Liza Maza is a Filipino

Philippines

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 activist and development worker. She represents the Gabriela Women's Party in the 13th Congress of the Philippines

13th Congress of the Philippines

The Thirteenth Congress of the Philippines was the meeting of the national legislature of the Republic of the Philippines, composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives...

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On August 21, 2008, the Guimba, Nueva Ecija

Nueva Ecija

Nueva Ecija is a landlocked province of the Philippines located in the Central Luzon region. Its capital is Palayan City...

 RTC Judge Napoleon Sta. Romana in a 12-page order, dismissed kidnapping

Kidnapping

In criminal law, kidnapping is the taking away or transportation of a person against that person's will, usually to hold the person in false imprisonment, a confinement without legal authority...

 with murder

Murder

Murder is the unlawful killing, with malice aforethought, of another human being, and generally this state of mind distinguishes murder from other forms of unlawful homicide...

 charges against Rep. Satur Ocampo

Satur Ocampo

Saturnino Cunanan Ocampo is a former Filipino partylist representative, journalist, and writer. As party president and first nominee, he led the partylist group Bayan Muna in three successful elections. He was a member of the House of Representatives, and Deputy Minority Leader in the 14th...

 and 3 other party-list lawmakers Reps. Teodoro Casino

Teodoro Casiño

Teodoro A. Casiño is a Filipino partylist representative, writer and journalist. He is a member of the House of Representatives for Bayan Muna in the 14th Congress of the Philippines.-Early Biography:...

, Liza Maza and Rafael V. Mariano

Rafael V. Mariano

Rafael V. Mariano is a Filipino politician and farmer. He is a member of the House of Representatives for Anakpawis in the 13th Congress of the Philippines.-External links:* *...

 of BAYAN

BAYAN

Bagong Alyansang Makabayan or Bayan is a leftist political coalition in the Philippines. Bayan is associated with political parties Alliance of Concerned Teachers, Anakpawis, Bayan Muna, Gabriela Women's party, and Kabataan...

. The cases originated from the alleged "salvage" (summary execution

Summary execution

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) of 3 rebel returnees Danilo Felipe in Guimba in 2001, Jimmy Peralta in 2003 and Carlito Bayudan in 2004. But the court found probable cause and issued warrants for the arrest of 14 other co-accused.