Ang uban nagsul-ob og uniform samtang ang uban nagsul-ob lang og sapot sama sa yanong sibilyan.
“This is a clear act of harassment intended to send a chilling message to the trade union movement and specifically to cow TUCP in its advocacy and union organizing work in both the private and public sectors,” sigon ni TUCP President Raymond C. Mendoza.
Gisaway ni Mendoza ang mga polis nga nagsakay og CIDG vehicle kinsa way pananghid nga nisulod sa TUCP Compound.
Ang mga polis giingong arogante kaayong mikuha’g hulagway sa attendance list ug nang-interrogate sa staff.
“Without permission or even a courtesy request, the policemen, using the CIDG blue-and-white sedan vehicle with plate number SKM 714 from QC-76, entered the TUCP compound and arrogantly roamed inside our private premises, took photos of the daily attendance list, and interrogated our staff without a search warrant,”matod sa TUCP Representative.
Gipahinumdoman ni Mendoza ang mga polis nga mosubay kanunay sa rule of law.
Ang TUCP, dugang ni Mendoza, dili motugot sa pangabuso sa kapolisan.
“We remind all – specially the PNP and the CIDG – to adhere and strictly observe the rule-of-law. The TUCP will not countenance or tolerate any legal short-cuts, specially by our supposed law enforcers. Further, this is the fifth time that an unwarranted police intrusion has occurred within our Quezon City premises, and it has also occurred in offices and buildings of our affiliates in Mindanao. We feel that the pattern to scare off legitimate labor groups is patently clear. What they are doing to TUCP is deeply alarming in this time of profiling and ideological-tagging of labor groups,” pasabot ni Mendoza.
Wa gyod gani mopasabot ang mga polis unsay ilang tuyo sa pagsulod sa compound.
“The police entered without the courtesy of a request or approaching any responsible officer of the union in the Compound to explain their purpose and in contravention of an existing protocol on rules of engagement between the PNP and trade unions,” matod ni Mendoza.
Ang TUCP mao ang labing dako nga trade union center sa nasod, ug affiliate sa Brussels-based International Trade Union Congress (ITUC), nga anaa gyud sa forefront sa pagdepensa sa katungod ug kaayuhan sa mga trabahante.
Ang staff sa TUCP giingong gipangutana sa mga polis sa ilang mga personal details ug gipangayo pa ang address sa mga dagkong opisyal aa TUCP.
Nakakuha og hulagway ang TUCP sa Criminal Investigation Detection Group blue-and-white sedan vehicle nga gi-park sa gawas sa TUCP Compound sa Masaya St. side, ug duna kini plate number SKM 714, ug may side marker QC-76.
Klaro nga usa kini ka matang sa pagpanghudlat, sigon ni Mendoza.
“These acts of intimidation did not happen only today. There have been 5 occasions that police in uniform and civilian clothes intruded into TUCP offices to check on TUCP staff and visitors, surveil on union activities, and take photos, also, this has happened in our branch offices in Mindanao,” pagtataw ni Mendoza.
Dugang sa TUCP President ug TUCP Partylist Representative nga ang police intrusion TUCP compound usa gyod ka direct assault sa Constitutional rights sa mga trabahante ug kalapasan sa ILO Conventions 87 ug 98, diin gi-ratify kini sa Philippine Government, pasabot nga obligado ang nasod sa pagtuman.
