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Letter to the Editor

THE candidate for vice mayor of Team Rufus was reported in the GSD as saying that it was strategic of the CDP to choose Rody Duterte as its presidential candidate, the reason being that Duterte has a strong following in the city. This came after the Team Rufus mayoral candidate announced over the weekend that his party has chosen the local Dirty Harry through secret balloting.

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Rufus is supposed to be a high-caliber lawyer.  He holds a high position in government being the representative of the second district of Cagayan de Oro. Duterte has openly declared that he is in favor of extrajudicial killings and has in fact mocked the LP standard bearer Mar Roxas as not being worthy of becoming a president because “takot siya mamatay at hindi marunong pumatay.”

With his choice of Duterte as his party’s candidate for president (let’s admit it, CDP is Rufus), is Rufus saying that if he wins in the mayoral race in the City, he will also resort to extrajudicial killings and tolerate rubouts?

Don’t be hypocrites. While Duterte is popular because he is seen by many as the “savior” of the country (a very dangerous position to take), those who support him should realize that this country will go to the dogs if extrajudicial killings and summary executions are tolerated, or even encouraged.

And as to Roger Abaday, while he is a candidate of the CDP, he should not speak for the party because he is a PDP-Laban member, unless he has severed his ties with the Pimentels already.

Ah, politics is amusing and dangerous.  Good luck, Cagayanons! – Liberato Publico, liberatopublico@gmail.com

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