PostHeaderIcon Transport strike and wounding of transport leader in Albay



The militant group "Pinag-isang Samahan ng mga Drayber at Transport Operator Nationwide" (PISTON) had been fighting the astronomical rise of prices of fuel. In the wake of this, Joel Ascutia, leader of a transport group in Albay, Bicol was seriously wounded by gunshot fired by unknown men last Monday. Nationwide protests were simultaneously held by transport workers and members of various organizations in the country including key locations in MetroManila.

“Supt. Antonio J. Freyra, Daraga police chief, said Joel Ascutia, Bicol regional president of Condor (Concerned Drivers and Operators for Reform), was in a jeepney parked in front of a gasoline station on Rizal Street when the unidentified assailants fired at him. He underwent an operation at a hospital to remove bullets in his abdomen and was declared in stable condition.”---Inquirer (07/14/09, Nasol, RM et al )

Condor-Piston leaders in Bicol held a protest rally on the spot where Ascutia was shot. According to Tessa Lopez of Bayan-Albay, the strike which also dramatized complaints against high penalties for road violations, was successful in most parts of Bicol, temporarily paralyzing traffic and movement of the people. The drivers group based in Naga City, however, did not participate in the mass action. (Photo Credit: Sfynnx) =0=

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