NPC President Joel Sy Egco, CAJ President Benny Antiporda, and CAJ permanent secretary Akhmad Kusaeni of Indonesia raised their concern on the high number of murdered journalists in a joint statement.
"This fact paints an ugly picture of the governments lack of political will in finding a permanent solution to the problem of media-person killings, which is aggravated by the insincere efforts by law enforcement agencies, particularly the Philippine National Police under the Director General Alan Purisima, to run after the perpetrators of the crime and the masterminds behind these attacks," as stated in the confederations press release received here on Friday.
Being on the first level of investigation, the Philippine National Police has the task of tracking down suspects and diligently building up the cases against them.
However, the Philippine National Police has failed miserably in these two areas, as there are even instances where suspects were released from detention due to mere technical reasons.
Worse, this lack of urgency or seriousness in the investigation of these cases has so far resulted in ZERO conviction.
The NPC and the CAJ also welcome with utmost gratitude the concern raised by the US Ambassador to the Philippines Philip Goldberg on the growing number of media-person killings in the country.
The US envoy eloquently voiced his position on the issue through a statement released on Wednesday, in which he expressed being "troubled by the continued acts of violence against journalists.
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Editor: Ruslan Burhani
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