TABUK CITY, KALINGA – Detained Army Capt. Dante Langkit, 37, has declared his readiness to run for Congress in the coming elections either for the lone congressional seat of his native Kalinga province or through the party list system.
Langkit already took the first step by making sure that he is a registered voter of Taga, Pinukpuk, this province which was made possible when he was granted a three-day temporary freedom by jail authorities so he could travel home.
His twin brother Danzel, however, told the local media that there was no need for the captain to register because upon verification, his name still appears on the voters’ list of Precinct No. 78-A of Taga, Pinukpuk.
“His registration was not affected by his detention,” Danzel said.
Capt. Langkit who was accompanied by two jail guards and told to stick with the approved itinerary talked with the media here on May 12, the last day of his leave from jail, about his political plans.
He said that he is among the members of the Samahang Magdalo (SM), an organization headed by renegade soldiers Gen. Danilo Lim and Senator Antonio Trillanes IV and duly registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, being considered for nomination in the event that the SM will be accredited as a party list organization in time for the 2010 elections.
He said that the SM legal department is already working on the accreditation of the organization as a party list group by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) and that at the same time, the SM is in the process of strengthening its national organization through the enlistment of its sympathizers as members of the group.
“We are targeting three percent of the electorate of each congressional district,” Capt. Langkit said.
Gunning for the congressional seat of Kalinga is also an option, the army officer said.
Capt. Langkit rebutted what he branded as black propaganda leveled against the SM.
He said that it is not true that the group is left-leaning and is allied with subversive groups claiming there is nothing in the code of conduct of the SM which is anti-government.
“We advocate love of God, country, family, our people and the environment. We are also averse to bribery and the selling of votes. The SM is a dagger in the heart of the people who do not believe in our advocacies,” Capt. Langkit said.
Capt. Langkit also laughed at the allegations that the SM has lots of funds.
“Our coordinators ride motorcycles. As for us, we are just hitching rides,” Capt. Langkit said.
He told the local media that when his twin brother Danzel made a run for Congress in the last elections, he campaigned on a shoestring budget but still managed to garner 11,300 votes.
A member of Philippine Military Academy Class 1995, Capt. Langkit was nabbed in April 2006 for alleged involvement in the alleged coup plot against President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo two months earlier and has been in detention since then. He is being tried by a court martial.
Danzel said that the charges against his brother remain unproven and that there appears to be an effort to delay the court proceedings and deny him justice.
“It is inspiring our sympathizers who want to know the truth,” Danzel said. **By Estanislao Albano, Jr., ZZW
Langkit already took the first step by making sure that he is a registered voter of Taga, Pinukpuk, this province which was made possible when he was granted a three-day temporary freedom by jail authorities so he could travel home.
His twin brother Danzel, however, told the local media that there was no need for the captain to register because upon verification, his name still appears on the voters’ list of Precinct No. 78-A of Taga, Pinukpuk.
“His registration was not affected by his detention,” Danzel said.
Capt. Langkit who was accompanied by two jail guards and told to stick with the approved itinerary talked with the media here on May 12, the last day of his leave from jail, about his political plans.
He said that he is among the members of the Samahang Magdalo (SM), an organization headed by renegade soldiers Gen. Danilo Lim and Senator Antonio Trillanes IV and duly registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, being considered for nomination in the event that the SM will be accredited as a party list organization in time for the 2010 elections.
He said that the SM legal department is already working on the accreditation of the organization as a party list group by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) and that at the same time, the SM is in the process of strengthening its national organization through the enlistment of its sympathizers as members of the group.
“We are targeting three percent of the electorate of each congressional district,” Capt. Langkit said.
Gunning for the congressional seat of Kalinga is also an option, the army officer said.
Capt. Langkit rebutted what he branded as black propaganda leveled against the SM.
He said that it is not true that the group is left-leaning and is allied with subversive groups claiming there is nothing in the code of conduct of the SM which is anti-government.
“We advocate love of God, country, family, our people and the environment. We are also averse to bribery and the selling of votes. The SM is a dagger in the heart of the people who do not believe in our advocacies,” Capt. Langkit said.
Capt. Langkit also laughed at the allegations that the SM has lots of funds.
“Our coordinators ride motorcycles. As for us, we are just hitching rides,” Capt. Langkit said.
He told the local media that when his twin brother Danzel made a run for Congress in the last elections, he campaigned on a shoestring budget but still managed to garner 11,300 votes.
A member of Philippine Military Academy Class 1995, Capt. Langkit was nabbed in April 2006 for alleged involvement in the alleged coup plot against President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo two months earlier and has been in detention since then. He is being tried by a court martial.
Danzel said that the charges against his brother remain unproven and that there appears to be an effort to delay the court proceedings and deny him justice.
“It is inspiring our sympathizers who want to know the truth,” Danzel said. **By Estanislao Albano, Jr., ZZW
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