ROSANILLA Consad gained her temporary liberty after posting bail with the help and support of lawyers, colleagues, and various teachers’ unions and federations.

Consad, ACT Region XIII secretary and assistant principal of the San Vicente National High School in Butuan City, spent two days in jail for the trumped-up charge of attempted homicide. She was repeatedly tagged as a terrorist when the police presented her to the media yesterday.

“While we are relieved that Teacher Lai is no longer in the hands of her oppressors, our fight is far from over. We expect an uphill battle as we challenge the hard wall of repressive state policies, but we never lose hope with truth on our side,” Raymond Basilio, the group’s secretary general, said.

Basilio shared that the outpouring of support for Consad from various teachers’ unions and federations is a “testament that our teachers don’t believe a word from the charges and accusations hurled against her, nor from the terrorist-tagging of ACT.”

“Our teachers and the Filipino people know that Duterte’s repression campaign is meant to silence dissent and cover up his administration’s ineptness in resolving the health, economic and education crises. Sooner or later, their crimes against the people will catch up to them,” Basilio said.

He said that threats on the lives and liberties of teachers will remain “as long as state terrorism continues to be the policy of the government.”