Actually, ang pagkakaintindi ko kasi, noong una, maganda, kasi yung about sa tokhang, pero sa ngayon, sa huli na, hindi na lang Tokhang ang nangyayari. Mayroon na rin yang EJK na yan na gumagawa sila, na kahit hindi na sa gobyerno, yung mga away-away na…. Tapos pinapatay na din yung kalaban nila ganoon, and then ang nangyayari na ngayon is, bumabato na doon sa Tokhang na, ganun, siguro tokhang na yan, ganyan. Nawawala na yung kaso, kasi nakikita ko na Tokhang ganoon, yung EJK na yan, parang wala ng kaso, barado na agad, parang hindi mo na pwedeng kalkalin o anuman, Tokhang yan, addict o pusher yan…. (Participant 2) Ideas on Justice and Human Rights Except in the statements below, the participants did not mention the words “justice” and “human rights” in their responses, perhaps because the discussion revolved around their recall of A.’s killing and its impact, as well as their interpretations of related events, such as the War on Drugs, police operations and other drug-related killings in their province. In both statements, the speakers referred to the right to life i.e., regardless of the (perceived) crime committed by the person, no one has the right to kill him or her. Underlying the statements was also the belief that people can change for the better. Sa akin naman, wala talagang karapatang ang kahit sino ang pumatay. Kasi kung talagang may kasalanan ka, pagbayaran mo na lang. Bakit sino ka para patayin mo ang isang tao? Hindi naman ikaw ang nagbigay ng buhay ng isang tao. Wala kang karapatang pumatay. Para sa akin, ganoon ang opinion ko, kahit na sino, kahit na gaano kasama ang isang tao, walang karapatan kahit sino. (Participant 5) Ang pananaw ko diyan, where is justice? Tama yung sinabi mo (A)te, kahit na magnanakaw ka, kahit na pusher ka, you have the right to live, mayroon ka pa ring karapatan na mabuhay. May karapatan ka pa rin para magbago. Bakit naman kailangang papatayin ka? Hindi mo na kayang ipagtanggol ang sarili mo. May pamilya ka rin na nangangailangan sa iyo at pagkalinga mo. Maling-mali. (Participant 1) 2. FGD with mothers and spouses of EJK victims (NCR) The FGD was conducted in November 2018. It was participated by seven (7) women who had been directly affected by the EJK, specifically spouses (4) and mothers (3) of EJK victms. The women’s profiles reflect the general profile of the interviewed women across the country. Their ages ranged from mid-30s to late 60s. They are urban poor women with irregular household incomes. Four women consider themselves the main breadwinner of their households since the killing of their loved one. Their sources of income include paid domestic work (e.g. taking in laundry) and a livelihood project initiated by their parish church for EJK families. The FGD was designed as a kamustahan activity. It has two main questions: “Nasaan na kayo ngayon?” (What is your situation now?), and “Saan ninyo gusto naroon makalipas ng limang taon?” (How do you imagine yourselves five years from now?) For the first question, the women were asked to draw a symbol of themselves in their present situation on a Panaghoy: The Philippine War on Drugs from the Perspective of Women March 2019 47

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