At
the time, PAOCTF was seriously engaged in anti-drug operations in their area of
responsibility. The senator refused to
identify the two police generals as he has not yet verified the information
divulged by the President.
Lacson
though said that the commander-in-chief more than anybody in this country is in
the best position to have access to all these vital and sensitive information
and reason to doubt or question its validity. He added that since the President
himself mentioned those two names among the five, he must have good basis in
what he divulged especially if he had a different source of that information.
If
Lacson during his term at PAOCTF had been fed by his subordinates about the
allegation on the involvement of these two general (which were included in the
list of five), before he left the position, at least this knowledge would have reached some of the agencies as
this is a very sensitive case.
On
the other hand, the generals denied
the Duterte’s allegations,[2][3]
saying they're willing to be investigated to ascertain their incorruptibility.
If
Duterte’s assertion is true, obviously the government’s intelligence did not do
something about it because for many years (PAOCTF was created in July 1998)
While these generals
face a hot seat, there were several reactions about this public disclosure of
the president.
Senator
Gregorio Honasan II for example said the police officials named by the
president should not be subjected to trial by publicity as it is not fair to
the children and the family who are innocent, and that investigation on the
allegation should begin right away.
Senator
Vicente Sotto III meanwhile had faith that Duterte must have A1 information to
make a brave step of disclosing the names of the generals. If this is
verifiable then Honasan should also look at the family of these pushers whose
loved ones’ lives were ended by bullets.
The generals’ family may have a lot of questions about involving their
fathers in this controversy which brought them to embarrassment while the
pushers’ family mourns so much for lives that can’t be returned to life
anymore.
Senator
Juan Edgardo Angara said the matter should be looked into because the view of
having high-ranking police officials in close association with the drug trade
is really a terrible and scary scene. He
said that they have been filing a bill called the Magna Carta for PNP which
provides bigger allowances and benefits for the policemen, for them to resist
possible temptations provided by illegal syndicates.
Angara’s
initiative would be more appreciated if he also includes these pushers in the
plans of providing a quality life. At
least these generals receive a sure monthly income and perhaps being provided
with housing but these pushers resort to such an incredibly compromising job
because of struggling for a meal, without any other options to choose
from. It may be quick for others to
judge by saying “Can’t they find any other alternative for their livelihood”
because they’re not on their shoes whose stomachs ache because of hunger. Personally, I can relate on this, because
when I lost my job and no one to turn to because of distant parents and
relatives that could not be asked for help, I resorted to trading my flesh in
exchange of penny so I could buy a meal. I did that not because of preferring it than
the honourable job but because it was the immediate solution that emerged than
to forget hunger by sleeping with an aching stomach.
Senator
Aquilino Pimentel III, Duterte's for his part spoke well of this act of the President.
It’s undeniable that this act of the President is worthy of an affirmation but this
will remain superficial if without providing a solution to its main thing – the
poor who are the victims here. At least, by this time (since this issue on
drugs has been there for a long time) they should have already conceptualized alternatives
on how to rescue them than threatening them.
For long years, since the primitive years up to this generation, that the
government has been the wooden beam to the poor’s eye, any government leader
has no right to threaten these poor because first and foremost they would not be
placed in this terrible plight if the law enforcers (the government leaders in
general) have been conscientious on their sworn duties both in justice system
and economic provisions.
Now,
that the president speaks highly of discipline and disciplined governance, this
is the time to correct the horrendous leaderships of the past to return these
poor to where God wants them to be placed.
The Lord denounces haughtiness that comes not only from wealth (Isaiah
2:6-22; Isaiah 3:16-24) but also from power (Isaiah 14:5-21; Isaiah 37:22-29;
Hebrew 2:6-13).
God
bids for a just law as the Scripture says: Woe to those who enact unjust
statues and who write oppressive decrees, depriving the needy of judgment and
robbing my people’s poor of their rights, making widows their plunder, and
orphans their prey. (Isaiah10:1-2).
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[1] Lacson
says he had info on two of five PNP generals named by Duterte, July 5, 2016 6:37pm, http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/572509/news/nation/lacson-says-he-had-info-on-two-of-five-pnp-generals-named-by-duterte#sthash.9kUBylZX.dpuf
http://www.rappler.com/nation/138704-duterte-names-police-generals-drugs
[3] Amita
Legaspi, GMA News,Lacson says he had info
on two of five PNP generals named by Duterte, Published 2016-07-05 18:37:27
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/572509/news/nation/lacson-says-he-had-info-on-two-of-five-pnp-generals-named-by-duterte
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