THE Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) in a statement on Saturday slammed the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for its call on the United Nations (UN) to delist disappearance cases filed before that body. “The AFP is shameless for wanting to revise historical records that trace the bloody trail of military abuses,” the CPP said in its statement. “The part played by military officials and soldiers in hundreds of abductions since the 1970s is indubitable. In fact, Gen. Jovito Palparan was convicted a few months ago for the abduction, illegal detention, torture and disappearance of activists Karen Empeño and Sherlyn Cadapan in 2006.” The government has asked the UN Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances to delist 625 cases from 1975 to 2012. — Vince Angelo C. Ferreras

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