施逸翔譯（Solidarity with People's Power，http://blog.webs-tv.net/riverain）
儘管菲律賓總統已成立Melo Commission，但我們仍無比關心菲律賓積極行動者們遭政治謀殺的情形越來越嚴重。因此，我們高度質疑，是否菲律賓政府真有誠意採取一切措施來終止上述的謀殺以及其他重大的侵犯人權情事。我們憂心忡忡並提出這個問題，尤其今日（9月21日）正值菲律賓宣佈戒嚴的週年。
甚至，近日菲律賓的政府官員所做的聲明報告、證言以及對策，都因為說得很保留而令人不知所措。這樣的情形包括以下五點：
1. 菲律賓武裝部隊參謀長Hermogenes Esperon Jr.在Melo Commission前所提出的證言，污指兩位國會議員Satur Ocampo以及Teddy Casino都是國家的敵人，還說他們從來就沒有對巴巴蘭將軍所犯的侵犯人權事件，進行過任何的調查行動。
2. Melo Commission的偏袒之心路人盡知，他們首先邀請的竟然是被指控要為這些政治謀殺負起主要責任的菲律賓國家警察以及菲律賓武裝部隊，而不是先去找出那些受害者的家屬。
3. 國家安全顧問Norberto Gonzales所提出的聲明報告，完全在為總統艾若育（Gloria Macapagal Arroyo）開脫所有謀殺事件她所應負的責任，甚至那些受菲律賓政府邀請遠從歐洲前來針對這些可鄙行為進行調查的人，都還尚未踏足菲律賓的土壤。
4. 最近，也就是菲律賓宣佈戒嚴的週年紀念日前一週，議員Juan Ponce Enrile因決定性多數而被指派為參議院人權委員會的主席。然而，Enrile議員過去曾是戒嚴政權下的一位忠實捍衛者以及貫徹施行者。當時他身為前獨裁者馬可仕手下的國防部長。
5. 雖然已針對巴巴蘭將軍對他歸咎廣泛的謀殺推斷以及其他的人權侵犯事件，但仍有流產的企圖想要指派他到國家安全委員會去擔任職務。
因此，我們要求菲律賓政府應果決地並誠心誠意地採取措施來終止這些暗殺事件以及其他重大的人權侵犯事件。同時，政府必須成立一個真正獨立的調查團以昭公信，以便能獲得受害者、受害者家屬、以及公眾的信任。這樣的調查團也務必邀請聯合國人權委員會（UNHRC）以及其他可靠的國際組織，請他們來調查這些可鄙的行為。
否則，政府的所作所為只會讓世人親眼印證菲律賓所發生的慘絕人寰之事，其實都是官方的國家政策以及菲律賓行而不宣的再度戒嚴。
Letter of Concern on the Continued Political Killings
In the Philippines
We are greatly concerned with the unabated political killings of Filipino activists despite the creation of the Melo Commission by the Philippine President. We thus ask if the Philippine government is really sincere in putting a stop to said killings and other gross human rights violations. We make this concern and ask this question especially now as today is the anniversary of the declaration of martial law in the Philippines.
Even the very recent statements, testimonies and moves by officials of the Philippine government are disconcerting to say the least. This includes the following:
1. The testimonies made before the Melo Commission by Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief-of-Staff Hermogenes Esperon Jr. that Representatives Satur Ocampo and Teddy Casino are enemies of the state and that they had never conducted any investigation on the human rights violations committed by Maj. Gen. Jovito Palaparan,
2. The Melo Commission's penchant of inviting first the Philippine National Police and Armed Forces of the Philippines who are mainly pointed to as accountable for the political killings, instead of first seeking out the relatives of the victims.
3. The statement made by National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales exculpating the accountability of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's government in any of the killings even when those invited by the Philippine government from Europe to conduct a probe on these dastardly acts has not yet set foot on Philippine soil.
4. The recent appointment of Senator Juan Ponce Enrile by the ruling majority as the head of the Senate’s Human Rights Committee a week before the anniversary of the declaration of martial law in the Philippines. Senator Enrile was one of the staunchest defenders and implementers of the martial law regime when he acted as the Defense Secretary of the late dictator Marcos.
5. The aborted attempt to appoint Gen. Palparan to the National Security Council despite widespread allegations of killings and other human rights violations attributed to him.
We therefore demand that the Philippine government resolutely and sincerely put a stop to these killings and other gross human rights violations. At the same time, it must form a truly independent probe body that is acceptable to the victims, their families and the public. It should also invite the United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) and other credible international organizations to probe into these dastardly acts.
To do otherwise would only confirm to the eyes of the world and its own people that what is happening is official state policy and an undeclared martial law in the Philippines.