SMITH IN 2006, JALOSJOS IN 2007: PARDON FOR RAPISTS, MALACANANG’S POLITICAL BARGAINING CHIP

“The leniency with which the Arroyo government treats rapist has practically transformed the government into a coddler of rapists ready to defy the rule of law to please its close political friends and allies.”
 
 
This was the statement issued by Gabriela Womens Party Representative Liza Largoza Maza accusing Malacanang of [...]

FILMAKERS CRY POLITICAL REPRESSION GABRIELA SEEKS INQUIRY ON X-RATED POLITICAL FILMS

Gabriela Women’s Party Representatives Liza Largoza Maza and Luz Ilagan led the filing of a resolution seeking to look into the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board’s “X” classification of at least three productions: “Rights”, “Mendiola” and “A Day in the Life of Gloria”.
 
“The MTRCB, in rating these movies as “X” has proven itself [...]

THOROUGH IMPARTIAL PROBE– THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS JUSTICE FOR BATASAN BLAST VICTIMS

Privileged Speech of
Gabriela Women’s Party Rep. Luz C. Ilagan
 
December 11, 2007
 
 
Mr. Speaker, I rise today on a matter of personal and collective privilege regarding the Batasan Blast, last November 13, 2007.
 
That fateful day will be forever etched in my mind.
 
Session had adjourned at 8:00 in the evening and those who had stayed on [...]

BILL TO HOLD PALPARAN, COMMANDING OFFICERS LIABLE FOR KILLINGS, ABDUCTIONS FILED

Women’s partylist group GABRIELA joined Bayan Muna and Anakpawis in filing a bill that seeks to hold military and police superiors accountable for crimes and human rights violations committed by their subordinates.
GABRIELA Women’s Party Representative Liza Largoza Maza said, “we are filing HB 3259 or the Command Responsibility Bill, as we commemorate Human Rights Day [...]

MAZA: STOP USING MYRNA BUENDIA TO FUEL LEFT-RIGHT CONSPIRACY THEORY ON MANILA PENINSULA INCIDENT

“It is utterly malicious and chauvinist for the Philippine National Police to keep Myrna Buendia— a woman in her sixties and suffering from various illnesses—in their custody and use her as a pawn just so they can concoct their bankrupt left-right conspiracy theory on the Manila Peninsula incident. Again, we bear witness to these cheap [...]

PNP FINDINGS QUESTIONABLE–ILAGAN

“Since day one and yesterday’s presentation of the findings of the Philippine National Police investigation, the story and theory is one and the same – that the Batasan bombing’s target is Rep. Wahab Akbar. The investigation also disregarded other possible angles that can determine the real motive of this act. The results are half-baked and [...]