{"id":272290,"date":"2020-10-19T06:17:51","date_gmt":"2020-10-19T10:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=272290"},"modified":"2020-10-19T06:17:51","modified_gmt":"2020-10-19T10:17:51","slug":"security-in-baby-rivers-burial-up-to-ground-commander-roque","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/10\/19\/security-in-baby-rivers-burial-up-to-ground-commander-roque\/","title":{"rendered":"Security in Baby River’s burial up to ground commander: Roque"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Roque pointed out that Duterte does not \u201cmicro-manage\u201d. (PCOO file photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 President Rodrigo Duterte can only respect the decision of authorities to deploy 43 security personnel for the burial of River, the three-month-old daughter of detained activist Reina Mae Nasino, Malaca\u00f1ang said Monday.<\/p>\n

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made this remark after Vice President Leni Robredo and various groups criticized the response of the authorities during Baby River’s funeral.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn matters of securing an accused facing a non-bailable offense, the President can never substitute his judgment from that of the commander on the ground,\u201d Roque said in a Palace press briefing.<\/p>\n

Robredo said there was a lack of humanity by members of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) who escorted Nasino.<\/p>\n

Roque pointed out that Duterte does not \u201cmicro-manage\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe respect po whatever decision of the commander may have been on the ground. If he felt that such security arrangement was necessary, so be it,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Roque also distanced himself from remarks made by Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) spokesperson Celine Pialago on the plight of Nasino.<\/p>\n

Pialago drew flak over the weekend due to a Facebook post where she said that not all mothers who are detained can join their children’s burials.<\/p>\n

She said Nasino’s supporters should scrutinize who the detained activist is.<\/p>\n

\u201cTingin ko po,\u00a0<\/em>personal\u00a0na opinyon niya \u2018yan. Hindi naman po kasi<\/em>\u00a0related\u00a0sa<\/em>\u00a0MMDA\u00a0yung<\/em>\u00a0issue\u00a0na \u2018yan so hayaan po natin na magkaroon ng<\/em>\u00a0personal opinion\u00a0si<\/em>\u00a0Spokesperson Pialago (I think that\u2019s her personal opinion. That issue is not related to MMDA so let\u2019s allow Spokesperson Pialago to have her personal opinion),\u201d Roque said.<\/p>\n

MMDA General Manager Jojo Garcia echoed Roque\u2019s statement.<\/p>\n

Earlier, Roque said the Palace is saddened by the death of Baby River due to acute respiratory distress syndrome last Oct. 9.<\/p>\n

Nasino was originally granted a continuous three-day furlough for the wake and burial, but a Manila court cut it to six hours spread over two days, for three hours each due to inadequate manpower to guard the activist.<\/p>\n

She was arrested in November 2019 after police reportedly found her and two other activists with firearms and explosives at the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) Manila Office in Tondo, Manila.<\/p>\n

Nasino was separated from her child a month after she gave birth on July 1, eight months after her arrest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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