{"id":196690,"date":"2019-01-07T03:37:34","date_gmt":"2019-01-07T08:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=196690"},"modified":"2019-01-07T03:37:34","modified_gmt":"2019-01-07T08:37:34","slug":"drug-war-sees-no-social-political-status-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/01\/07\/drug-war-sees-no-social-political-status-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"Drug war sees no social, political status: Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Panelo, meanwhile, said the President\u2019s crackdown on illegal drugs will continue, pursuant to his constitutional authority to serve and protect the people. (File Photo<\/a>: Office of the Presidential Spokesperson\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— Malaca\u00f1ang said the death of a former mayor included on President Rodrigo R. Duterte\u2019s “narcolist” shows that the same fate befalls everyone involved in the drug war, regardless of social or political status.<\/p>\n

Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo made this remark after former mayor of Parang, Maguindanao Talib Abo Sr., and his brother, Disumimba \u201cBobby\u201d Abo, were shot dead on Friday for allegedly resisting arrest by policemen.<\/p>\n

Reports showed that the former mayor opened fire at policemen, who went to his home with a search warrant.<\/p>\n

\u201cRegardless of the social and political status of persons involved and \/or engaged in the illegal drug industry, the same fate will necessarily befall them if they resist arrest and shoot it out with the arresting officers,\u201d Panelo said in a statement on Sunday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe law allows lawmen to use mortal violence against those who imperil their lives in the course of a legitimate police operation or arrest,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Panelo reiterated that there will be no sacred cows under the Duterte administration and that those who disobey or violate the law will pay the price for their crimes or transgressions.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe President will employ any means, unconventional or not but constitutionally allowed, to enforce the law. The President shall fulfill his constitutional mandate until the end of his term,\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

Panelo, meanwhile, said the President\u2019s crackdown on illegal drugs will continue, pursuant to his constitutional authority to serve and protect the people.<\/p>\n

He, however, clarified that the state has not initiated and will never initiate drug-related killings outside the ambit of the law.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe government will pursue to the ends of the earth those who kill without justifying and exempting circumstances as provided by law until they are put behind bars,\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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