MANILA — A viral video on Monday showing an altercation between police and a man in an upscale Makati City subdivision has sparked debates on the limits of the government’s implementation of the coron
avirus lockdown in Luzon.
“The rule is your private residence is your castle,” he said in an online press conference, reacting to the incident involving Javier Salvador Parra, who was seen confronting police officers in front of his house in Dasmariñas Village. “I think the solution here is for media to explain to the police that there is this fundamental right of the Filipino people under the constitution that they cannot just enter a residence, including the driveway, without a court order, without a warrant of arrest or a search warrant,” he said.
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