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CEBU CITY, Philippines - The ?slow? progress of court proceedings on a writ of amparo filed by Negros Oriental families against the Philippine Army?s 61st Infantry Batallion (61st IB) is draining the families? resources.
Carmen Arante, who has demanded that the 61st IB produce her husband Flaviano Arante, said she has left a lot of work unfinished just to attend the hearings in Cebu.
The trips between provinces, as well as her inability to tend to the family farm, are straining her finances, she said after a hearing on Tuesday.
Arante has accused the 61st IB of abducting her husband Flaviano, 54, last January, just a few days after Reynon Yanoc, 18, also disappeared allegedly at the hands of the 61st IB.
The Arante and Yanoc families sought the Court of Appeals? (CA) intervention to issue a writ of amparo to order the army to release both men.
Arante said members of the 61st IB went to their house in January to bring in Flaviano for questioning, promising to return him in two days.
He has not returned since, Arante said. /Correspondent Carine M. Asutilla
