President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. vowed that the government would hunt down all those responsible for the assassination of Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo, one of his close allies and the second provincial chief violently attacked since he took office.
Marcos said the investigation of the attack was “developing rapidly” and that authorities had received “much information and now have a clear direction on how to proceed to bring to justice those behind this killing.”“We will find you. If you surrender now it will be your best option,” he told the perpetrators.In a Facebook live video, Pamplona Mayor Janice Degamo, who is the governor’s wife, said her husband died at 11:41 a.m., while being treated at Negros Polymedic Hospital in Sibulan town.
A member of the governor’s staff, who declined to be identified, said that the men armed with assault rifles were let in by a guard who assumed that they were there to join the governor in his regular Saturday service caravan at his home in Barangay San Isidro, Pamplona. The former soldiers were identified as Joric Labrador, 50, and Joven Aber, 42. The third suspect was identified as Benjie Rodriguez, 45.
Lanao del Sur Gov. Mamintal “Bombit” Adiong Jr. survived the first attack on Feb. 17; Aparri, Cagayan Vice Mayor Rommel Alameda died in an ambush on Feb. 19; and Mayor Ohto Montawal of Datu Montawal town, Maguindanao del Sur province, also survived an attack on Feb. 22. On his social media accounts, the president on Saturday posted photos of him and Degamo, including one during last year’s election campaign.
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