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CHR: If PNP says Negros Oriental is under control, why the need for martial law? @ 2019-08-02T16: Back Hot News
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「WE SHOULD RELY ON THE WISDOM OF OUR DULY CONSTITUTED AUTHORITIES THAT EVERYTHING WILL BE DONE TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF EVERY FILIPINO CITIZEN. AS SUCH WE WILL BE READY TO SUPPORT AND ABIDE TO THE PRESIDENT』S DECISION TO WHETHER DECLARE MARTIAL LAW IN THE PROVINCE,」 SAID ARMY』S 3RD INFANTRY DIVISION CHIEF MAJ. GEN. DINOH DOLINA IN A STATEMENT ON FRIDAY.
THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES (AFP) IS MULLING THE DECLARATION OF MARTIAL LAW IN NEGROS ORIENTAL FOLLOWING THE SPATE OF KILLINGS IN THE VISAYAN PROVINCE.
ANN JACINTO, DEPUTY SPOKESPERSON OF THE NPA』S LEONARDO PANALIGAN COMMAND, TOLD THE INQUIRER ON TUESDAY THAT THE UNABATED KILLINGS OF CIVILIANS IN NEGROS ORIENTAL HAD BEEN PERPETRATED BY THE STATE SECURITY FORCES AND A DEATH SQUAD OF PRESIDENT DUTERTE TO CONDITION THE MINDS OF THE PEOPLE FOR THE DECLARATION OF MARTIAL LAW.
THIRTEEN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED OVER THE PAST FIVE DAYS IN THE PROVINCE, INCLUDING LAWYER ANTHONY TRINIDAD, WHO HAD BEEN TAGGED AS AN NPA SUPPORTER BY AN ANTICOMMUNIST GROUP ALONG WITH HIS ELDER SISTER AND BROTHER-IN-LAW. HE WAS SHOT IN HIS CAR IN GUIHULNGAN CITY LAST TUESDAY.
BACOLOD CITY — NEGROS OCCIDENTAL GOVERNOR EUGENIO JOSE LACSON IS HOPEFUL THAT PRESIDENT RODRIGO R. DUTERTE WOULD NOT DECLARE MARTIAL LAW IN THE PROVINCE.
「I HAVE ORDERED YESTERDAY THE DEPLOYMENT OF MORE THAN 300 SPECIAL ACTION FORCE (SAF) TROOPS TO NEGROS ISLAND TO AUGMENT LOCAL POLICE UNITS IN ANTI-CRIMINALITY AND INTERNAL SECURITY OPERATIONS AGAINST CRIMINAL ELEMENTS AND DISSIDENT TERRORIST GROUPS OPERATING IN THE PROVINCES OF NEGROS OCCIDENTAL AND NEGROS ORIENTAL,」 ALBAYALDE SAID MONDAY.
「HE HAS MANY OPTIONS UNDER THE CONSTITUTION. HE CAN CALL THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES TO QUELL LAWLESS VIOLENCE. HE CAN DECLARE MARTIAL LAW,」 SAID PRESIDENTIAL SPOKESPERSON SALVADOR PANELO ON THURSDAY. – PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER
WHILE AUTHORITIES HAVE YET TO DECLARE MARTIAL LAW OVER NEGROS THE SPATE OF KILLINGS BY SUSPECTED NEW PEOPLE’S ARMY REBELS, POLICE HAVE INTENSIFIED BORDER CONTROLS IN 10 AREAS IN NEGROS OCCIDENTAL PROVINCE.
WHILE MEMBERS OF THE PEACEPANEL WERE STILL IN EUROPE, PRESUMABLY PREPARING FOR THE FIFTH ROUND OF TALKS,THE MAUTE-DAESH GROUP ATTACKED MARAWI CITY, PROMPTING DUTERTE TO DECLAREMARTIAL LAW IN MINDANAO.
“YOU KNOW MINDANAO CONTINUES TO BE A PROBLEM. I AM NOT ADVOCATING FOR ANY CONTINUANCE OF THE MARTIAL LAW. BUT IF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS, THE GOVERNORS, MAYORS AND EVEN CONGRESSMEN, WOULD FIND IT THAT IT WOULD BE TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE FILIPINO IN MINDANAO, I WOULD NOT HESITATE TO SAY YES,” HE SAID.
ILOILO CITY, PHILIPPINES —FOUR MORE PERSONS INCLUDING A CHILD WERE SHOT DEAD IN THREE SEPARATE INCIDENTS IN NEGROS ORIENTAL ON THURSDAY BRING THE NUMBER OF FATALITIES TO SEVEN IN A SPATE OF KILLINGS IN JUST ONE DAY IN THE PROVINCE.
PRECILLA AND OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS ARE CURRENTLY HERE IN THE CAPITAL TO SHARE THEIR STORIES AND TO DEMAND JUSTICE. APOLINARIO WAS JUST ONE OF THE CIVILIANS KILLED IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PRESIDENT DUTERTE』S COUNTERINSURGENCY PROGRAMS — OPLAN KAPAYAPAAN, MARTIAL LAW IN MINDANAO, OPLAN SAURON, MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 32, AND THE LATEST, OPLAN KAPANATAGAN, JOINTLY LED BY THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE AND ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES.

 

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