Pangilinan decries rash of killings
Senator Francis Pangilinan condemned on Monday the spate of killings over a span of five days.
“Tama bang manahimik na lang tayo at magsawalang-kibo? Mahalaga nga ba ang buhay ng ating kapwa?” (Should we just keep quiet and do nothing? Is life still worth anything?) Pangilinan said in a statement.
Pangilinan enumerated the murder of a former media man and his brother in San Juan, a Pasay City councilor, and a Butuan City judge.
“Lahat ito nangyari sa loob lamang ng limang araw,” (All this happened in just five days) said Pangilinan, who is also president of the Liberal Party.
“Ganito ang karumal-dumal na resulta kapag pinapawalang-halaga, binabalewala o nagsasawalang-kibo ang higit na mas nakararami sa atin sa kahalagahan ng buhay ng ating kapwa. Nag-umpisa sa mga addict na mga walang kwenta at tama lang na patayin dahil wala silang karapatang mabuhay,” he added.
Article continues after this advertisementThe senator also questioned the lack of respect to human rights following the recent killings.
Article continues after this advertisement“Kapag wala nang kwenta at halaga ang buhay ng libu-libong mga pinapatay sa araw-araw na kapwa natin, mga kababayan natin, paano ito mauuwi sa pagpapahalaga ng buhay ng bawat isa sa atin?” said Pangilinan.
The senator also threw shade at President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs marred with alleged “extrajudicial killings.”
“Wala raw tayong dapat alalahanin dahil mga addict lang ang pinapatay. Addict din at nanlaban yung ex-mediaman at kapatid nito? Si Konsehal? Si Judge at kanyang Mrs? Sa ganitong sitwasyon, kahit sino pwede nang mabiktima ng riding-in-tandem. Kahit sino,” the senator said. CBB