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Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo (OPS / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)
According to Panelo, local officials should not use excessive force in implementing quarantine rules and impose cruel punishment on violators.
The Palace official made the statement after expressing concern over the deaths of two alleged quarantine violators while authorities were enforcing strict lockdown rules to curb the surge in COVID-19 cases.
“Hindi ito puwede. Hindi ko rin maintindihan ang ibang kababayan natin, ‘yung mga barangay tanod na ‘yan pag nabibigyan ng kapangyarihang, hay naku mga tyrants (This cannot be allowed. I don’t know why some of our countrymen, the village officials when they are given power, they become tyrants). They have become little tyrants in their own little kingdoms,” Panelo said during his “Counterpoint” program Wednesday, April 14.
Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo (PCOO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)
Panelo has voiced opposition to the “unjustified stay of Chinese vessels” in local waters, insisting that the country’s sovereignty was “non-negotiable” despite improved economic ties with the Asian giant.
“While we recognize the historical and cultural ties with China that has evolved into a productive relationship, its present territorial incursions is producing an unwelcome stain in their bond and may trigger unwanted hostilities that both countries would rather not pursue, as destructiveness consequences are not only undesirable, they are abhorrent as well and anathema to the peace of the region,” he said in a statement issued late Sunday, April 4.
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