November, 2008

"Mrs. Arroyo was given another license to continue killing, abducting, torturing and illegally imprisoning her critics and innocent civilians and to plunder the Filipino people's resources," Rep. Luz Ilagan of the Gabriela Women's Party lamented after the latest impeachment complaint she endorsed was "killed".  read more »

While Malacañang claimed feat over its maneuver to shut the impeachment today, Gabriela Women’s Party Representative Liza Maza strongly believes that “the junking of the impeachment complaint by the House Committee on Justice has brazenly robbed the Filipino people of the right to every democratic process left to make President Arroyo accountable to all the serious charges against her.”  read more »

With women all over the world, Gabriela Women's Party, the sole political party of women with representatives in the 14th Congress of the Philippine House of Representatives, commemorates the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, bringing to the fore our outrage against the intensifying violence, repression and political persecution that Arroyo regime has unleashed against women activists and women human rights defenders all over the country.  read more »

Gabriela Women's Party Representative Liza Maza today said moves toamend the Constitution being pursued in the Lower House reek of evilmotives and should immediately be blocked.  read more »

Being the mastermind of human rights violations including extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances and political imprisonment in Mindanao, and abusing her position as Commander-in-Chief of the Philippine Army for the commitment of these crimes, are more than sufficient grounds for the impeachment of Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.  read more »

With the resumption of the impeachment hearings today, Gabriela Women's Party Representative Liza Largoza Maza discussed the issue of bribery of members of the House of Representatives and local officials in Malacañang last year before the House Justice Committee.  read more »

The Gabriela Women’s Party Representative Liza Largoza Maza today asserted that the hearings conducted by the House Committee on Justice should finally provide the venue for all the serious charges outlined in the 93-page complaint to be heard. The House Justice Committee holds responsible in hearing out the cases namely President Arroyo’s betrayal of public trust, culpable violation of the Constitution, bribery, graft and corruption and other high crimes.  read more »

Militant women's partylist group Gabriela has vowed to defend itself against escalating state-instigated attacks and political persecution on progressive partylist groups and militant organizations nationwide.  read more »

Gabriela Women’s Party Rep. Liza Maza today acknowledged the determination of the American people in their struggle for change with the historic election of Barrack Obama as the first black US president. “Like the Filipino people, they have been the ones suffering from Bush administration’s bent policies that plunged them into this financial meltdown. They have endured the brunt of the militarist Bush regime that led them into wars of aggression under the pretext of its so called global campaign against terrorism.”  read more »