Kinukulong naman lang. Pero yung mga malalaking ano diyan, hindi naman nila mapapatay di
ba? Siyempre, yung mga simpleng ano lang, bakit nila pinatay? (Region II)
There are those who kill and no one is going after them especially the “riding in tandem”. Why
don’t they go after the mastermind and not the poor since those who die are mostly poor?
(Region VIII)
Of course, we want justice for the child. There were so many bullets put into his body, not just
one. Even one could kill him, how much more is 19, what did they think, he was a rampaging
tiger, that they shot him? He is only human, a thin boy. Those people with money, they are the
ones [who are involved in illegal drugs], but they are being protected. They are protected
because they have resources. (Region VIII)
They just select their victims. That is my understanding. My son was so poor, they cannot
extort from him. I heard they asked PhP 10,000 from my son. (Region IX)
Both women who claimed their loved ones were not involved in drugs and women who
admit that their family member was into drugs point to alternatives such as imprisonment
or rehabilitation, rather than killing.
I am not in favor of killing other persons. If they did wrong, they should be arrested and
imprisoned and given a chance to change. (Region X)
Hindi ako diyan Ma’am ta ano, kung talagang makatulong siya sa mga drug addict, yung pera na
ipatong-patong na ibibigay niya sa mga pulis na pinaghahanap ang ano, eh di itayo na lang sana
ng building ta ano pagtrabuhin niya yung mga addict na maliliit na nagbebenta ng worth PhP
500, PhP1,000.00, tapos hanapin yung talagang nagluluto diyan ta yan ang ikulong nya, hindi
yung kamatayan niya ang anuhin nila. Tapos pumapatay, utos ng utos na pumapatay, hindi
naman niya alam kung totoo o hindi. Himayin niya muna huwag yung ano…. (Region II) Hindi
maganda na patayin ang taong sangkot sa droga. Ang pagpatay ay hindi solusyon sa mga taong
gumagamit o nagbebenta ng droga. Di lahat ng pinapatay ay may kasalanan. Ang solusyon dito
ay ang mga magulang na tulungan ang kanilang anak na lulong sa droga. (Region
III)
There were also others who agreed with the War on Drugs, even how it is being
implemented, as long as the process is fair, and the targeting is accurate.
Sa EJK, dapat sana di naman agad patayin. Observe muna if totoo or hindi. Tingnan mo nga
yung ginawa ng Caloocan pulis [reference to Kian delos Santos case]. Kaya yan, sa EJK pulis ang
pumapatay. More on negative ang epekto niya kasi maraming kabataan ang nadadamay. Sana
usisaing mabuti, sana magkaroon ng imbestigasyon. (Region I)
Maganda naman yun kasi mawawala na ang mga drugs. Matatakot na. Mawawala na yung
paggamit ng drugs. Kasi ako, gusto kasi siyempre may mga anak din ako at saka mamaya malay
mo maano pa nila, hindi mo rin masabi. (Region II)
Isn't that Extrajudicial Killing? It’s like they kill individuals without fault, its just pointing
someone out randomly…. Only those who are really guilty should only be those who are
targeted. (Region VIII)
Panaghoy: The Philippine War on Drugs from the Perspective of Women
March 2019
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