MSEditorial ‘Political terrorism’ Nothing less than an act of “political terrorism” is how Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri has described the recent brazen assassination of Negros Occidental Governor Roel Degamo that also led to the deaths of eight--
assassination of Negros Occidental Governor Roel Degamo that also led to the deaths of eight of his constituents and the wounding of 16 others.
At present, under a 2019 PNP memorandum circular, local chief executives are entitled to a maximum of two security officers from the Police Security and Protection Group. But it may also be true that the violence we’re seeing now at the local level may well be the result of politicians wanting to remain in power for as long as they can.
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