On Saturday, the Senate minority bloc issued a press release calling for an end to the recent spate of drug-related killings in the metro. The minority senators stand united against the “senseless killings” being perpetrated under the auspices of the Duterte regime’s bloody war on drugs that has left more than 7,000 people dead, including 17-year-old Kian Loyd Delos Santos.
Senator Anthony Trillanes IV requested for an all-Senators caucus on Tuesday, August 22, to focus on the alarming rise of drug suspect killings.
“Sobra na. Maling mali na talaga ‘to. I cannot, in conscience, let this pass. The Senators should have a united stand to stop this,” Trillanes stated.
Senator Bam Aquino has persistently said that the Duterte regime should reassess its strategy since the only casualties in the campaign against drugs are those from the marginalized sector.
“I plan to file a resolution kasi nakababahala na talaga iyong news reports,” Aquino said.
Senator Franklin Drilon agreed with the need for investigating the police force for their impunity in the rampant extrajudicial killings.
“We cannot tolerate the alarming police impunity in the country. We need to investigate these killings of alleged drug suspects including a Grade 11 student in police operations,” Drilon declared.
During the 2018 budget hearing, Sen. Drilon questioned Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre for his department’s failure to investigate 4,000 deaths connected to the anti-drug campaign.
Senator Francis Pangilinan was also dismayed with the unfairness of the situation. “Ang ugat ng problema sa droga ay doon nakita sa pagpuslit ng tone-toneladang shabu sa BOC ng mga sindikato kasabwat ang mga opisyal ng gobyerno,” Pangilinan said.
Senator Risa Hontiveros renewed her call to the government to stop the extrajudicial killings, insisting that the country cannot kill its way out of the drug problem. “We refuse to accept these killings as normal,” she added.
Detained Senator Leila de Lima slammed President Duterte for commending the deadly Bulacan raid that left 32 dead.
“Those are clear words of a deranged mind. If you say that it’s good to kill 32 people a day – that’s a deranged mind,” De Lima said.
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