On the eve of the second anniversary of the abduction of Jonas Burgos, his family and friends have vowed to continue on the search for justice and for the missing activist.

"We, the family and friends of Jonas have not given up. We have been constant and consistent in our efforts to locate him. We shall not forget. Though the forces of evil, now present in the very institutions that are vowed to protect the people, shroud the truth about what befell Jonas, we believe that in His time and our perfect time, the truth will be known and justice will be served," said Jonas' mother Edita Burgos.

Jonas has been missing for two years. He was snatched by a group of armed men and a woman exactly two years on April 28, while eating inside a mall in Quezon City.

Since his disappearance, his family and supporters have filed cases, appealed and even went to camps to search for him.

"What is certain is that the perpetrators used a car with car plate TAB 194 which at the time of abduction was in the custody of the 56th Infantry Battalion. And what is more certain is that the state actors have all participated in the cover up so that I would not find out what truly happened," said Mrs. Burgos in her message posted on the blog freejonasburgosmovement.blogspot.com.

“Eternity of uncertainty”

In her message, Mrs. Burgos described their search in the last two years as "like an eternity of uncertainty."

"We were able to proceed only because in these two years of affliction, the family has been blessed with relatives, friends and unnamed supporters especially artists and those in media who have provided all kinds of assistance," she said.

Jonas’ family and supporters, meanwhile, vow to continue the fight against human rights violations and oppose the “perpetrators of disappearances and extrajudicial killings”.

The missing activist is one of the children of the late press freedom fighter Jose Burgos Jr.

“Jonas’ father gave everything to fight for press freedom and the freedom of each one to express what he believes in. After his death, Jonas, his son, is deprived of the very same freedom Joe successfully obtained with so many others when democracy was restored to the Philippines after the dictatorship,” Mrs. Burgos said.

The family is set to commemorate the second anniversary of Jonas’ abduction with a mass celebrated by Fr. Robert Reyes at 9 a.m. Tuesday in front of the gate of Camp Aguinaldo, along Santolan in Quezon City.