Opposition Senator Leila de Lima on Saturday deplored the “unrelenting killing spree” of red-tagged individuals under the Duterte administration, with the recent victim identified as Aldrin Enriquez of the Camarines Sur People’s Organization (CSPO).
De Lima, a staunch human rights defender who hails from Iriga, Camarines Sur, Bicol, shared that Enriquez, a red-tagged activist, is the brother of the former nanny of her nephew.
“The killing spree of red-tagged individuals pervades and persists,” she said in her Dispatch from Crame No. 1017.
“The year 2020 ended with the massacre of red-tagged Tumandok leaders. The new year started with the vicious killing of another red-tagged activist,” she added.
Contrary to police’s claim that Enriquez died during a shootout with authorities after he supposedly tried to escape and fought back in Barangay Sagrada last January 6, rights group Karapatan said that cops forcibly entered his house and shot him multiple times after he was handcuffed.
Enriquez’s children, ages 9 and 12, were said to be with him when he was killed. He was an active member of the CSPO.
De Lima said Duterte’s state policy of labelling its perceived enemies – from communists, terrorists, drug pushers and addicts – is his ultimate way of desperately projecting control.
“Thus, we are not seeing an end to this bloodbath anytime soon. Not when this regime is hell-bent on suppressing the increasing discontent of the people, especially with its inept pandemic response and oppressive policies,” she said.
Source: Latest Politics News Today (Politics.com.ph)
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