JUSTICE FOR RANDALL ECHANIS!
By Kat Ulrike
At first, this note strongly condemns the the cold blooded murder of Land Reform and Social Justice advocate Randall Echanis.
Known by the order for his principles, Echanis, 72 years of age, was killed by armed men in his rented home in Novaliches, Quezon City.
This brutal act is seemingly a vicious attack against critics of the regime. That even in this time of pandemic this kind of act would say that the order has undoubtedly did its handiwork especially after Duterte publicly ordered state forces to hunt down consultants of the National Democratic Front after he terminated peace negotiations last 2017.
For sure the order would either assert their "innocence" if not accusing the revolutionary movement; but this extrajudicial act brought against Echanis shows how the order, with or without this COVID19 pandemic, has trying to consolidate its tendency to rule under tyranny- by including the most treacherous of acts in terrorising the people.
And in response to this act, this note calls for a condemnation against those behind this treacherous murder. Regardless of their denials, those who concerned must demand that these attack dogs be made to pay for this gruesome crime against those who assert for national and social justice.
At the same time, this note extends sympathies to the family, friends, and colleagues-in-struggle. For having devoted his life to his principles, Randall Echanis is indeed a stalwart of the cause of the working masses, an advocate of land reform and national industrialisation, and a promoter of a just and lasting peace.