The Supreme Court has issued a writ of amparo and a temporary protection order in favor of two pastors of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) and a former barangay captain.
In a 5-page order dated December 6, the High Court prohibited the respondents from going within a one-kilometer radius of Batangas UCCP pastors and couple Edwin Egar and Julieta Egar, former barangay captain Ronald Ramos, and their immediate families.due to alleged red-tagging by members of the Philippine Army.
Also named respondents were 59th Infantry Battalion commander Lieutenant Colonel Ernesto Teneza Jr., Sergeant Ronald Dalo, Sergeant John Granpil, Private First Class Borge Ebol, Roy Dela Peña, and Bong Samela, among others. The Supreme Court said that the return shall include the defense of the respondents to show that they did not violate or threaten with violation the petitioners’ right to life, liberty, and security.
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