{"id":204967,"date":"2019-03-04T01:29:25","date_gmt":"2019-03-04T06:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=204967"},"modified":"2019-03-04T01:29:25","modified_gmt":"2019-03-04T06:29:25","slug":"no-impunity-under-duterte-admin-palace-asserts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/03\/04\/no-impunity-under-duterte-admin-palace-asserts\/","title":{"rendered":"No impunity under Duterte admin, Palace asserts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo acknowledged these fears but emphasized that the numbers of drug-related killings have been \u201cinflated\u201d by critics of President Rodrigo R. Duterte. (File Photo<\/a>: Office of the Presidential Spokesperson\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— Impunity has no place in the Duterte administration, Malaca\u00f1ang asserted on Monday following a survey which showed that more Filipinos fear being victims of extrajudicial killings (EJKs).<\/p>\n

A Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey conducted Dec. 16 to 19, 2018 showed that 78 percent of Filipinos are worried that they, or anyone they know, will be a victim of EJKs. This figure is higher by five points from the 73 percent acquired in June 2017.<\/p>\n

Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo acknowledged these fears but emphasized that the numbers of drug-related killings have been \u201cinflated\u201d by critics of President Rodrigo R. Duterte.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe understand this concern of our people given the grossly inflated number of drug-related killings falsely peddled and grotesquely sensationalized by the incorrigible critics of the government\u2019s campaign against prohibited drugs,\u201d Panelo said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Panelo also denied that the EJKs are state-sanctioned or state-sponsored and assured anew that abuses made by the Philippine National Police (PNP) personnel and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) agents will be dealt with.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the umpteenth time, we do not tolerate EJKs nor knowingly allow them to happen. EJKs and vigilante killings are not state-sanctioned nor state-sponsored,\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe President\u2019s position on any abuse committed by police officers and PDEA agents during their operations remains unchanged and immovable. Any transgression by them will reap the severest punishment imposed by law,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Panelo also reiterated the government continues to investigate all complaints and allegations of extrajudicial deaths and bring perpetrators to justice.<\/p>\n

He said the war on drugs will be relentless and more vigorous even until the last day of the Duterte presidency.<\/p>\n

Last month, Duterte vowed that the aggressive crackdown against illegal drugs will be \u201charsher in the coming days.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Palace official welcomed the survey results which showed that 71 percent of Filipinos believe that the Duterte administration is serious in solving the EJK problem, up by 8 percent from the previous 63 percent in June 2017.<\/p>\n

He said this showed that the citizenry still has confidence in the Administration\u2019s capability in finding a solution to the EJKs despite opposition\u2019s \u201cvilification campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n

Data from the PNP showed that from July 1, 2016 to April 30, 2018, more than 4,000 have been killed in drug-related operations.<\/p>\n

However, New York-based Human Rights Watch has estimated that over 12,000 suspected drug personalities were killed since the crackdown on illegal drugs was launched on July 1, 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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