Congressman Arnolfo Teves Jr., who has refused to return to the Philippines to face murder charges, may be designated a terrorist, Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla said Monday.
“In this case, the activities that led to the killing on March 4, all are covered under the anti-terror law: the recruitment, the financing, the purchase of firearms, [and] the distribution of firearms,” Remulla said, referring to the assassination of Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo.“If the person will not surrender, then we will have to make the world smaller for him,” Remulla said.Negros Oriental Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr.
“I think in a few days from now we will be filing new murder cases involving previous killings also,” lawyer Levito Baligod, who represents the Degamo family, said in an interview at the Department of Justice . He identified the alleged victims as former National Bureau of Investigation agent Miguel Dungog who ran for the position of provincial board member of Negros Oriental in 2019, Lester Pialago Bato, and Pacito Retes Libron.“I’m asking the Department of Justice also give attention to these three previous killings because actually there are a lot more,” Baligod said.
“Who will watch over me? Army and police? That’s my question too, and my question as well for him – who watched over Degamo? Military and police personnel as well, right? But he’s buried now.” “There are no findings yet of probable cause. Why would you use the Anti-Terrorism Law to break the impasse? But if that is what will make Secretary Remulla happy, to wield his newfound power and to go power-tripping, we cannot stop that,” Topacio said in Filipino.
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