A fugitive Filipino politician accused of mass murder has penned an open letter addressing Pope Francis, the United Nations and rights groups including Amnesty International, alleging “political persecution” and sparking an uproar in the Catholic-majority nation.
“You all know the reality in the Philippines. Please do not send me there. I don’t want to be killed. Please save my life,” the letter reads. Taves is accused of being the mastermind behind the killing of his political rival and sitting governor of Negros Oriental province, Roel Degamo, and nine others in Pamplona town of the centralTaves reportedly fled the country before the killing and was traced and arrested in Timor-Leste on March 21 this year. Following the killing, Taves was stripped of his membership in the parliament.
On June 12, Mayor Janice Degamo of Pamplona, the widow of the slain governor, termed the recent actions of Taves as a “media stunt."
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