Why, she asks, are most Filipinos silent about the thousands of suspect killings in President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs? Because of this, she laments, the nation faces a human rights crisis. Archbishop Villegas and other critics of the anti-drug killings reflect the moral perspective of many Filipinos, who do not condone wanton killing. How did the internationally celebrated opponent of Duterte’s war on drugs be the cause of Filipinos clamming up about narco-suspect killings? People fear crime more than EJKsFirst, while Filipinos find police and vigilante killings of drug offenders wrong, they may also feel using less force and more due process would only allow the hoods to win.

Source: Manila Times July 17, 2017 16:41 UTC