Aired (November 11, 2024): 11-anyos lang daw noon si Myra at kakatapos lamang magdiwang ng kaarawan nang mapatay ang kanyang ama sa “War on Drugs”. Simula nang mawala ang kanyang ama at kapatid, bumagsak din daw ang mga negosyong naipundar ng kanilang pamilya. Kumusta na kaya ang pamumuhay nila ngayon? Panoorin ang video.
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00:00Myra was 19 years old when she found a new hope and a new companion when she joined this group.
00:08Because of her father and brother's merciless prayers,
00:12it seems that their neighbors who were hoping to be with them passed away as well.
00:20It's just the two of us. We don't have a bus. It's just the two of us.
00:27Where are you looking for neighbors who can understand you?
00:31In Selingan.
00:33Why did you decide to join this group?
00:36Because I'm the only one who feeds myself.
00:40Why? What happened?
00:42My mother doesn't have a job.
00:45In 2016, she witnessed the shooting of unknown men by her father and brother.
00:53How old were you when all of that happened?
00:55I was 11 years old.
00:57You were only 11?
00:58I just finished my birthday.
01:01I had my birthday on July 1st and he died on July 22nd.
01:07Since her father and brother passed away, it has become difficult for them to take care of their mother.
01:13It's as if they hide their sins so that they won't be affected by the war against drugs.
01:20So your father and brother used to feed you?
01:26Yes. He used to earn a lot.
01:29Who?
01:30My father.
01:33We had a stove, water, and a tricycle.
01:38And when he died?
01:39We lost everything.
01:41Why did you lose everything?
01:42Because we were traumatized. We hid.
01:45Why?
01:46We might get in trouble.
01:48Why are you better now?
01:50We don't fight anymore. Everything is fine.
01:55We can talk now.
01:58There are people who can help us.
02:03Before, we didn't have anyone.
02:07Evangeline and Myra were just a few of the war on drugs victims of the Duterte administration.
02:14More than 6,000 were killed in the unofficial drug war of the Duterte administration.
02:21But according to the Commission on Human Rights,
02:23in 2018, more than 20,000 were killed in the category of Homicide Under Investigation.
02:34In August, the House Quad Committee re-examined the cases of extrajudicial killings in the Duterte administration.
02:41Its aim is to determine if illegal drug trade has anything to do with the syndicates and POGOS or Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators.
02:51I was invited to serve as a resource person.
02:54According to the former Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation of PAG Corps General Manager and retired police colonel Roina Garma,
03:04the so-called reward system for the police is equivalent to arresting and killing illegal drug personalities on the Duterte's narco list.
03:17Former President Rodrigo Duterte and PNP Chief Ronald Bato de la Rosa were invited to the hearing.
03:23But according to Duterte and de la Rosa's camp, they will not attend the hearing.
03:29I can make the confession now, if you want.
03:33But in the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on Duterte's war against drugs,
03:38Duterte himself promised responsibility to the PNP in his administration.
03:46For all of its successes and shortcomings, I and I alone take full legal responsibility.
04:01For all of its successes and shortcomings, I and I alone take full legal responsibility.
04:08And I am the one who will be jailed, not the police who followed my orders.
04:13What a pity! I am just doing my job.
04:17Meanwhile, the Philippine National Police also agreed to the result of the Quadcom hearing and the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee.
04:25They are also conducting an investigation on the so-called reward system mentioned in the hearing.
04:32This is precisely the reason why this is one of the issues that our PNP Chief is investigating and we are documenting.
04:41And we will have evidence of these revelations again during the committee hearing.
04:47And we will find out if aside from the speakers who said they know about the reward system.
04:54So on the part of the PNP, we don't know anything about the reward system.
05:00First of all, personally, there is a small light there.
05:06In plain politics, the deliberation there, everybody is hopeful.
05:13Because what happened is, it's all clear.
05:17There is no need to fight, there is no connection to the so-called peace and order.
05:23There is an illegal drug trade, yes.
05:25But illegal drug use is a mental health problem, it's not a security problem.
05:33What are you praying for?
05:35I am just praying that my father will be given a chance.
05:43Because they are not fighting yet.
05:46I don't want him to be gone.
05:53I don't want him to be gone.
06:02I just pray every day.
06:05That my son will be given a chance.
06:09According to some judges, it can be considered crimes against humanity
06:14the killings of victims of the war against drugs.
06:20A war that in the end, it was as if the victims who were saved were defeated.
06:27For the children of the victims of EJK,
06:30they will just have to hope that the time has come
06:34that they will still be able to sing.
06:38Finally, the light of the memory of their present life
06:43will continue to shine and bring hope.
07:04EJK.org