A PRO-LIFE party-list congressman called on the National Police on Friday to immediately address the deteriorating peace and order situation in the country.
“We are deeply bothered by the recent spate of killings and other crimes all over the country. I call on the National Police to be more sensitive to the situation before government loses control. Efficient law enforcement is the first step toward restoring peace and order,” Party-list Rep. Lito Atienza of Buhay said.
Atienza was reacting to the increase in the number of killings, rapes and other crimes reported in the past couple of months, such as the judge who was shot dead in Baler, Aurora; the man who killed his three childen in Sampaloc, Manila; a 15-year-old boy who shot his former girlfriend’s new boyfriend in Marikina; a 10-year-old girl raped and killed in Tanay, Rizal; and a man who killed his wife and their four children in Bukidnon.
Atienza pointed out that the police have acknowledged that almost 75 percent of crimes are drug related. “What is government doing to combat this freewheeling selling of drugs in many communities?” he asked.
“There is a seeming inaction and insensitivity on the part of the police to the growing menace of the drug problem which is not limited to Metro Manila, but it is affecting the whole country,” Atienza said, adding that it would take a concerted effort on the part of government and law-enforcement agencies, local government units and the public to fight the drug menace.
“Tama na ang pagpapa-pogi by claiming that the crime rate has gone down by 15 percent, pero sunod-sunod naman ang mga krimen na nangyayari sa iba’t-ibang lugar. Papayag ba tayo na malagay sa alanganin ang ating kaligtasan at kaayusan?” Atienza asked.