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Viewing cable 07MANILA2349, NEW STEPS AGAINST UNLAWFUL KILLINGS

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07MANILA2349 2007-07-12 02:27 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Manila
VZCZCXRO0089
OO RUEHCHI RUEHDT RUEHHM
DE RUEHML #2349/01 1930227
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 120227Z JUL 07
FM AMEMBASSY MANILA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 7381
INFO RUEHZS/ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS IMMEDIATE
RHHMUNA/CDRUSPACOM HONOLULU HI IMMEDIATE
RUEAWJB/DEPT OF JUSTICE WASHINGTON DC IMMEDIATE
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 MANILA 002349 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PHUM PGOV KCRM RP
SUBJECT: NEW STEPS AGAINST UNLAWFUL KILLINGS 
 
REF: A. MANILA 2262 
     B. MANILA 1704 
     C. MANILA 1702 
 
1.  (U)  Malacanang Palace announced on July 11 that 
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo had on July 3 signed a new 
Administrative Order (No. 181) -- effective immediately -- 
that mandates "cooperation and coordination" between 
prosecutors and police from the outset of a political or 
media killing "until the termination of cases in court."  She 
directed the National Prosecution Service of the Department 
of Justice, the Philippine National Police, and the National 
Bureau of Investigation to work closely together, to consult 
at all stages, and to gather additional evidence as required 
for successful prosecutions.  The A.O. directs the National 
Prosecution Service moreover to assign a public prosecutor to 
assist the police and NBI in the preparation of each case, 
while specifying that a separate and different prosecutor 
will handle the case in the actual criminal proceedings. 
 
2.  (SBU)  According to Executive Director Cecilia Quisumbing 
of the Presidential Human Rights Commission (PHRC), the DOJ 
had initially raised concerns that involvement by prosecutors 
during the preliminary phases of a case could violate rules 
of court.  In inter-agency meetings over the past several 
months, participants worked out this compromise to have a 
two-tiered structure of prosecutors to address this issue. 
However, participants remain concerned that a nationwide lack 
of prosecutors (ref a) will make full and effective 
implementation of these provisions difficult.  The success of 
a USG-funded seminar on police/prosecutor cooperation (ref b) 
in May nonetheless had encouraged police and prosecutors on 
the utility of such an approach -- building not so much on a 
U.S. model as on current practices in Zamboanga City -- and 
helped to lead to the ultimate compromise, officials 
confirmed.  Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita commented 
publicly that the new A.O. is the "latest innovation in the 
government's drive to resolve human rights violations with 
due process," while Presidential Chief Legal Counsel Serge 
Apostol noted that the inter-agency group had worked hard to 
make sure there would be "no legal or practical impediments 
to implementing the order." 
 
3.  (U)  In remarks at the conclusion of a three-day Mindanao 
Peace and Security Summit, President Arroyo vowed that the 
Philippines was "entering a new era of civil and human 
rights."  She pledged that "even one death is one death too 
many for the people who are fighting to be a part of our 
democratic society" and that "no one is above the law."  She 
specified that "if you are armed and kill innocent civilians, 
you will be tracked down and prosecuted.  If you are a 
communist terrorist, we will stop you.  If you are a 
religious terrorist, we will stop you.  If you are a rogue 
element of our own police or military, we will stop you." 
She commented, however, that "ninety-nine percent" of the 
military and police were "hard-working and patriotic men and 
women (who) love this nation and abide by the rule of law." 
She promised that her Administration would introduce in the 
new Congress (beginning on July 23) "sweeping legislation 
that will transform our nation's response to political 
violence...(to) guarantee swift justice...strengthen the 
rights of victims...(and) impose tougher penalties for human 
rights violators for anyone committing a crime with a 
firearm."  She reassured the public that the government would 
at the same time fully "protect the political rights of any 
person who wishes to participate in our democracy, however we 
might disagree on philosophy and approach."   Separately 
commenting on the soon-to-be-implemented Human Security Act, 
Malacanang Spokesman Ignacio Bunye promised that the law 
would "not be used against members of the opposition and 
civil society who air their views in the spirit of democracy." 
 
4.  (SBU)  Comment:  Members of the Mission's Law Enforcement 
Working Group had worked closely with the Administration for 
more than one year to encourage the drafting and eventual 
adoption of this A.O., in addition to organizing the 
INL-funded seminar in May on practical approaches to such 
cooperation.  The LEWG will continue to seek additional ways 
in which the USG can be helpful in encouraging the 
police/prosecutor exchanges in order to ensure more 
successful prosecutions of political killings, with an eye on 
eventually expanding its application to more successful 
prosecutions of other crimes, including terrorism, 
trafficking in persons, narcotics production and smuggling, 
and intellectual property rights violations. 
 
Visit Embassy Manila's Classified SIPRNET website: 
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eap/manila/index. cfm 
 
You can also access this site through the State Department's 
 
MANILA 00002349  002 OF 002 
 
 
Classified SIPRNET website: 
http://www.state.sgov.gov/ 
 
KENNEY