PNP Director General Oscar Calderon announced yesterday, December 21 the formation of a task force and the deployment of an elite team in Abra to prevent more violence. This is an offshoot that followed the murder of Congressman Luis Busamin, Jr. of Abra.
According to Calderon, Task Force Abra is led by Sr. Supt Eugene Martin task to assess the peace and order situation in the area.
Martin is the deputy chief for operations of the PNP Cordillera region. It will provide security of Abra from insurgency, criminality and all private armed groups. The task force is now validating the effectiveness of the police in Abra and to determine the need to replace these policemen from other provinces.
Bersamin, a congressman from Abra stood as sponsor at the wedding of his niece. While in the churchyard of Mt. Carmel church, New Manila, Quezon City. He was shot and died on the spot together with his bodyguard. The assassin, after killing Bersamin, just walk away to a waiting motorcycle. He was chased and fired upon by another Bersamin bodyguard. He just fired back, then moved away as a backrider on a motorcycle waiting by the road side.
A car wash boy was accidentally hit during the exchange of fires.
House Speaker Jose de Venecia, revealed this week, the police had arrested a former soldier. A pistol was also recovered believed to have been used in the Bersamin killing. Further, de Venecia revealed, hired killer received from a mastermind an initial sum of P200,000 for the killing. These information all came from Director General Oscar Calderon, revealed de Venecia.
The Bersamin murder case is about to be solved if this information de Venecia believed are true. The PNP seems to have uncovered the detail of the Bersamin killing like the mastermind and the amount paid. The arrest of all involved is a matter of time.
With this Bersamin murder the PNP must have established a new speed of crime solution especially after the suspects of the murder are apprehended.
But can the police do it? If it is done, Congressman Bersamin, Jr. will be afforded justice fast which has eluded others. There are so many high profile murders which until today remain mystery.
Take the case of Nida Blanca, the late Congressman Henry Lanot, Fortus Seachon and Marcial Punzalan, even former Sen. Benigno Aquino. In Lezo, Aklan, the police faces blank wall who ambushed Roland Ureta, a radio announcer of RMN–DYKR. Bombo Radyo Manager Herson "Boy" Hinolan’s murder case was solved, However, until today, the arms of the law are very short to catch the suspect. The warrant of arrest is just remaining a document, so meaningless, unserved.
Despite intense public pressure and the customary assurances of concerned authorities who would look for and catch the suspects and bring them to justice, several criminals enjoy hiding. However, what we realized is, "the case is under investigation. Will not stop until we bring back the suspect".
For six years of the Arroyo presidency, how many leftists activities and journalists were gunned downed by death squads? Did the authorities come out with any report and identify who were behind them?
These killings appear to have encircled the Filipinos. Unless something drastic is done, the Philippines will be the haven for criminal activities. With this crime frequency, as if the perpetrators are beyond the reach of the law and the law agents are inutile in bringing them to justice.
It is now time for the police to speed up crime solution and let justice system punish the guilty swiftly.
Let only the police be armed as all civilians has no business carrying a gun. /MP mailto:madyaas_pen@yahoo.com
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