The death of former Talisay City councilor Emilio Go inside his family compound in Barangay Bulacao in Talisay City last Wednesday is the 41st killing that occurred in Metro Cebu since February and yet the Police Regional Office appears not to be bothered by this fact.
In fact, Chief Supt. Robert Quenery, PRO-7 chief, said the killings shouldn’t alarm the public since they are unrelated to each other. He also speculated that most of them are motivated by personal grudges and thus should not be a cause for concern.
Still, the fact that there are murders being committed nearly on a daily basis, a number of them involving high-profile personalities is enough to be a cause for concern among Metro Cebu residents owing to the ease with which these murders are committed.
In the case of Go, the perpetrators rode in sports utility vehicles (SUVs) and managed to enter the family compound and flee the murder scene with ease. A daylight ambush of jail officer Edwin Sarcon — who managed to survive — occurred with the masked perpetrators speeding away with nary a police officer in sight to pursue them.
Granted that these are surprise attacks, but the ease with which the assailants commit these murders is indeed something that should alarm every Metro Cebu resident and Filipino.
In trying to assure the public, Quenery makes it appear that these killings would not involve any of them and that it is best to trust the police in solving these murders and catching the perpetrators in due time.
That is, if the police ever get to catch these assailants in due time which remains to be seen as the assailants and mastermind behind the murder of lawyer Jonnah John Ungab is still scot-free.
The ease with which these murders occurred and the frequency has led a lot of people to believe that the police know something more about them that they care to admit publicly. And that despite their protests of innocence, most of them are linked to drugs.
In the absence of any solid lead or evidence these are but mere speculations which the authorities want to keep that way in order to cause fear among the criminal elements while probably desensitizing the public to violence and the constant stream of dead bodies that will keep piling up in the streets.
After all, with an administration that vowed relentless war against illegal drug syndicates the authorities figured that the public won’t mind the death toll so long as it isn’t their own. That mindset has led most people into thinking that these deaths shouldn’t concern them since the victims probably deserved it one way or the other.
If that’s the case, then what personal grudge has led the mastermind behind Go’s death to decide to have him killed? Unless the police back up their assurance with better, speedier resolution of these killings then more people will be led to believe there are other motives behind it other than what the authorities tell them officially.
Disclaimer: The comments uploaded on this site do not necessarily represent or reflect the views of management and owner of Cebudailynews. We reserve the right to exclude comments that we deem to be inconsistent with our editorial standards.
