“I now lean towards the restoration of the death penalty if only to instill in the hearts of these corrupt people the fear of stealing from the Filipino people“
WHILE the people have their eyes on what has been happening with the billions of pesos stolen by certain insatiable and corrupt public officials in collaboration with greedy public works contractors, the ICC at the Hague in the Netherlands has collated and pinpointed seven counts of murder that could indict former president Rodrigo Duterte.
I understand these are the initial findings of the ICC in connection with the infamous Davao City Death Squad when the former president was mayor and vice mayor.
My sources have told me as soon as the trial of Duterte will begin, the arrest of now Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa is forthcoming, when he will join Duterte in detention at the ICC of the Hague in the Netherlands.
During Duterte’s six-year bloody, brutal war on illegal drugs, dela Rosa was the chief of police in implementing “Tokhang” (meaning “knock on the door”) and Duterte’s Double Barrel campaign on illegal drugs that resulted also in extrajudicial killings.
My sources tell me the ICC prosecutors are finalizing their cases to convict Duterte for crimes against humanity.
It will be interesting to find out to what extent Duterte can be indicted for his brutal and bloody war against illegal drugs during his six year term as president from 2016 to 2022.
We know he himself admitted in many of his TV addresses before the people that he alone should be held responsible for that brutal war.
If you trace his public statements on television, it is clear he admits he alone should be held responsible .
This means the deaths of extrajudicial killings should be attributed to him.
I believe that Duterte’s war against illegal drugs as a national policy is in itself illegal because it included killings of people involved in illegal drugs.
That alone makes the policy illegal. It would be interesting to know to what extent Duterte can be held responsible and accountable for those extra judicial killings.
While we are focused on the billions of pesos stolen from the people, just how the people can recover all that money remains a big question, my gulay.
Several big names in both chambers of Congress, the Senate and the House of Representatives, have been linked to the loss of billions of pesos.
Again, the big question is: how do the people recover the money stolen? We just have to wait and see.
Names have been mentioned, which, Santa Banana, shows the extent of the the anomalies.
The people’s anger and rage had flared up in the recent anti-corruption rallies across the country.
There is one name, however, I personally believe should not be mentioned in any accusation: Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin.
In his years as a public servant, especially during his term in the judiciary, his image was untainted.
Meantime, the government should focus on what should be done to recover all the billions of pesos stolen from the people by those corrupt contractors and public officials.
How far can the government go to confiscate these assets and the mansions of these corrupt public officials in an effort to get back from them all the billions of pesos stolen?
Considering the rage of the masses, the people will not settle for just mere indictments or imprisonments.
I am now having second thoughts about not advocating the death penalty for them.
I now lean towards the restoration of the death penalty if only to instill in the hearts of these corrupt people the fear of stealing from the Filipino people.
