JUST SAYIN'

After the extrajudicial killings IN RE: DRUG WAR, the murder of the four Army soldiers at Sulu by the police, the killing of retired Army Corporal Ragos at the checkpoint, the beheading of a drug suspect by some police officers in Baguio City, the alleged rape of Ozamiz City Vice Mayor Nova Parojinog by a Police Colonel and the recent killing spree of a police officer in Paniqui, Tarlac, it is my humble view that the ranks of the Philippine National Police be purged.

We are living in a democratic country where the rule of law is respected, therefore the government must uphold the rule of law and apply the same equally. As regards the extrajudicial killings RE: DRUG WAR, the drug suspects must be given a day in court and be convicted and have a law passed for the existence of the DEATH PENALTY before executing them otherwise the execution of the same would be a great insult to that blindfolded lady justice bearing that weighing scale of justice and equality.

The killing of the four Army men in Sulu by the police and the sudden death of a war hero in the person of retired Army Corporal Ragos was uncalled for since the perpetrators of such reprehensible and forgettable criminal infractions were police officers themselves who were expected to be sober, proper and good implementors of the law and not a breaker of the same and the victims were also good agents of the government and of the state.

The alleged rape of Ozamiz City Vice Mayor Nova Parojinog while in custody by a Police Colonel was clearly and simply an act of a sex hungry individual who was just after for sexual gratification. It is true that Vice Mayor Nova Parojinog may have violated some penal laws of the state but that does not mean that she should not be respected as a lady and as a person. The act of Vice Mayor Parojinog's jailer is nothing but a bestial act, be frowned upon, and must be properly punished in the interest of justice.

The beheading of a drug suspect by the police authorities in Baguio City and the just recently devil may care killing of two unarmed persons by a Police Master Sergeant in Paniqui, Tarlac is testaments of police brutality and a disservice to the state. These inhumane violations of the police must be checked and be addressed since if these things are left unchecked, the Philippine National Police's would be tainted and would be relegated to a mere criminal syndicate and would not be properly respected and treated as a law enforcement agency.

Many had believed that with the doubling of the PNP officers' salaries, the police would deliver better as a law enforcement agency, but why is it that many of them are instead abusing power? Are we living under a POLICE STATE? Is the government of the Philippines a government of men and not of laws? I am just saying my thoughts worth ten cents.