Bishops, solons alarmed by wave of violence 01/21/2011

Bishops, solons alarmed by wave of violence

01/21/2011
Catholic bishops have expressed concern over the upsurge of criminal incidents in the country even as they condemned the seeming inability of the Aquino government to promote law and order.

Several prelates issued the statement following a series of crimes which saw car dealers being burned to death and other civilians that have fallen prey to various criminal elements, including kidnappings in southern Philippines.

Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Emeritus Oscar Cruz, a former president of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines, in a statement posted on the CBCP web site, said all the criminal atrocities mean more of a “dysfunctional justice system than anything else.”

Caloocan Bishop Deogracias Iñiguez Jr. described the crime wave as “alarming because it shows the inability of government to promote law and order.”.... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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