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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City
FIFTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session
RESOLUTION
STRONGLY CONDEMNING THE KILLING OF BAYAN MUNA OFFICER
AND MUNICIPAL COUNCILOR FERNANDO BALDOMERO ON JULY 5, 2010
IN KALIBO, AKLAN, THE FIRST ACTIVIST SLAIN UNDER THE NEWLY-
INSTALLED AQUINO GOVERNMENT
WHEREAS, at around 6:30 a.m. on July 5, 2010, two unidentified men riding tandem on a
motorcycle shot at Fernando Baldomero, two-term municipal councilor in Lezo, Aklan and
Bayan Muna provincial chairperson, hitting the victim on the neck and head, killing him
instantly;
WHEREAS, 61-year old Baldomero was outside his house at that time, donning a helmet
and getting ready to ride his motorcycle and drive his 12-year-old son to school when the
incident happened;
WHEREAS, witnesses say Baldomero, upon seeing his assailants covered his son to protect
him. Baldomero sustained three gunshot wounds, one on the neck and two on the head. He
was brought to the Kalibo Provincial Hospital but was declared dead on arrival. His son Karl
Philip was severely traumatized;
WHEREAS, on March 19, Baldomero’s life was also threatened when two-motorcycle-
riding men threw grenades at his house. One of the grenades exploded in the kitchen while
the other one fell but did not explode in the living room where Baldomero’s 92-year old
father was;
WHEREAS, Baldomero is the first activist killed under the administration of newly-
installed Pres. Benigno Simeon Aquino III. He is also the 145th Bayan Muna member killed
since 2001;
WHEREAS, Baldomero’s death proves that extrajudicial killings continue with impunity
even after the end of the Macapagal-Arroyo government;
WHEREAS, since 2001, there have been 1,205 documented victims of extrajudicial killings
and 206 documented victims of enforced disappearances. The numbers will likely increase
under the new government unless serious measures are undertaken;
WHEREAS, all branches of government have to condemn such killings in order to send
the message that such atrocities will not be tolerated and that justice will have to be seriously
pursued;
Adopted,