WALANG BATAYAN

HINDI magtatagal, mapapalaya si Leila de Lima. Nagbabaligtaran ang mga naturingang saksi at pawang nagsabing pinilit sila ng grupo ni Rodrigo Duterte na idiin si de Lima kahit walang matibay na batayan. Hindi kami magtaka kung isang tambak na kaso ang haharapin nina Vitaliano Aguirre, Jose Calida, at iba pa na naglatag ng mga kasinungalingan laban kay de Lima. Mangyayari ito sa sandaling bumaba sa puwesto si Rodrigo Duterte sa pagtatapos ng Hunyo.

Nagpahiwatig kahit si Boying Remulla, ang incoming na kalihim ng katarungan, na marapat palayain si de Lima dahil walang matibay na ebidensya. Kapag nagkataon si Rodrigo Duterte ang madidiin sa pang-aapi kay de Lima. Babaunin niya sa kanyang pagbaba sa pwesto ang panggigipit at pag-aabuso sa pwesto upang ikulong at sirain ang buhay ni de Lima. Mababaligtad ang sitwasyon.

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PAANO na si Robin Padilla? Hindi pa siya ganap na nakakaupo bilang senador ngunit inatake na siya ng hayblad. Dapat malaman ni Robin na marami at mabigat ang mga gawain ng isang senador. Sintomas na sakit ang hayblad. Kailangan masuri si Robin ng mga doktor. Hindi malayo na may nakatagong sakit ang action star. Hindi namin alam kung paano magagampanan ni Robin ang kanyang gawain bilang senador.

May sinabing maganda si Sahid Alunan Glang, isang retiradong sugo: “Even if Robin Padilla will read many times the Constitution, the Revised Penal Code, the Civil Code, the Local Government Code and other major laws, he still could not absorb and understand them. His mind is trained to read movie scripts and not heavy legal stuff. As Chairman of the Senate Committee on Constitutional Amendments and Revision of Laws, how can he be in the lead role in amending and revising the Constitution and laws when he doesn’t know what he is amending and revising? This is a big joke and big insult to the Filipino people. By choosing this ignoramus to head this committee, the self-proclaimed arnis champion, election cheater, and overrated Senator Miguel Zubiri removed all doubts about him. He is just a notch above Robin in mediocrity!”

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HALAW ang mga sumusunod sa aming aklat “KILL KILL KILL: EJKs in the Philippines; Crimes Against Humanity vs. Duterte Et. Al. At the ICC.” Nasa huling yugto na ako na pagsusulat.

[The first report built by the Magdalo and submitted to the ICC by Juse Sabio to the ICC] said that Pantaleon Alvarez, a former House speaker, was complicit too because of his public utterances. It said:

“Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez of the House of Representatives was quoted in media as saying in the Filipino, echoing the self-same mental state of President Duterte, namely; (1) “Pag may nakita ka na crime, nahuli mo in the act of committing a crime, anong gagawin mo? Patayin mo na lang yan” (“If you see a crime, you catch the person in the act of committing a crime, what will you do? Kill him.”); (2) “Kill na lang yan on sight when you commit a crime. Huwag na pahulihin yan,” (Just kill the person on sight. Don’t apprehend him anymore); (3) “May sira na ulo niyan. If you don’t agree with me, sabihin natin—yan ba kayang gawin ng taong matino? Grabe, walang awa tapos maawa tayo sa kaniya?” (“That person has a mental problem. If you don’t agree with me, let’s just say-is that what a right-minded person is capable of doing? He has no mercy, yet we show mercy to him”); and (4) “Try to feel yung magulang ng mga biktima. It’s easy for us to say due process, huwag mo patayin, it’s easy for us to say dahil hindi sa atin nangyari,” (“Try to feel the parents of the victim. It’s easy for us to say due process, don’t kill him, it’s easy for us to say that because it did not happen to us.”). These statements clearly incite violence and mass murder, or further in a certain way, fulfill the criminal purpose of President Duterte, which make Speaker Alvarez also criminally liable for crime against humanity through murder.”

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OTHER PLAYERS. The discussions would not complete without mentioning the other public officials who abetted and supported Duterte’s war on drugs. Their roles could be minor or major but they nevertheless enviable roles supporting directly Duterte’s EJKs. It said:

“Police Superintendent Edilberto Leonardo, now assigned to the Manila Police District (MPD), formerly assigned to the Criminal Investigation and Detection Unit (CIDU) of Police Regional Operations (PRO XI), is liable under Article 25.3 (b), (c), and (d), for helping design and operate the reward system for the war on drugs at the national level.

“Senior Police Officer 4 Sanson “Sonny” Buenaventura is liable under Article 25.3 (b), (c), and (d) for his role in facilitating the transfer of reward money to those who kill, as part of the implementation of the war on drugs, as well as his direct involvement in the Davao Death Squad in Davao City.

“Police Supt. Royina Garma is liable under Article 25. 3 (b), (c), and (d) for her violations in the implementation of Oplan Tokhang under her direction as head of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group in Region 7 (CIDG 7), as well as under Article 28 (b) for failing to stop the killings in her area of responsibility.

National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Director Dante Gierran is liable under Article 25. 3 (d) for failing to investigate the widespread and systematic killings happening under the Duterte administration, thus, facilitating the continued commission of the crime.

“Solicitor General Jose Calida is liable under Article 25.3 (d) for promising to defend policemen accused of summary killings if the killings were committed as part of the war on drugs, knowing fully well that the duty of the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) to defend public officials begins at the appellate level, and not at the local courts. Such enthusiastic promise to defend possible wrongdoing echoes and backs up President Duterte’s statements promising exoneration for those who follow the latter’s orders to kill, thus, facilitating the commission of more murders.

“Senator Richard Gordon, as Chairman of the Committee on Justice and Human Rights and sponsor of Senate Committee Report No. 18 is also liable under Article 25 (d) for holding that there are extrajudicial killings committed by the Philippine National Police (PNP) operating under Duterte administration’s campaign against drugs but ultimately concluding that these killings are not state-sponsored, thus, ending the Senate investigations on these killings. His public pronouncements and his actuations as Chair of the Committee on Justice led to the white wash and abrupt termination of the Senate investigation on extra-judicial killings.

“Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano, a close ally of President Duterte in the Senate of the Philippines, is liable under Article 25.3 (c) (d) for aiding and abetting the killings brought by the war on the drugs through his speeches and public pronouncements. Despite the increasing number of deaths due to the war on drugs, Senator Cayetano has been denying the existence of extra-judicial killings and encouraging Pres. Duterte’s “war on drugs.” According to him, because of the deaths of suspected criminals and drug users and pushers, the Filipino citizens feel safer now. Publicly defending and endorsing the deaths of suspected criminals and drug offenders, in various speeches, he noted that extra-judicial killings should be connected to ideology: “If the killing is not connected to an ideology, if the victim is not a labor leader, not a priest or nun, nor an activist, it’s not an extrajudicial killing. It means if a pusher is killed, or if pushers killed each other, it’s not an extra-judicial killing.” That being Duterte’s staunch ally and point man in the Senate, he schemed for the removal of Sen. De Lima as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights and replaced with another ally, Senator Richard Gordon, who subsequently whitewashed and thereafter abruptly terminated the investigation.”