Opposition Senator Risa Hontiveros wants the recent spate of killings in Negros Oriental investigated in the Senate to help attain justice for the slain victims. | DYGalvezINQ
MANILA, Philippines — Opposition Senator Risa Hontiveros wants the recent spate of killings in Negros Oriental investigated in the Senate to help attain justice for the slain victims.
At least 17 individuals were killed in different towns and cities in Negros Oriental since July 23, Hontiveros noted.The senator recently filed Senate Resolution No. 47, urging the Senate committees on public order and dangerous drugs and justice to conduct an inquiry regarding the recent spate of killings and the “circumstances allowed for the lawless violence.”
“The killings in the Negros region is an easy and chilling example of the violence against civilians that has flourished under the culture of impunity and lawlessness in the country,” Hontiveros said in the resolution.
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