Nothing personal (Or why Akbayan’s Etta Rosales is not fit to be CHR Chair)
Nothing personal (Or why Akbayan’s Etta Rosales is not fit to be CHR Chair)
The controversy over the possible appointment of former Akbayan party list Representative Loretta Ann Rosales as Chair of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) merits closer scrutiny. Apart from the importance of appointing a new chairperson who can carry on the outstanding work left behind by Atty. Leila de Lima, it is as important to clarify certain human rights concepts and principles that the controversy has brought to the fore so that the CHR’s mandate is not undermined at the outset by distortions coupled with plain ignorance and muddle-headed thinking.
Ms. Rosales declares that the main reason for the opposition to her appointment by people’s organizations like the Kilusang Mayo Uno and human rights groups like Karapatan harkens back to her stand to fight for the “universality” of human rights. She said some groups get angry when she criticizes human rights violations allegedly committed by the communist New People’s Army (NPA).
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