LIFE IS TOO SHORT AND UNFAIR FOR RICKY ROMAN

Ricky Roman was only 15 years old and was a 3rd year high school student, too young to die at this stage of life as he is just starting to explore the world. Life had been unfair for him since he was not given a chance to live a full life because it was ended tragically by members of the BHB Celso Minguez Command Sorsogon based on their own admission via official press release.

The young boy is allegedly involved in snatching and robbery. His father is a member of a progressive group called BAYAN. Based from said press release, Roman had been used as a military asset which made him a target of the local NPA command group.

The ones who carried out the killing did not even blinked when they pulled the trigger and unceremoniously took the life of Roman mainly because they could not believe that the has finally turned his back on his comrades. Using the asset allegation to justify their atrocity against Ricky, they left him for dead in a narrow street in Sorsogon, like merciless butchers in slaughter houses.

If these rebels can take the life of a minor like Ricky Roman then it is safe to say that NPA rebels give no value to the gift of life God has given every man and that their stand as human rights protectors which often see in video uploading websites such as the youtube after every successful operation they conduct are only a ruse when they are in fact killers in every sense of the world. They have no conscience after all.

Another point to ponder is the surprising decision of the Roman family to keep mum on the death of their son. Why are they not seeking justice? Is Ricky not important to them? Where is KARAPATAN who is always ready to render its service to so-called victims of human rights violations? Are they threatened of the BHB Celso Minguez Command Sorsogon who claimed the crime? Their silence on Ricky’s death can already be considered as a proof that the military is right all along in saying that KARAPATAN is really allied – even a front – of the CPP and the NPA.

It is important for the government to look into the killing of Ricky Roman and capture his assailant despite the decision of his family to cower in fear and let Ricky’s fate be left unanswered.