The Latest Bombing in Davao City
Posted on Sunday, 4 September 2016
THE LATEST BOMBING IN DAVAO CITY
By Apolinario Villalobos
Now it can be told… the latest bombing in
Davao City showed that some Filipinos cannot make themselves feel for the crime
victims in their effort to discredit the effort of Duterte to clip illegal drug
trade and other form of criminality, in the bud. Instead of sympathizing with
and show compassion to the victims, they instead, released unsavory remarks
about the “arrogance” of Duterte. For them, the “courage” of the new president
to clash head-on with the drug lords and other criminals in the country is a
show of “arrogance”. For these detractors, the “laxity” of the past presidents
as regards the various menace of the society is “piety” which for them cannot
be replaced by any option even in the face of the dreaded threat by the criminals
to totally destroy the country’s future.
The latest bombing also showed the
inutility of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) as instead of dipping its
finger in the investigation, it instead, reacted to the declaration of the
“State of Lawless Violence” by president Duterte. Obviously, the CHR does not
seem to stand on its mandate to protect the rights of the victims of
criminalities. What they seem to protect are the rights of those who commit
crimes…PEOPLE, WHO BY THEIR CRIMINAL ACTS AGAINST THE INNOCENT, HAVE CEASED TO
BE HUMANS!
The seemingly lack of interest by the
international social media should be treated as a blessing in disguise. The
incident in Davao is an obvious isolated smear campaign against the
administration and has been anticipated by the military as Abu Sayyaf’s
reaction to its incessant campaign to pulverize this terroristic group….some
sort of a diversionary tactic. The pronouncement was made by the military after
it has reaped partial success against the group. It was purely a terroristic
act that, not even first-world nations like the United States, France, and
Germany cannot check 100%.
As the State of Lawless Violence is
intended for the whole country, every Filipino should show utmost cooperation.
Detractors should stop messing it up by spreading rumors about its being a
precursor of the Martial Law which the president himself, has already denied many
times. This is the time for the whole nation to stand as one against
criminality in any form.
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