Drugs, Bobby Ortega and a lousy judiciary
Why would a man stab his 7-year-old daughter dead just because his wife, who works abroad, did not want to come home?
Mark Alvin Manliclic, 31, says the crime happened because he had drunk a lot of beer that day.
It’s highly unlikely for a dead drunk to do that. Only a drug-crazed person would kill his own child.
Most crimes now are committed by people “high” on drugs.
Illegal drugs, the common one being “shabu” or methamphetamine hydrochloride, proliferate because our law enforcers are not exerting enough effort to stop the trade.
Many of our lawmen are themselves involved by protecting drug pushers and traffickers. A lot of them who seize large amounts of shabu set aside a certain amount of the confiscated drugs for themselves and are later sold on the streets.
What do we do with these law enforcers?
Since many of our judges are corrupt and can easily be bribed, the best way, if you ask me, is the “Bobby Ortega” solution.
Ortega, who was a famous law enforcer in the 1970s up to the ’80s, killed many notorious criminals and recidivists in gunfights.
However, some of the gunfights turned out to be one-way shoot-outs or executions on orders of Ortega’s superiors.
But do you think the public disapproved of Ortega’s action?
Ortega was even praised because he did what many judges at the time failed to do—send the criminals to prison or the execution chamber.
Why do you think the so-called Davao Death Squad (DDS) in the territory of Mayor Rody Duterte is not condemned but instead praised by residents for eliminating suspected drug pushers, drug traffickers, rapists and murderers in the city?
Because the people have no trust in their judicial system.
This is the same judicial system that seems to favor the rich or moneyed respondent over the aggrieved poor or obviously sides with the accused through “due process” by delaying their trial so the complainant loses interest in pursuing his case.
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A homicide case brought to the attention of my public service program, “Isumbong mo kay Tulfo,” involving the family of a teenager who was killed by a policeman in Pasig City 14 years ago is still pending in court.
The policeman, who was the accused in the case, was recently dismissed after he was found guilty in an administrative case for the same offense.
In other words, it took his peers 14 years to decide that their colleague was guilty.
It’s a good thing the victim’s family didn’t stop in seeking justice for him even after a lapse of so many years. Others would have been discouraged by the delay and would have agreed to an amicable settlement with the accused.
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Persons who take to practical shooting as a sport will have their skills tested once again when they take part in the Sixth On Target Invitational Shootfest on May 24-25, Saturday and Sunday, at Camp Karingal in Quezon City.
The event, as in previous years, is organized by the Manila Rifle, Pistol Sports Club (MRPSC) Inc. under Gerry Lazaro and the Ramon Tulfo, Good Samaritan, Foundation.
Proceeds of the two-day event will mostly go to the victims of Supertyphoon “Yolanda.”
