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Salesians of Don Bosco — Philippine Northern Province


By SOCCOM FIN


Makati City, the Philippines, 10 August 2016 -- Dear Confreres in the EAO Region,


The present Government of our country seriously waged a war against illegal drug operations, which is praiseworthy. But abuses are being committed by those who put the law into their own hands... and guns. More than 500 people were already summarily killed for the past one month and a half by either law enforcers or by those vigilante groups.


Our FIN Province saw the need to issue an official stand on this social and moral issue in order to set a common direction in our pastoral ministry especially in guiding all the members of the Salesian Family, all our youth and their families.


The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) posted the FIN Province Official Pastoral Statement on the Extra-judicial Killings on their official website.


As one EAO Region, we ask you to include us in your prayers as we try our very best to be witnesses of the Gospel of life and love.


Pastoral Statement on the extra-judicial killings


In his visit to the Philippines in 2015, Pope Francis challenged Filipino families to be “sanctuaries of respect for life.” In the past weeks, even up to the time of writing, the call to respect life has apparently been left unheeded in our country. There have been extra-judicial killings of hundreds of suspected drug pushers and other people allegedly connected to illegal drug trafficking. In the face of this, we, the Salesian priests and brothers, hereby make the following statement:


As citizens dedicated to the education and professional formation of youth, especially the poorest and most neglected ones,

  • We support President Duterte’s drive against all forms of illegal drug trafficking, and especially against drug lords and drug pushers.

  • We share his perception that many law enforcers and our present judicial systems have often failed to bring to justice the perpetrators of such heinous crimes which, in an ever-greater degree, have been victimizing millions of our young people and their families.

  • We likewise share his perception that the law enforcer agencies and our justice system have failed to stop the spread of the use of illegal drugs, especially among the young, thereby allowing the deterioration of an alarming situation.

  • We appreciate his determination, already repeatedly expressed and forcefully underlined in his Inaugural Speech, to tackle this very serious problem in our country.

However,


  • We are alarmed by the recent wave of extrajudicial killings that have taken place at the hands of police officers, and especially of vigilantes roaming our streets unchecked and un-apprehended. Such violent procedure in tackling the situation mentioned above has caused justified apprehension among the majority of our citizen who are against any form of drug trafficking but expect justice to be rendered according to law.

  • We believe that any attitude and course of action that disregards the basic principles of modern jurisprudence that any person is presumed innocent until proven guilty, and that justice has to be rendered by following due process, has to be avoided.

  • We believe, likewise, that the disregard of such principles, even in the pursuance of a praiseworthy aim, such as the protection of families and of the youth, may inevitably lead to serious and irreparable injustices such as the killing of innocent people, and even simple drug users who are, actually, the direct victims of the drug traffickers/pushers.

  • We firmly demand that all concerned government agencies actively pursue and apprehend all those involved in drug trafficking, but avoid and prevent all extrajudicial killings. They should likewise pursue and apprehend all anonymous vigilantes who carry out such illegal actions.

  • We also exhort our legislators and Government agencies to urgently take steps that aim to ensure that our justice system acts speedily and effectively in apprehending, trying, and punishing according to law all those proven guilty of having been involved in drug trafficking and drug pushing.

In the midst of this concern, we pray for the souls of those who have been killed and we also pray for the bereaved families. May our Blessed Mother protect our country from further violence and help us in our endeavor to prevent the spread of the culture of death.







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