Maza Hits Military Harassment Against Artists and Academicians

“The repressive arm of the Arroyo administration seems to expand its targets of surveillance not only to organizers and leaders of partylist groups, church people, and journalists but now it also includes artists and members of the academe.”

This is the statement of Rep. Liza Maza of Gabriela Women’s Party today as another case of military harassment has been confirmed by writer and University of the Philippines professor Jun Cruz Reyes after National Artist Bienvenido Lumbera exposed the same harassment earlier.

“What warrants the brazenness of the military in conducting these activities? Maza said.

“The government agents are apparently attacking and violating the constitutional rights of Reyes and Lumbrera and we cannot allow them to continue this harassment,” Maza said.

Maza stressed that the military should stop conducting all these military surveillance and should respect the rights of civilians.