Acting Lapu-Lapu City Police Director Mariano Natuel said he won’t bother meeting chapter leaders of rival Tau Gamma Phi and Alpha Kappa Rho (Akrho) fraternities for a peace accord saying this was proven ineffective because leaders of both groups cannot control their members.
Natuel said enforcing the old curfew ordinance can also be effective in preventing conflict between the two groups from worsening because RA 9344 or the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act prohibits detention of minors in conflict with the law.
He said police patrol in areas where members of either group regularly converge is the most logical approach to stop frat-related violence.
Two Akrho members were among five people injured in a shooting incident Wednesday evening on Maximo Patalinjug Ave. in Barangay Basak. The shooters were reportedly members of Tau Gamma.
One of the wounded Akrho members is 17-year-old Clark Lequin. He is still confined at the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) in Cebu City for a gunshot wound below his right armpit.
“The curfew ordinance is a hassle to parents because after minors are lectured by the social welfare officer, they are allowed to leave. It’s just a cycle,†Natuel said. - Sun Star Cebu
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