and Dayoha,” mensahe ni Balbin sa Radio Veritas.
Batay sa pinakabagong ulat ng grupong KARAPATAN – Central Visayas, ligtas na natagpuan sina Gumanao at Dayoha sa hilagang bahagi ng Cebu noong January 17 matapos iwanan ng mga hindi pa nakikilalang kidnappers.
