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How to Bully Councilors and Get Away With It
It is the duty of the City Council to stick its nose into anything that concerns the people. Councilors should not allow one arrogant colonel to redefine what democracy mandates them to do.
DAVAO CITY ? Task Force Davao was created in 2003, in the aftermath of the bombings in this city in April of that year, solely for this purpose: to fight terrorism. Since then, however, it has metamorphosed into something else.
I?m not talking about the fact that the TFD, which is dominated by the military, has practically usurped the functions of the police, or that the ubiquitous presence of TFD troops has made the city look like a garrison. I?m talking about something far more pernicious.
In Paquibato, a `Sham’ Public Hearing on Atrocities
What was billed as the City Council’s public hearing to get Paquibato residents to talk about the atrocities in the district turned into a display of official indifference and, according to witnesses and victims, arrogance.
By Cheryll D. Fiel
davaotoday.com
Photos by Barry Ohaylan
PAQUIBATO, Davao City ? Lenny Nacua wanted officials to hear what happened to her son, and perhaps get some assurance that justice wouldbe done.
So on Wednesday, April 5, Nacua mustered the courage to face the officials onstage ? city councilors, police and military officials, Lumad leaders ? during the City Council’s public hearing here on the killings and violence in Paquibato District allegedly perpetrated by a group of bandits.
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?They Killed My Son?
The following is a transcript of a portion of the public hearing in Paquibato last April 5.
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LENNY NACUA: Ako si Lenny Nacua.? Ako ang nahimong biktima, staff ko ni Councilor Mahipus. Nagpuyo ko sa Sitio Quarry ug ang akong anak to ang gipatay sa mga lumad sir. Kadtong akong anak sir, wa gyud toy sala. Nia man ang iyang? punong guro diri sir, si sir Rosal, makasulti gyud og unsa gyud ang akong anak. Bisan sa among sitio, ug asa mi dapit, ilado mi sa mga tawo, wa gyud mi mga atraso. Puriso sir, unsa may inyong ikasulti nganong gipatay man to ang akong anak, wala man gyud toy intawon sala, unya wa man puy nitibo nga gipatay, mga bisaya man? Mao ra nay akong pangutana ninyo. Nganong hilabtan man ning bisaya nagtinarong man unta ni sa among panginabuhi? Sakit kaayo dawaton sir ning gibuhat sa lumad sa amoa sir.
COUNCILOR BONIFACIO MILITAR: Kanus-a nahitabo ning??
NACUA: Kadtong petsa dose sa Marso sir, gipatay nila ang akong anak nga nagkuha ra tog binigniton sa among payag sir?