Another case of forced disappearance

It has been more than six months since military operatives of the Arroyo regime brazenly abducted Comrade Leo Velasco in Cagayan de Oro City. In full view of the public, he was forced into a van by military men who introduced themselves as security forces and threatened others against intervening.

Ka Leo is a leading member of the Central Committee and an officer of the Executive Committee of the Communist Party of the Philippines Central Committee. He is also a consultant of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) in peace talks with the Government of the Republic of the Philippines. Military officials have admitted that it has long had standing orders to capture and kill Ka Leo.

The CPP and the entire revolutionary movement vigorously condemn Ka Leo's cowardly abduction, the unbridled violation of his rights and the reactionary government and military's continued refusal to surface him. Fascist violence is rampant under the Arroyo regime against anyone who consistently resists the rotten and reactionary government, state and social system.