TEMOGEN “Cocoy” Tulawie is charged of criminal case as a result of Bombing incident that took place at the provincial Capitol compound years ago, hitting former governor Abdusakur Tan’s car and wounding several security guards aboard the car. The case was formally filed in court by virtue of the witnesses who appeared openly and “Cocoy” was arrested in Davao City by government operatives after long months of hiding when the warrant of arrest was issued.
Both Parties- “Cocoy” and Sakur Tan have submitted their case to legal court battle; both also spoken that they will leave the case to court’s decisions but outside of the legal environment there are hard papers coming out from the camp of “Cocoy” hitting Sulu Vice Governor Tan making the story appears that the case is the consequence of the use of political power to abuse human rights of “Cocoy”.
There are people also outside of Sulu supporting these allegations of abuse of power by local politicians in Sulu that somehow deepen the rift between families/parties. The propaganda did help neither Cocoy nor Sakur and the people of Sulu are at the loosing ring on this expose’.
There seems to a one sided information that those people are receiving; whether the accusation and description of Sulu and Sakur Tan are true or not, those people must see to it that what they are supporting will not affect the legal prosecution that is in progress and will not jeopardize the image of Sulu and its governance. For the information of supporters of this propaganda, the civil society groups and Ulama groups in Sulu and Tausugs in Zamboanga are not blind and ignorant of Human Rights. They rightfully distinguish Human Rights case from Criminal Case.
We indict those who inflict the good refutation of Sulu and its Tausug people for just one personal case of conflict. We pray those people who Godly believe in Human Rights should be spared of being used and misled of the one sided stories that hurt the principle of Human Rights being used as a tool to destroy one’s reputation and morale.
PROFESSOR JOHN ASKALI
BASILAN PROVINCE
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