Worse than murderers

GOV. Amado T. Espino, Jr. outdid himself last week when he didn’t mince words to describe his thoughts and direct order to the province’s top police officers. His eloquence cut neatly when he issued his next marching orders, impressing upon the law enforcers in his presence that the campaign now carries his name, and will do all to save families from the clutches of the evil drug lords and dealers.

Without a doubt, he defined the needed political will to crush the drug lords in his own terms and vision when he said “Drug lords are worse than murderers, instill fear in them.” We realize he knows whence he speaks. After all, he was a former top law enforcer in his time.

To further make his point, Mr. Espino gave media an important lesson in reporting updates and accomplishments about the war vs. illegal drugs. When media would normally be content to be regaled with statistics that police are quite adept at gathering and interpreting, he takes a different view. He said that meaningful accomplishments can only be measured by the number of convictions won for the arrested drug personalities, not by the volume and value of seized drugs and the number of buy-bust operations.

In brief, we think we saw and heard the governor made sure that the law enforcers, mayors, councilors and barangay chairmen clearly understood him.  “This is our war against the ruthless drug syndicates, and I intend to win this war.”

Godspeed Governor Espino!  May the Force be with you.

*          *          *          *          *          *

Fr. Socrates’ take

 THERE is wisdom in Archbishop Socrates Villegas’ take on the raging marijuana issue. The president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) and the head of the Lingayen-Dagupan archdiocese said: “The constant teaching of the Church is that palliative cure using narcotics is ethically permissible when there is no other convenient and available means with which to alleviate the suffering of the terminally ill.”

In short, what will make the terminally ill feel good must be respected at all times.  When death knocks, happiness should always be a whisker away. Isn’t the last wish of the condemned granted without question?

And if the Church from which springs the well of morals abound is all for it, then by all means, let’s pass the bill authored by Isabela Rep. Rodolfo Albano III for the adoption of medical marijuana. Fr. Socrates might turn in his grave if we don’t.

Back to Homepage

Share your Comments or Reactions

comments

Powered by Facebook Comments