Senator Robin Padilla on Wednesday raised the possibility of placing the province of Negros Oriental under military control amid the series of alleged political killings and violence in the province.
At the continuation of the Senate investigation into the killing of Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo, Padilla said that the 1987 Constitution allowed the President as commander in chief to call out the military to prevent or suppress lawless violence.
In response, AFP Brigadier General Gerry Pulohanan said violence should be rampant before martial law could be implemented in an area. Padilla also asked Pamplona Mayor Janice Degamo, the widow of the slain governor, if President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. should be asked to place Negros Oriental under military control.
On the other hand, Senator Francis Tolentino is seeking the Commission on Election’s position on the possible postponement of the 2023 BSKE in Negros Oriental.Mayor Degamo and the family members of political killing victims in Negros Oriental have been attending the Senate panel’s series of hearings into the attacks and assassinations in the province.
At the continuation of the Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs hearing on the Degamo slay case, the widow of the slain Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo said that Police Colonel Crisaleo Tolentino and his wife, former Pamplona Councilor Victoria Luz Tolentino, had been linked to Divinagracia’s killing.
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