Filipino Culture | Jonas Burgos’ Blood Cries Out for Justice
Jonas Burgos is an activist and a leader of a peasant group in Bulacan. He was forcibly taken by armed men four years ago and has since been missing.
What struck me hard is the incapability of our judicial system to prosecute, let alone question, the man who is believed to be the mastermind behind the abduction - Army Major Harry Baliaga Jr.
Sadly, justice is not blind in our country. The rich, powerful, and influential get away from all their wrongdoings and the poor remains oppressed and abused.