{"id":209524,"date":"2019-04-12T00:30:46","date_gmt":"2019-04-12T04:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=209524"},"modified":"2019-04-12T00:30:46","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T04:30:46","slug":"innocent-martial-law-victims-should-be-compensated-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/04\/12\/innocent-martial-law-victims-should-be-compensated-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Innocent\u2019 martial law victims should be compensated: Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: 1986 rally against the Marcos Dictatorship in which protesters hold up images of Escalante Massacre victims (Photo By Malacanang Palace Presidential Museum and Library, Public Domain<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— Only the \u201cinnocent\u201d martial law victims under the rule of the former Ferdinand Marcos should receive compensation from government, Malaca\u00f1ang said on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Presidential Spokesperson and Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo acknowledged the human rights violations and abuses committed during the Marcos regime after the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) decided not to pursue the proposed settlement deal for martial law victims.<\/p>\n

In a statement, the OSG said it would not pursue the settlement agreement after discovering that the terms were \u201cgrossly disadvantageous to the government\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m sure there must have been victims during critical times. There were certainly abuses committed in whatever regime that the governor or the President would not know about it,\u201d Panelo said in a Palace briefing.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd just the same, if there are victims of violation of human rights, certainly they should be compensated,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Panelo, however, said the case would be different if a martial law victim was an \u201cenemy of the state.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt would be different\u00a0kung kalaban ng gobyerno, kung pinapatay mo ang gobyerno, eh natural lalabanan ka ng gobyerno<\/em>\u00a0(if you\u2019re enemy of the state, if you\u2019re fighting the government, of course government will fight back),\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou cannot say\u00a0na<\/em>\u00a0(that) you are a victim. If you want to kill the soldiers of the government and then they retaliate.\u00a0Pero iyong nasa gitna<\/em>(But if you\u2019re in the middle), caught in the crossfire,\u00a0iyon ang magiging biktima mo<\/em>\u00a0(they\u2019re the real victims),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Panelo, meanwhile, refrained from reacting to the OSG statement that the claims of martial law victims remain a \u201cpersonal liability of the Marcoses.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI do not know exactly the grounds for the opposition of this Solicitor General (Jose Calida). I have to know that before I can make a proper intelligent response,\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

Earlier, a US court ordered the distribution of USD13.75 million (some PHP715 million) from ill-gotten wealth assets of the Marcoses to thousands of martial law victims.<\/p>\n

The OSG, which is trying to block the distribution of the compensation, criticized the deal for giving criminal immunity to Vilma Bautista, an aide of former First Lady Imelda Marcos who seized the paintings that the settlement is sourced from.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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