<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Dear partners, networks, friends, </span><br></font></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div style="font-size:small"><font color="#000000"><font face="arial, sans-serif">We still welcome support from organizations and individuals until tomorrow, 10June at 10AM </font><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">(GMT </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">+8). </span></font></div><div style="font-size:small"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Here is the </span><b style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">link of the document. Please <i>input</i> your name/organization by the end of the statement (click the link):</b> </font></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lh1xCBOGtRKHj-LU9igBNmxArYMrXrdmWTWsNk4Qj-A/edit" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lh1xCBOGtRKHj-LU9igBNmxArYMrXrdmWTWsNk4Qj-A/edit</a><br clear="all"></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><font color="#000000">In solidarity, <br></font></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><font color="#000000">Angging</font></div><div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><b style="color:rgb(61,133,198);font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:x-small">Ananeza Aban, MCD</b><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" size="1" color="#3d85c6">Senior Research Associate</font></div><div><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" size="1" color="#3d85c6">Program on Alternative Development (AltDev)</font></div><div><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" size="1" color="#3d85c6">University of the Philippines | Center for Integrative and Development Studies</font></div><div><div><i style="color:rgb(61,133,198);font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:x-small">Ang Bahay ng Alumni, Lower Ground Floor </i><br></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="1" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#3d85c6"><i>Magsaysay Ave., UP Diliman, Q.C. 1101 Philippines</i></font></div><div><font size="1" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#3d85c6"><i>Tel. nos.: 981-8500 loc. 4266-4267 & 435-9283</i></font></div><div><font size="1" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#3d85c6"><i>Tel. fax: 981-8500 loc. 4268 & 426-0955</i></font></div><div><font size="1" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><i><font color="#3d85c6">Website: <a href="http://cids.up.edu.ph" target="_blank">cids.up.edu.ph</a></font><br></i></font></div><div><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#3d85c6"><span style="font-size:x-small"><i>Facebook page: <a rel="nofollow">www.facebook.com/upcids<br></a></i></span></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><i style="color:rgb(61,133,198);font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:x-small"><br></i></div><div><i style="color:rgb(61,133,198);font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:x-small"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1azvK6KrC8XVYsd5zH-_10nxw9G_kEWgF&revid=0Bw66mHfdRex7bmJnanNqZmpxditqOHNWT1pObUxkY1N2L1RJPQ" width="96" height="95"></i></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><div dir="ltr"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#3d85c6"><span style="font-size:x-small"><i></i></span></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 10:33 AM Angging Aban <<a href="mailto:azenana@gmail.com" target="_blank">azenana@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Dear colleagues, partners, friends, </div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">We urgently need your support on this statement we are circulating in solidarity with the Filipino people: </div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">The University of the
Philippines Program on Alternative Development (AltDev) condemns the passage of
the Anti-Terrorism Bill of 2020. Nothing but a weapon to silence criticism and
dissent toward the government, the proposed Bill is a threat to the fundamental
constitutional rights of the Filipino people. </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">The Bill grants
absolute power to the state and its repressive apparatuses such as the Armed
Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police to violate the
Philippine Constitution and human rights. It harbors a vague definition of
terrorism which permits the malicious tagging of activists, critics, and
organizations as affiliates of so-called terrorist groups. Furthermore,
the Bill undermines whatever “safeguard” it has by giving free rein to the
Anti-Terror Council (ATC) to determine what constitutes “a serious risk to
public safety” and the act to “incite others” to commit terrorism. This paves
the way for the warrantless arrest of members of civil society designated as
“terrorist.” This may paralyze the broad grassroots movements and alternative
practices engaged by communities and civil society organizations that counter
the state’s aggressive, profit-oriented vision of development. No one is safe.</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">We believe that it is
imperative that we put an end to terrorist activities. Our hearts and
sympathies go out to all of those who have been victimized by acts of lawless
violence. However, arming the government with punitive instruments and granting
them a wide latitude of discretion, which the proposed bill provides, is not
the answer. History will tell how current and past regimes have exhausted means
to amass political power through anti-people policies, as exemplified by the
late dictator Ferdinand Marcos who wore the same “anti-terrorism” veneer to
quell critics and dissenters. Suffice to say, the “Terror Bill” does not and
will not address the root causes of terrorism which is poverty and the
corruption of power.</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">As scholars and
activists, we cannot stand by as we lay witness to the passage of this bill,
especially under the current regime which has not been shy to use violence
against the weak, powerless and the poor. We believe that addressing terrorism
must not be addressed through punitive and draconian measures. Quelling
terroristic activities is built through a comprehensive approach towards
attaining peace, social justice, equity with the genuine participation of its
people. We do not need to further arm the coercive apparatuses of the state
which has operated with impunity and has grotesquely performed its duties with
abuses. In order to end terrorism, what our society needs are real
opportunities for its people, schools for its children, protection for peoples
across races, sexes, and genders, an end to discrimination and violence, and
genuine, open and transformative conversations in our pursuit of development.</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">To be free from
terrorism, the entire Philippine nation, and the rest of the world, must get
rid of poverty, marginalization and vulnerabilities. We need and demand for
socio-politico-economic transformation attuned to people’s aspirations and
voices, not another gauntlet to further strangle the Filipino peoples.</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">#JunkTerrorBillNow</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
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