President Rodrigo Duterte said he will not declare martial law in the Negros Island in view of the spate of killings in region. | DJEsguerraINQ
Duterte last week said he is “about to do something drastic” amid the rampant killings in Negros. He did not elaborate on the “drastic” measure but stressed that he does not aspire to become a dictator: “Sabi ko sa inyo, wala akong ambisyon mag-diktador. On the day that I won’t step down from Malacañang, shoot me dead.”At least 21 people have been killed in Negros Oriental from July 18 to 27, including a lawyer, a barangay captain, a city councilor, a former mayor, and a one-year-old child.
Meanwhile, Defend Negros #StoptheKillings network has recorded 83 victims of extrajudicial killings in the whole of Negros Island from January 2017 to July this year, fuelling fears for martial law declaration, which has been in effect in Mindanao since 2017. /jpv
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