Jovito Palparan served as a Congressman representing the Bantay party-list group in the 14th Congress of the Philippines.
20 Facts About Jovito Palparan
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Jovito Palparan earned the nickname "The Butcher" for his deadly campaign against communist rebels.
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On September 17,2018, Palparan was found guilty of kidnapping and serious illegal detention over the enforced disappearance of Sherlyn Cadapan and Karen Empeno in 2006, and was sentenced to 40 years imprisonment.
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Jovito Palparan earned a degree in business administration from the University of the East in Manila in 1971.
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Jovito Palparan later earned a master's degree in management from the Philippine Christian University in 1994, and a master's degree in national security administration from the National Defense College of the Philippines in 1999.
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Jovito Palparan was called to active duty in the Armed Forces of the Philippines in 1973.
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Jovito Palparan was almost dismissed from the service when he led 12 soldiers of 24IB known as Wildcats in the rescue of a fellow Wildcat who was attacked by Marine soldiers leading to one of the biggest mis-encounters among AFP units that took place in the Pier of Zamboanga City in August 1974.
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Jovito Palparan lost 13 soldiers and many others were wounded in a day long encounter.
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Jovito Palparan retired from his military career on September 11,2006, on his 56th birthday.
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Jovito Palparan was assigned in Mindoro and Romblon from May 2001 to April 2003 as commander of the 204th Brigade.
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From February to August 2005, Jovito Palparan was the Commanding General of the 8th Infantry Division in Eastern Visayas.
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From September 2005 until his retirement in September 2006, Jovito Palparan was the Commanding General of the 7th Infantry Division in Central Luzon.
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Jovito Palparan has been accused of having a role in extrajudicial abductions and killings of government critics during his military service.
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Jovito Palparan has denied any link to any such killings, and has been cleared of rights abuses by the military through an internal and informal investigation in which no records were kept.
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Jovito Palparan was commander of the Philippine Humanitarian Contingent in Iraq, a force of 51 troops deployed in Iraq from July 2003 to July 2004.
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Jovito Palparan ran as an independent candidate for the Senate of the Philippines in the 2016 Philippine Senate election, sending his son, JC Palparan, to file his certificate for candidacy.
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Jovito Palparan slammed wooden planks against the victim so that Sherlyn would admit she is a communist, while Sherlyn kept on saying that she wanted to go home to her parents.
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On December 15,2011, Jovito Palparan was indicted for 2 counts of kidnapping and serious illegal detention in connection with the abduction of still missing UP student activists Sherlyn Cadapan and Karen Empeno in 2006.
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Jovito Palparan was not detained since the warrant was only released that afternoon and Palparan had gone into hiding.
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On November 15,2018, the Malolos City Regional Trial Court Branch 15 ultimately denied Jovito Palparan's plea, stating that Jovito Palparan failed to present new arguments in his motion for reconsideration filed on September 18 to convince the court to reverse its decision.