Poe opts for justice, reward system in fighting crime

Sen. Grace Poe INQUIRER FILE PHOTO

CALAMBA, Laguna – Justice, not violence.

Presidential aspirant Grace Poe made this choice clear when she spoke during the rally of her Partido at Galing Puso here on Monday night.

“Ang babae ay matapang , wala pong duda dun. Ang inyong iniisip, magiging ligtas ba ako pag naglalakad ako sa gabi na walang haharang sa akin, ng walang  gagawa nang masama sa akin? Magiging ligtas ba ang aking ‘mga anak laban sa droga?” she asked before thousands of people who attended the rally.

“Ito ang masasagot ko sa inyo, sisiguraduhin ko na ligtas sila sapagkat kung ang isang barangay ay hindi tumino, papalitan ko ang mga pulis na nakatalaga doon at ang mismong barangay captain ay aking papanagutin,” she said.

Poe reiterated her promise to reward those who can give information that would lead to the arrest of drug pushers as well as villages that would register zero incident of crime and illegal drugs.

“Ang  pakikipaglaban sa krimen at sa droga ay nadadaan sa katarungan at hindi lamang sa karahasan,”  she said.

What the county needs, she said, is justice and not violence.

“Mga taga-Laguna, hinihiling ko po ang inyong panalangin at tulong. Dalhin na po natin ang ating bansa sa maayos na sitwasyon,” she said.

“Hindi po karahasan, kung hindi katarungan ang kailangan natin. Katarungan na may pagkain ang bawat pamilya, katarungan na may sapat na kita, katarungan na pwedeng makapag aral ang lahat.”

“Katarungan na mapagkakatiwalaan ninyo ang mga namumuno, katarungan na ligtas kayo saan man kayo pumunta sa ating bayan at yan ay gagawin ko dahil sa alaala ng aking ama at sa tindi ng pagmamahal nyo at pagmamahal nya sa inyo,” she added.

Poe’s remark was one of her strongest statements so far against criminality and illegal drugs, following the surge of her tough-talking rival in the presidential race, Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte.

Duterte has edged out Poe in the race based on the latest survey conducted by Social Weather Station (SWS).

Poe fell to second place in the survey conducted from March 30 to April 2 with 23 percent as against Duterte’s 27 percent.

Next to Poe was Vice President Jejomar Binay with 20 percent, followed by former Interior Secretary Mar Roxas with 18 percent and Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago with three percent.

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