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MIGRANTE Australia
(A community based-organisation of Filipinos and Filipino-Australians)
Postal Address: PO Box 1168, Strawberry Hills, NSW 2012, Australia
Fax: (02) 9695 1250
Email: migrante_australia@yahoo.com
21 May 2008
Rosario Beltran and family
C/o Anak Pawis
Quezon City
Dear Ka Osang and family
On behalf of Migrante Australia we send to you and to all of your family
members our deepest sympathy at this tragic time of the passing of your
beloved husband and comrade Ka Bel.
Ka Bel inspired us and our people in all corners of the world. He is a
great leader of the working people of our nation whose steadfast
leadership of genuine trade unionism over a period of 60 years has reaped
great victories for our nation and our people. He endured repression,
arrest, and vilification, but never lost focus and courage in the face of
such threats. Ka Bel always relied on the strength of the workers
organized in their own unions.
Ka Bel's last life moment is a reflection of a very caring person to his
family and to his larger family, the oppressed and exploited people of the
Philippines. He never stopped to look for the root cause and solution of a
problem such as a leaking roof. He braved all the typhoons that came
throughout his life.
We wish to express our thanks to you and your children. Your family life
has been that of sacrifice as you joined and supported Ka Bel's deep
commitment to our nation and the working class. For your sacrifices and
the strength you gave Ka Bel over the long decades, we are deeply
grateful.
We commit ourselves to continue to struggle that was central to Ka Bel's
life. We will not let the inspiration of his life pass quietly away. We
will rage against the dying of the light, and we will continue to assert
the rights and aspirations of workers in the Philippines and in all the
corners of our world.
Long live the workers!
Long live KMU!
Long live the legacy of Ka Bel, Philippine hero and of world's working
class.
Yours sincerely
(Signed)
Edwin Subijano
President
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