The killing of Sonya Gregorio and her son, Frank Anthony by policeman Jonel Nuezca has sparked indignation by young activists in Cagayan de Oro City. | JiggerJerusalem
“We firmly stand in solidarity with the bereaved family and continue to hold Jonel Nuezca accountable and his fellow human rights violators,” said Xymon Rosales, media relations officer of Akbayan Youth’s local chapter.
“We cannot put our confidence in our state forces if what they have done since is to kill ordinary Filipinos using the same guns funded by the Filipino people’s taxes,” said Rosales. “We cannot also consent to a state that funds these armed personnel only to point guns to the Filipino,” he added. “We refuse to believe that this is an isolated case due to killings that already happened for the past four years,” Rosales said.
Nanlaban is Filipino for fought back, a term commonly found in police reports about drug suspects getting killed.Ann Balane, chair of the local Akbayan Youth chapter, said the group was urging the PNP leadership and the President to address previous cases of killings being linked to police to give substance to promises of cleansing the police force.