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    Extrajudicial killings have been carried out in the Philippines as part of President Duterte's anti-drug campaign. Over 5,000 people were killed between 2016-2018 by police and hitmen. While some support the killings as a way to curb crime related to drugs, extrajudicial killings are illegal and against due process. They also often result in mistaken identities or unjust killings of innocent people. Rather than ensuring safety, escalating extrajudicial violence is more likely to worsen crime and lawlessness in the country.

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    Extrajudicial killings have been carried out in the Philippines as part of President Duterte's anti-drug campaign. Over 5,000 people were killed between 2016-2018 by police and hitmen. While some support the killings as a way to curb crime related to drugs, extrajudicial killings are illegal and against due process. They also often result in mistaken identities or unjust killings of innocent people. Rather than ensuring safety, escalating extrajudicial violence is more likely to worsen crime and lawlessness in the country.

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    Extrajudicial killings have been carried out in the Philippines as part of President Duterte's anti-drug campaign. Over 5,000 people were killed between 2016-2018 by police and hitmen. While some support the killings as a way to curb crime related to drugs, extrajudicial killings are illegal and against due process. They also often result in mistaken identities or unjust killings of innocent people. Rather than ensuring safety, escalating extrajudicial violence is more likely to worsen crime and lawlessness in the country.

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    Extrajudicial killings have been carried out in the Philippines as part of President Duterte's anti-drug campaign. Over 5,000 people were killed between 2016-2018 by police and hitmen. While some support the killings as a way to curb crime related to drugs, extrajudicial killings are illegal and against due process. They also often result in mistaken identities or unjust killings of innocent people. Rather than ensuring safety, escalating extrajudicial violence is more likely to worsen crime and lawlessness in the country.

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    GLOMAR, Karla Marxia G.

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    Extrajudicial killing : It should be the solution but ends up

    to worsen the problem

    What will happen if extrajudicial killing will perpetuate for a long time? Does it make our place
    free and safe from crimes again? Or it will abandon our country with an uncountable number of
    unsolved killings?

    Mr. Rodrigo Duterte won the presidential election held in our country on May 9 year 2016.
    During his election campaign he insisted that on his governance/regime he will end criminal
    activities within three to six months and urged the law enforcement agencies and the public at
    large to kill people suspected of dealing or trafficking drugs as well as people who use drugs.

    More than 5,000 people had been killed between July 2016 until the end of year 2018. These
    killing have reportedly taken place in several parts of the country (including Manila, Bulacan,
    Cebu, Rizal, Abra, Bataan, Pangasinan and Cavite) and carried out by police and "unidentified
    hitmen". Even though people are aware that extrajudicial killing is unlawful the incresing report
    of unsolved killings is noticeable and that soaring numbers of killing of alleged criminal suspects
    is proof of the "success" of our presidents anti-drug campaign and urged police to "seize the
    momentum"(Duterte,2016) .The objective of extrajudicial killing is to diminished the peoples
    illegal activities, but we cannot deny the fact that extrajudicial killing is illegal execution
    unlawful, and this is not the right way to make things safe again.

    However, some people are in favor with this killings. For the reason like they are worried that if
    people will continuously using illegal drugs, the next generation of Filipinos faces serious
    challenges in the future if the extreme measures are not undertaken (Capistrano, 2016). If
    these criminals are not eliminated, they will continue to do such crime through drugs again
    (Capistrano, 2016) and we all know that there's so many drug-related crime including drug
    manufacturing, trafficking, dealing as well as using drugs. Some people commits violent
    offences while under the influence of drugs. And the violence involving drug dealers who may
    clash with rival gang or be violent towards drug user who owe them money (Shapiro, 2017). If it
    is kind of process of unrooting crimes in the Philippines, Filipinos might get afraid or scared in
    doing things related to drugs. In every 10 Filipinos, 7 are worried that they themselves or some
    someone they know will become a victim of extrajudicial killing if they are associated to drugs
    (Talabong, 2017)
    While on the other hand extrajudicial killing is inequitable because people are treated wrongly
    and they never given a chance to state their side to a legal procedures. Instead of ensuring the
    protection and rights of people who use drugs, evidence-based drug treatment and harm
    reduction services, Pres. Duterte has called them to be killed claiming that "Rehabilitation is no
    longer viable".

    Also there are some cases of mistaken identity whereas the authority incorrectly thought that
    they saw the defendant/suspect where in fact the person they saw is someone else. Like in the
    case of Kian Delos Santos, a 17 years old grade 11 student in caloocan city. He was killed in a
    drug operation in caloocan. Particularly in the northeastern part of metropolitan Manila.
    Authorities tells that the victim fought back and so they had to shoot him but atleast four
    eyewitnesses said that the victim was given a gun and was told to run and the autopsy results
    supported the witnesses theory. He was shot at the back three times, with no indications that
    he fought back (Gonzales, 2017). And that tells that the society itself does worsen the problems
    that the government made any move to eliminate crimes through injustice way.

    Even if the intention is good; the end does not justify the means. Police officers and authorities
    takes a persons life without due process of law. The government itlself becomes a lawbreaker.
    Government mus think about the justice system in our country that killings is a crime if it is not
    given any due process. This is not the right way to make things safe again, In fact, things might
    get even more dangerous.
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