A political science professor from UP-Diliman says the current killings are a spillover from Duterte, who 'used a language that seemed to justify killing.'
MANILA, Philippines – Killings and the culture of impunity have continued under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. – if the deaths of journalists, activists, and other members of civil society organizations in a span of almost six months are any indication.
Earlier this year, Jan Robert Go, assistant professor of political theory at the University of the Philippines Diliman, When Marcos assumed the presidency and appointed new heads of various agencies, his Philippine National Police chief Based on the documentation of rights group Karapatan, at least 17 civilians from the peasant sector became victims of extrajudicial killings from July 1 to November 30. Two of them –Acosta was a consultant of the National Democratic Front , while Jimenez was a peasant organizer. They both lost their lives in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on November 30.in an encounter, but the NDF claims he was captured alive and murdered.
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