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My Position Paper
My Position Paper
My Position Paper
Learning from this signed Administrative Order No.35 operational guidelines of EJK,
killings of common lawbreakers like drug lords, drug pushers, and drug addicts must not be
referred to as extrajudicial killings and shall be addressed with other appropriate words within
the judicial system. It is definitely wrong to view the issue of engendered deaths and use the term
extrajudicial killings. There is no EJK in this case in the country. Only, there are killed drug
delinquents, crimes committed as it can be further referred.
On the other side, the government has protected the right to life of its people. Well,
killing drug delinquents on legitimate police operations really matters much more the life of the
victims of drug-related criminals. As human rights advocates and political partisans have
professed that these suspected criminals rights to life must be respected same is true with the
rights to life of their victims. The government is doing its part of guarding and saving its people
from all the cunning effects of narcotics. Just recently, the government has announced the soft
opening of the mega rehabilitation facility inside Fort Magsaysay in Nueva Ecija. This is to
prove that the government is concerned not only to the welfare of the righteous but the victims of
illegal drugs as well. Now, whos right is best to be protected? It should be the rights of the
entire citizenry and not the felons. The right to life is fundamental to all mankind in the land.
And the right to live cannot be breached by anybody. Casualties in the anti-narcotics drive are
inimical. But everyone has to understand that in legitimate police operations and the enforcers
lives are put in danger, then, expectation for any casualty is at stake. It would either the police
operatives or the drug offenders. Of course, these drug offenders would not just simply
surrenders and the police likewise would not simply lay down the laws.
Conclusion
Human rights violation in any way is not acceptable. Whatever will be the reasons for
killing will not justify that the government is after the bulwark of the state. The right to life is
fundamentally basic and is not to be breached. In the determination of the government to stop
illegal drugs, the phrase extrajudicial killings have gone controversial locally and
internationally. Furthermore, there are only killings for many decades but the government is not
behind it. The sovereign state has its duty to protect its populace from any harm. And illegal
drugs problem have persisted and have caused the many victims and the country too much
problems.
In all of these, the government has been cleared of the allegations of extrajudicial
killings. The moved to eliminate illegal drugs will continue to be intensive. It has to stay and be
mindful of every humans constitutional rights. To fervently solve the root of these unlawful
death problems in the country, it is proposed that the government shall:
1. Provide and legislate a clear-cut definition of extra-judicial killings
2. Curbed laws and be implemented fully
3. Held culprits accountable including law enforcers committing violations
4. Make media accountable for their malicious reporting
5. Educate the people about human rights, violations, and laws for protection
6. Report to authorities all illegal acts
7. Develop trusts among government bodies, law enforcers, and the Filipino citizens