President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday declared that he still believes the version of the Eastern Visayas police in the killing of Albuera Mayor Rolando Espinosa. And the accused policemen must undergo the rigors of trial, and defend themselves as best they can. He should take note that what precipitated the commission of this crime was the attempt of the accused policemen to hide their complicity in the traffic of illegal drugs. These indications of normality in the justice system are a big plus for the campaign for law and order, and reform of our system of criminal justice. Given this, we can now hope that the late Mayor Rolando Espinosa, who died in an alleged shootout on November 5, 2016, inside a jail cell, will get his measure of justice.

Source: Manila Times March 20, 2017 16:30 UTC