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Militant group dared PGMA: Condemn Israel attack on Lebanon
Palace gambling Filipinos’ lives in Lebanon, says Pamalakaya

The militant fisherfolk group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) on Sunday said the administration of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is gambling the lives of 34,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Israel by refusing to condemn the latter’s attack on Lebanon and for playing deaf on the UN call for a three-day ceasefire in the war-stricken Middle East country.

“ Aside from the issue of missing Owwa funds, President Arroyo has not taken bolder step to call on the Israeli government to stop its senseless and unjust war against the Lebanese people. We challenge Mrs. Arroyo and Malacañang to condemn the brutal attack of the Israeli government and support the UN demand for a 72-hour truce to allow the safe return and repatriation of over 30,000 Filipino workers in Lebanon,” Pamalakaya national chair Fernando Hicap said in a press statement.

Hicap said President Arroyo should support the United Nations (UN) call for three-day ceasefire in Lebanon to allow food and medicine to reach thousands of civilians trapped in Southern Lebanon after 18 days of war and pave way for the return of 34,000 Filipino compatriots in the war-torn Middle East country.

“ It seems to us that President Arroyo is afraid of the United States government, the principal backer of Israel in its stupid war against Lebanon. This is the real score and Malacañang cannot deny this obvious political reason to high heavens,” the militant leader added.

“If justice and peace and the safety of 30,000 Filipinos are the real concerns of President Arroyo, then she would not hesitate and would not entertain second thoughts of supporting the UN call for a 72-hour truce to prevent further damage and allow relief operations to come in to the war-ravaged Lebanon,” Hicap said.

But President Arroyo, Pamalakaya asserted, does not want to irritate the US government, which is supportive of the ongoing conflict between Israel, the United States principal ally and no.1 goon in the Middle East and Lebanon.

“ This kind of absurd and stupid political attitude and position will continue to place our OFWs in Lebanon as perennial collateral damage. President Arroyo and her officials should now act according to the sense of 34,000 OFWs and not on the US-Israel syndicated war against Lebanon,” the militant group added.

Pamalakaya likewise urged the Senate leadership under Senate President Manuel Villar to immediately tackle and approve Senate Resolution No.512 filed by opposition Sen. Aquilino Pimentel Jr. that sought to express the August chamber support for UN Secretary General Kofi Annan’s appeal for an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon.

“We urge the Senate leadership to immediately tackle and approve the resolution to add our voice to the growing voice of the global people opposing the US-backed military attack of Israel armed bullies in Lebanon,” the group added.

However, the resolution was blocked by Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile arguing that the resolution should be first discussed at a hearing of the appropriate Senate committee since the country has an alliance with the United States, which is supportive of Israel’s military action against Lebanon over the past 18 days. #

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