The incidents raise questions too. One, why does the Guiuan police allow armed men to enforce a court order without a sheriff? Cops are duty-bound to assist in enforcing valid court orders, but must be accompanied by court-appointed reps. For yet unknown reasons, the Guiuan police aided and provided armed support to unauthorized process servers, not once but twice. Two, why were there unidentified armed civilians with the police? Serving court orders is a job usually reserved to the court sheriff, who deputizes the police and at times National Bureau of Investigation agents. Higher-ups at the Philippine National Police need to look into the incidents.
Three, if the Jan. 16 and Feb. 8 commotions were logged, why is there no investigation at the PNP provincial or regional levels, much more, sanctions against erring personnel? Are they afraid of or protecting someone?
Four, were the armed movements in Homonhon known to the Commission on Elections? With the Comelec-imposed gun ban during the election campaign, did the police check whether their armed civilian companions had Comelec exemptions? Otherwise, they should have been arrested for illegally carrying firearms.
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