FORT MAGSAYSAY, Palayan City, Nueva Ecija, September 21, 2012-Coinciding with the 40thanniversary of the declaration of Martial Law, President Benigno Aquino III will lead today the inauguration of Aquino-Diokno Memorial and new Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Center for Human Rights Dialogue inside Fort Magsasay in Nueva Ecija.
The memorial recreates the 1973 detention facility of former Senators Benigno Aquino Jr. (Codenamed: Alpha) and Jose Diokno (Codenamed: Delta) inside the camp and honors the ideals these statesmen personified.
Moreover, AFP’s Center for Human Rights Dialogue will serve as an avenue for regular interaction between military personnel and the community in national pursuit for peace and development.
The establishment of the center demonstrates AFP’s seriousness in embracing principles of human rights.
Both structures underscore the transformation of AFP as one of the concrete gains from the 1986 EDSA people revolution that ousted a dictator. (Carlo Lorenzo J. Datu)
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